Farewell to the Wind and Moon

In times of chaos, killing runs rampant.

The sacrifice the Yunhui Pavilion offered to the Wujian Sect ended up bringing about the destruction of the entire Yunhui Pavilion.

Indirectly, at least.

Qing Lan had wanted to do it herself, but Sui Cheng thought otherwise.

Once the celebrated young lord of Miaojiang, she was suddenly reduced to a sacrifice offered to the Wujian Sect. After many twists and turns, she became an innocent person saved by “Zhihui.”

But was she really innocent?

Even she didn't believe that story.

Qing Lan had no choice but to rein in her sharp edges and pretend to be a well-behaved little sidekick.

Fine, let's act. Who could out-act her, Qing “Award-Winning Actress” Lan?

Always by her side, always saying what she wanted to hear.

“Lord ‘Zhihui,’ you're so amazing.” “A Lan will always stay by your side, Lord ‘Zhihui.’”

She had thought that from beginning to end, this was nothing but a performance meant to deceive herself.

But spending every day together, she fell too deeply into her role. The obedience and affection she'd deliberately feigned unknowingly became genuine feelings from the heart.

Their insincere act of playing along turned into a real romance.

She became so deeply entangled that she was trapped by love, unable to leave the role she'd been playing.

Yue Li picked up a little sidekick. The well-behaved young woman who followed her every day had been a sacrifice offered by the Yunhui Pavilion to the Wujian Sect.

Back then, curled up in Yue Li's arms, she had softly and cautiously said her name was “A Lan.”

From then on, they spent their days together. Every time they met, she would smile and sweetly call out, “Lord ‘Zhihui.’”

Yue Li knew full well from the start that her obedience and that form of address were nothing but an act.

A thousand mountains in a midday dream, a window framing a single arrow's flight.

That deliberately ingratiating “Lord ‘Zhihui’” quietly turned into the affectionate, tender “A Li.”

So Yue Li went along with it. If she wanted to call her “A Li,” then “A Li” it was.

Though Yue Li knew the well-behaved little sidekick before her was no ordinary, nameless person.

She was the renowned young lord of Miaojiang. Yue Li also knew that her real name had never been A Lan. It was Qing Lan.

She told her, “A Li, I'm willing to love this world for you.”

But loving this desolate world had always been Yue Li's fate, not something Qing Lan should have to bear.

Yet fate had always been absurd and unjust, and the world was full of unforeseen turns.

The one who fell drenched in blood and was buried beneath the tribulations of the world was, of all people, her.

“She is the only selfish wish I've ever had.

No matter what,

I will keep her safe.”

“I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I broke my promise...”

“A Li didn't break her promise.

I was the one who failed her,

unable to stay by A Li's side forever.”

[Reader's Notes]

1. Both leads are pure, 1v1, no switching or breaking up.

2. The main story has a bad ending. The bonus chapters include a happy-ending parallel universe and character monologues. Choose what you read.

3. Please don't start arguments in the comments. The internet isn't above the law, and malicious comments will be deleted.

4. More to come...

Enjoy reading!

Theme: Joy and sorrow always leave us unmoved. Let it all fall, drop by drop, before the steps until dawn.