Chapter Seven of the Night

Some people live lives of peace and ease, bathed in sunshine. Others can do nothing but struggle in the abyss. After Mu Xun's mother remarried, she knew her life would be the latter. The first time Shen Qinghuo saved her, he didn't reach out a hand. He only lowered his head to look at her, his thin lenses glinting with a cold light in the dimness. He said just one thing: “When the law can't protect you, there's another way: commit a crime.” Teacher-student romance. Both leads are pitch-black at their core. A highly intelligent, highly educated university professor seeking revenge × an insecure, sensitive, top-of-the-class female student. Their romance develops after they are no longer teacher and student. A dark romance, and a story where the author let loose. Content warning: The heroine has been harmed by others (readers who mind should be very, very cautious). The message of this novel: Be a law-abiding citizen. Good triumphs over evil. The law may not be able to punish every villain, but heaven will. P.S. I really couldn't think of a title. I happened to be listening to “Chapter Seven of the Night” while plotting the story, and the lyrics were incredibly evocative. I got carried away and used it as the title. (For another story in the same series, see The Ghostly Beauty.) Theme: When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss is also watching you.