Could You Show a Killer Some Respect?

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[Sickly beauty, scheming blind powerbroker top x softhearted assassin pretending to be cold bottom]

Cheng Gui is the strongest assassin in the Star-Picking Pavilion. Countless souls have fallen to his sword, and he has never failed a mission.

Yet there is always one person on his mind. He doesn't know who they are, but he has a vague feeling that they are incredibly important to him, more important than his own life.

In his ninth year at the pavilion, Cheng Gui received an unusual assignment: to keep watch on someone and, if necessary, slit his throat.

That person was the most feared treacherous official in the imperial court: Xie Lan, Governor-General of the Pacification Bureau.

But Xie Lan was a sickly blind man.

Cheng Gui was utterly baffled. He didn't understand how a blind man could hold such a high office, let alone attract a death sentence. But a mission was a mission, so Cheng Gui patiently went into hiding and waited for further orders.

On the first day of surveillance, the blind man handled official business;

on the second day, the blind man handled official business;

on the third day, the blind man took some men to chop down a minister;

on the fourth day, the blind man was handling official business again...

Cheng Gui never received the signal to make his move. Out of patience, he decided to go back and ask the pavilion to send someone else.

The blind man, who had been sitting inside the room the whole time, suddenly raised his head and "looked" at Cheng Gui on the roof beam. "You've been watching me this whole time, so you must know where I put my personal seal when I bathed last night. Could you help me find it?"

Cheng Gui: "..." How did this blind man find him?

Unable to figure it out, Cheng Gui moved to a different roof beam to restore the dignity of a top assassin.

But over the next few days...

"Isn't it tiring up there? Why don't you come down and rest?"

"Have you had lunch? You can watch me after you've eaten."

"Are you going to watch me sleep, too? You make me so self-conscious that I can't sleep."

Cheng Gui: "Shut up! Annoy me again and I'll kill you right now!"

Xie Lan chuckled. "So you came to kill me. All right, then, when are you going to do it?"

Cheng Gui: "When I get the order."

Xie Lan said softly, "All right. But when you kill me, could you be quick about it? I'm afraid of pain."

Only later did Cheng Gui learn that Xie Lan had recognized his voice on the very first day, but had never once thought of acknowledging him.

He should have been the last line of defense by Xie Lan's side. But the year the entire Shen family was wiped out, Cheng Gui was the only person Xie Lan managed to save.

[Reader's Guide]

Sweet historical danmei, pure fluff, with a little angst and a few tearjerker moments. Both are virgins, HE, 1v1, mutual pampering, devoted love. The top's eyesight will recover. Fictional dynasty.

The top has two names: his birth name is Shen Xingzhi, and his current name is Xie Lan.

Theme: Love makes all things bloom again