A cold, aloof, brooding, fastidious man x a resourceful, shameless, theatrical heroine
This might change as I go. The story's gotten out of control while I've been writing it...
The most outrageous thing Li Jinyue ever did was imprison her brother-in-law, Liang Yuqi, a cold and self-possessed man destined to become the greatest sword cultivator in the world. She stripped him, humiliated him, and even made him drink aphrodisiac wine, until he begged her like a dog!
Watching the man suffer under the aphrodisiac wine, fighting back the surging desire in his body yet still insisting, "You've got the wrong person. I'm not him!"
Her sect had been destroyed, her husband had disappeared, and revenge in this life was impossible. Li Jinyue laughed recklessly, her fingertips mercilessly brushing his lips, hot to the touch.
"Be good. Don't say things I don't want to hear."
She thought he must hate her too, but it no longer mattered.
There was no point in living anymore. So she died, right in front of him.
At the time, she didn't know that her brother-in-law Liang Yuqi had been secretly in love with her for many years.
--- As the Swordbearer of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Liang Yuqi should never have let himself fall in love.
But he couldn't forget that radiant, smiling face, the fragrance she left behind when she drew her sword, or the nights they spent entwined together.
He hated that face, so like his younger brother's, because it made her lose herself in passion and cry out Liang Yuyan's name every night.
Yet he secretly rejoiced in that same face, because it let him spend his nights entwined with Li Jinyue.
He thought he could be content with a life like that. He would protect her, avenge her, and be with her from then on. He had even chosen names for their children.
Until she died in front of him.
When Liang Yuyan saw Li Jinyue again, it was in the courtyard where they had first met. Overcome with emotion, he cried, "Wife!"
Li Jinyue glanced at him and turned away.
He wanted to explain, but Liang Yuqi stood like an insurmountable wall between them. All he could do was ask, bracing himself, "Brother, I have something to discuss with my wife. Could you give us a moment?"
A flash of light passed between Liang Yuqi's fingers, and he held a yellowed sheet of paper.
"What's that?"
"A divorce letter."
Theme: Those who care about you will do whatever it takes to reach your side.
