A Love Story

On every full-moon night, I stand atop a tall building and pray to the god of love to grant me love. Yet when love draws near, I...

My birth was met with all kinds of objections from the ministers. Out of love for me, my kind mother poured all the power of love within her into me, helping me grow strong in no time.

My name is Li Ying'ai. My birth mother gave it to me before she died, but she never told me what it truly meant. I don't know whether she meant for me to love others or to be loved by them.

As for Qiu Shi, to be precise, my love for her came from the power of love she inherited from my birth mother. It wasn't the undying love I was searching for, but a longing for an illusion. Fan Li was the one whose heart truly resonated with mine. When I went to Huanminju to conceal my power, she knew who I was, yet she dared to look me straight in the eye. She was my one and only! But I realized it too late. Every time love drew near, I remained oblivious. By the time I knew how to love, my beloved, the person who truly loved me, had already vanished from my world...

Theme: My fate is mine to command, not Heaven's