Zhang Qiling: Though Our Vows May Fade

Zhang Qiling BG, written just to romance Xiao Ge.

This is a story about revenge and resistance, youthful affection, and power struggles.

"Giving blood takes a toll on your body. Don't do that for people who aren't worth it... If they ask you to do it again, don't agree."

"Why did you save me?"

"What do you mean, why? Wasn't it the right thing to do?"

"But they never came."

"Well, they..."

"You don't have to comfort me. Someone like me could disappear from the face of the earth, and no one would care."

"What kind of thing is that to say?! You're still young, why are you so pessimistic?! They hate you because they're taking out their anger on you, anger they really feel toward the higher-ups in the Zhang family. You still have a long life ahead. You'll meet people who treat you well someday. As for those who don't, why should you care so much about them?"

"How about this? I'll live as long as you do, and because I'm a mixed-blood, I won't suffer from soul-loss syndrome. Now, I swear to the full moon in the sky that I'll always remember you. If you ever disappear, I'll come looking for you."

"You can either join me in making a revolution, or become a puppet emperor in name only. It's your choice."

"Trust me, the Qing Dynasty fell more than ten years ago, but the Zhang family is still clinging to this system... It doesn't need the Wang family to bring it down. It'll collapse on its own."

During the hardest years of his youth, there was once a ray of moonlight.

She was only an illegitimate daughter, and had never even entered a tomb. Even their first meeting had been politically motivated.

But he would never blame that girl, pure and elegant as a pear blossom, yet as sly as moonlight.

After all, she had saved him from a pack of wolves, then shielded him from the Wang family's attack with her own life.

But he had never protected her. He had even stood against her.

Years later, looking back, he regretted it.

She was gone, and the Zhang family, just as she had predicted, had fallen apart and declined beyond recovery.

P.S. Things to know before reading:

1. This Xiao Ge is a child, so it's not OOC.

2. I'm not good at romance, so Xiao Ge may not get much page time.

3. I'm a student. My writing is poor and updates are very slow, but I won't abandon the story!

4. If you don't like it, please don't flame me!

5. I haven't read the original carefully, so there are lots of headcanons here.

5. The story is set after Zhang Qiling fell from grace but before he became clan leader. So throughout the story, Jingshu's father is called the former clan leader, and the current clan leader is Zhang Qishan's grandfather.

6. The heroine's given name is Zhang Jinshu, and she uses the alias Zhang Tingyu. Her younger brother's given name is Zhang Shengyuan, and he uses the alias Zhang Hualou.

Premise: Though we swore our love would last, I have no way to send you a letter