I Faked My Death and Returned, Only to Catch the Dark Prince's Eye

[Top-tier female assassin who roams the martial world] x [A prince who pretends to be un favored but is secretly ruthless]

Jiang Tinglan, chief disciple of the Duchuan Pavilion, died at the hands of her own people.

She was used as a weapon more and more often, and her enemies stretched all the way from Tianqi to the Western Zhao Kingdom beyond the border.

Though she had noticed, she always believed that her master had saved her life, and that the outside world's opinions had nothing to do with her.

Until one day, a mission went wrong. Lying in a pool of blood beneath a torrential downpour, she learned that the people in the Pavilion had long considered her an eyesore, and that the mission had been nothing but a pretext.

She thought she would die right there, but she refused to give up. Summoning her last bit of strength, she managed to move just a little, but the pain was unbearable. The poison in her wound soon made her lose consciousness.

Perhaps Heaven pitied her. As she hovered between life and death, a blurry figure hurried past while taking shelter from the rain and seemed to notice her. A warm, damp embrace lifted her up. All she could hear was the sound of a jade pendant at the person's waist clinking against the hilt of a sword.

When she woke again, she found herself in a shabby thatched hut. A woman nearby told her that she had apparently been rescued by an important official. That very day, the royal family had gone to pray for blessings, and a sudden downpour had forced the emperor and his party to take shelter in a temple.

After learning the general circumstances, she had a vague suspicion, then shook her head and pushed it aside. Seeing her covered in wounds and seemingly disoriented, the farmer's wife took pity on her. After asking her a few questions, she took her in as an adopted daughter, giving her the name Lin Yin and the nickname Afu.

From then on, Jiang Tinglan, chief disciple of the Duchuan Pavilion, was dead, lost in that rainstorm. The one who survived was Lin Yin.

From then on, mother and daughter lived in a simple wooden hut. She was always trying to prove her worth, but her mother kept telling her to love herself first. When she got hurt, her mother's tears came before any reproach... Slowly, she began to open her heart.

Just as everything seemed to be going well, someone leaked her whereabouts. While she was out selling goods, her adoptive mother was killed by that person's blade. Panicked and heartbroken, she picked up a weapon once more to defend herself. She won, but she also lost. After solemnly burying her adoptive mother, she had no choice but to leave, taking what little she had left and heading for the capital to start a new life.

On the very first day her shop opened, someone saw that she was new and tried to intimidate her. Instead, they were cowed by her imposing presence. Then her high-quality goods made her famous throughout the street. The shop opened, and life gradually got better.

But it seemed Heaven still wouldn't leave her alone. Even when former fellow disciples taunted and bullied her, she had planned to walk away. But when they made the first move, she instinctively tried to fight back, and a pair of well-defined hands stepped in front of her...

Theme: Two people who are evenly matched choosing each other, walking side by side through the darkness, saving and uplifting each other.