Bright Clouds

Note: 1. Content warnings are at the end of the blurb.

2. The locations in this story are entirely fictional and based on no real places.

3. This story contains many invented details. Please keep that in mind.

In the eighteenth year of the Yuan era, a great calamity befell the An dynasty. General Yingfei was accused of colluding with the enemy and suffered defeat, handing two cities over to the Di army. Someone dug for the truth amid the wreckage, and later generations called the affair “Zhaoyun.”

The Song family of Yi City was implicated, and the entire household was killed.

Only the family's daughter and a son who was thousands of miles away survived.

Song Qingyan, the youngest daughter of the Song family, fled with evidence that had not been destroyed. At the brink of death, she was saved by Xie Linzhou, a nobleman's son who had fallen from grace.

When Song Qingyan opened her eyes, she found herself in an unfamiliar place. Wary of everything, she learned from Xie Linzhou that her family had been slaughtered, and devoted herself to finding the culprit.

When faced with hardship, she cut through it with her sword.

When danger drew near, she met it head-on.

In Li City, she met an old acquaintance who warned her not to let hatred blind her.

In Ping City, with her life hanging by a thread, she chose to fight for survival with her life on the line.

Back in Yi City, she faced her enemies and uncovered the truth. When she confronted the culprits, she took them all down.

At last, she used her sword to dispel the inner demons that had haunted her for so long.

She called it the growing pains of becoming an adult.

On that road to maturity, she crossed paths with a playboy who was skilled at manipulating people's hearts.

But he had one fatal flaw: he always spoke in half-truths, keeping the rest to himself. It was infuriating.

Then one day, he told her he had feelings for her.

Forget it. This heroine is out of your league. Let's just go our separate ways in the martial world.

On the surface: ruthless heroine of the martial world x spoiled playboy who lives off others

In reality: resilient, decisive, clear-headed heroine x gentle, calculating, restrained son of a noble family

Content warnings: 1. They part ways at the end.

2. The heroine is not perfect.

3. This is not a story focused solely on the heroine. It leans toward an ensemble cast.

Theme: Growing up is a process of peeling away layer after layer