Three years ago, Jiang Jin saved a young man by chance. He told her that the day he returned to the capital would be the day he brought her home as his bride.
Jiang Jin waited and waited. She waited through sunrise and sunset, through spring planting and autumn harvest, through all four seasons, until at last she learned that he would never come back.
She had been foolish to dream of spending a lifetime with just one person. Sadly, Heaven would not grant her wish. So be it. She had never been one to cling to anyone. Still, she wanted to see him one last time... to finally put these years of longing to rest.
But something happened to Jiang Jin on her way to the capital to find him, and she turned into a snake. A voice in her mind told her that if she killed him, she could become human again.
When she saw him again, she coiled her cold body tightly around his neck, pressing against the pulse that beat in time with his heart. All she had to do was tighten her grip, and the young man she had loved would be gone from this world forever.
Just then, he took out a marriage contract.
Note:
❶ This is a fictional setting. All objects and explanations in the story are invented, so please don't take them as real.
❷ Neither lead is perfect, nor are they saints.
❸ Update schedule: updates on weekdays as inspiration strikes, with more frequent updates on weekends.
Theme: For family and country, and for the faith in one's heart
