The Phoenix Follows the Wind to Roost in the Wutong Tree

[An idea I had a few years ago, written for practice and updated whenever inspiration strikes. A spin-off of the ninth story in The Male God Purification Guide. Alternate universe, no real-life inspirations.]

The North and South stand opposed, with warlords ruling their own territories. Everyone says Commander Jiang is the thorn in Commander Duan’s side, and that Duan is eager to kill him.

But they don’t know that, one late autumn, Duan Yiliang made the plum blossoms bloom all over Beiping for the sake of one word from Jiang: “like.”

[Younger, refined rogue gong x aloof, abstinent shou]

Theme: Before love between two people, the nation and family come first