Shen Shulan thought he'd fallen in love with an illusion.
For months, a figure had appeared by his side, first in his dreams and then in his everyday life. Poisoned by Gu and with little time left to live, he was on the verge of giving up on survival when someone came to visit him in the mountains. This person looked exactly like the illusion he'd been inseparable from for so long, yet was also completely different.
A free-spirited, cold-blooded assassin gong × a cool, gentle weapons merchant shou (more or less)
A product of my personal tastes...
Theme: Being loved is where pain comes to an end, and love is where the meaning of life begins