White Knight Syndrome

Gloomy, solitary sewer-dweller x warm, gentle, secretly controlling woman

Brooding, irritable younger woman / crawling through the sewers / occasionally letting out a piercing shriek when she can't take it anymore and the gentle big sister at first, domineering bully later / top-tier acting skills, devoted to frail girls / tries and fails to train a dog, then gets bitten by it

Zhou Jing probably wouldn't be able to continue her studies.

At the end of her second year of high school, she'd nearly ruined everything. Her mother had been scammed, debt collectors had trashed their home, and the grades she'd counted on as a lifeline were impossible to look at

There would be no scholarship. Wharton Academy would kick her out like a rotten ball.

She decided to take a leave of absence.

But someone she never expected stopped her.

Bo Xuchun would never normally have crossed paths with someone like her. She lived beneath the warm spring sunshine, with a gentle breeze all around her. Their lives were utterly different.

But someone like her was willing to step into Zhou Jing's damp, muddy life.

She gently and patiently talked her through things, accepting her frightened body and mind...

Before long, Zhou Jing couldn't help falling in love with her. Everything seemed to be getting better, but then, all of a sudden, something felt wrong.

Bo Xuchun smiled as gently as ever.

"Zhou Jing, think carefully. Is there anyone besides me who would accept you?"

"Poor thing. You're not even likable. You should know your place."

"But you don't need to be too afraid. I'll always be here with you."

For the first seventeen years of her life, Bo Xuchun had never met a prey as satisfying as Zhou Jing.

Timid, gloomy, and always on edge.

She looked at Bo Xuchun with eyes that seemed soaked in rain.

In her eyes, Bo Xuchun was undoubtedly her savior.

And this savior happened to have a kind heart.

At the beginning of the story, that kind heart snugly concealed all the malice no one could see.

#As mentioned in the blurb, neither female lead is entirely mentally healthy, and their relationship will probably be a bumpy one. But I personally love writing challenging dynamics.

#More to come~

Theme: The knight is both the one who saves and the one who destroys