Beauty and Bodyguard

[Devoted Guard x Fallen Young Lady, Childhood Sweethearts]

Qin Zhiyi had the flawless beauty of carved jade, and was renowned in the capital as a pampered beauty.

Everyone feared her, though not because she was the legitimate daughter of the Duke's household. They feared her bodyguard.

He had been at her side every moment since they were children.

The young guard wore black and had an iron grip. His long Jiuxiao sword never left his side, and half his face was hidden behind a dark mask.

His swordsmanship was as swift as a shadow. He could claim to be the best, and no one could rival him.

Even though he was mute.

Later, disaster struck the Duke's household. Her father and elder brother were wrongfully imprisoned, and Qin Zhiyi was trapped in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, her life suddenly in ruins.

The young men and women who had once been beneath her now sneered and jeered at her.

Only Qin Nanfeng stayed by her side.

On the eve of her first night, Qin Zhiyi rested her head on his shoulder and cried, "Nanfeng... please take me."

She didn't want to be abused by some filthy man.

But Qin Nanfeng did not take her.

*

When Qin Nanfeng was five, Duke Qin brought him back to the estate. Poison had burned his throat, and he was covered in blood.

He had escaped the claws of a demon and clung to life, while a little girl gently wiped the blood from him, bit by bit.

He was taciturn, shutting himself away in his room.

The little girl quietly pushed the door open, and a sliver of warm light fell through the gap.

She coaxed him, "Don't be sad. I'll marry you someday, and I'll talk to you every day."

From then on, the girl's sweet smile became the medicine that kept him alive.

He had selfish, improper thoughts about her, too, but in his heart, she was sacred.

When she was sent to a brothel, he hid above the beams night after night, driving away every man who entered her room.

Later, he even slaughtered everyone in Xiaoxiang Pavilion in a single night for her, and faced the darkness of his past once more.

*

One day, Qin Nanfeng reclaimed everything that had always belonged to him and stood before her again.

He wore black and gold, no longer the man he had once been.

He gently caressed her face, his voice clear and warm. "Does what you said back then still stand, my lady?"

Words spoken in their youth... of course they still stood.

#The world's tenderness is just a dream: returning to Nanfeng's side, for Nanfeng knows my heart.#

Theme: The world's tenderness is just a dream: returning to Nanfeng's side, for Nanfeng knows my heart.