Wen Yin used three copper coins to buy Gu Wangchen's sword, life and the rest of his life.
She thought he was the most obedient piece on her chessboard and the last knife she could use to destroy Qingyun Temple. She thought she was in control of everything—reward orders, marketing to create gods, and every step of the way. She even thought that he was unaware of it, that his eyes as deep as ancient wells only contained weakness and surrender.
She was wrong.
What Gu Wangchen received was not a copper coin, but a contract that had been written sixteen years ago. What he stepped into was not a trap, but a path home that he spent half his life paving. He coughed not because of injury, but because of sin; he held the sword not because of loyalty, but because of debt.
When she finally uncovered all the truth, she discovered that she was the one being protected. And what he was protecting wasn't even her.
It was the girl who died sixteen years ago.
He is not here to be a pawn. He came for a meeting where he would bet the rest of his life on it.
——And she didn't even know his true purpose.
Concept: Jianghu is a huge endless hell. Wen Yin thought he was hunting Gu Wangchen, and Gu Wangchen thought he was repaying a debt from sixteen years ago. The truth is: they are all in a larger web, and the weaver of that web is the "other identity" of the person they love each other deeply.