The Smiling Assassin

Two women: one is a black, one-winged demon; the other, a smiling assassin. Similar scars across their broken brows, fragments of memory linking them together... What exactly is their relationship? Two men: one is a ruthless demon who betrayed his father and younger brother; the other, an ordinary, kind-hearted university student. Their thoughts influence each other. Who are they to one another? A revenge plot set in motion by a betrayal without cause: why did the betrayal happen? Whose memories are in the dreams? What are the memories Wei lost before the age of seven? Why does the demon endure humiliation and still refuse to leave? And yet, A thousand years of waiting, a thousand years of memories... only for it all to end as a joke. Knowing this is a fate-bound ordeal, and still unable to let go... Is it foolishness or devotion? Demons and humans, memories and emotions intertwined across a thousand years... If he loses his memories, will he still be the person you’ve been waiting for? Does a love paid for with one’s life mean anything? One says, “I owe you for loving me. Would a lifetime be enough to repay you?” The other says, “Even after losing my past life, I found you, the only one for me in this vast world, and returned to your side.” But in the end: “I once thought love alone could overcome every barrier. Now I know that love alone isn’t enough.” I hope there’s someone waiting for me, so I can keep going, even through the pain. But... the butterfly ultimately cannot cross the vast sea, not because it is weak, but because there is no longer anything to hope for on the other shore...