Twelvefold

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* Family gravekeeper x investigative journalist

Overwhelmingly strong, godlike, gentle man x clever, imaginative, strength-admiring woman

Before you start: Modern fantasy, road-trip story, one-on-one romance, mutual devotion.

Blurb

An accident led her into the Devil's domain. From that moment on, she began a terrifying, reality-defying journey.

At their first meeting, he seemed like a god descending from the heavens, saving her in her moment of danger.

Wonder, shock, mystery... Amid the gusting chill winds, a thousand descriptions came to mind, yet not one complete sentence could be spoken.

At their next meeting, in the ancient city during the plum-rain season, raindrops pattered to the ground. Across the surging crowd, their eyes met.

Resentment, unrest, disappointment, stifled sobs, perhaps longing, all gathered in that moment, unsettling her heart and stirring her feelings.

Thump, thump-thump... Between heaven and earth, their heartbeats sent out a dizzying vibration, marking the beginning of their fall into the mortal world.

[His side]

Originally, none of this had anything to do with him.

Through endless days, he guarded the Twelve Mountains, passing his time with a green lamp and yellowed books, serene and at ease.

Then one day, he ran into a woman wailing like a ghost. She wouldn't leave him alone, wouldn't let go, and insisted on dragging him into the mortal world...

Guanshan: I have never met anyone so shameless!

[Her side]

Not long ago, a new notice appeared on the missing persons wall at the Nancheng Police Bureau. The missing person was a 25-year-old woman who worked as an investigative journalist. She'd disappeared while looking into a missing person case. Despite three months of collecting leads, there was still no trace of her. She was gone without a trace, dead or alive.

At the same time, Rong Qing was on the brink of death in southern Tibet. To stay alive, she had no choice but to swallow her pride and cling tightly to the leg of the only living thing nearby, praying she could make it out of the remote mountains and escape the forbidden city...

Rong Qing: When your life is on the line, what's pride worth? Nothing, that's what!

Theme: In this world full of all sorts of things, love is the one thing we must never betray.