The Girl and Her Shadow Guard

A cold, obsessive girl with maxed-out combat skills x her devoted, deranged shadow guard

Blurb:

Ning Ruyi has lived two lives.

She was once the daughter of the wealthy Ning family of Jiangnan, raised on music, chess, calligraphy, painting, flower arranging, and tea ceremony.

But when her country fell and her family was destroyed, their immense wealth became a death warrant. She and a hundred members of the Ning family were buried beneath the rebels' iron hooves.

When she opened her eyes again, she had become a five-year-old orphan in Miaojiang.

This time, Ning Ruyi joined Qingping Sect, where she learned blades, spears, swords, halberds, poison, and forbidden arts.

From the moment she emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, Ning Ruyi knew she was destined to walk back into hell.

She understood all too well: this was the price of repaying blood with blood.

Until, one rainy season, her shadow bowed before her and, with near-reverence, rubbed his cheek against the back of her hand.

"If there truly is an Avici Hell in this world, I will go there with you."

Notes:

1. No cultivation. The martial arts range from low to high, with revenge and scum-getting-what-they-deserve themes.

2. Neither a strong woman paired with an even stronger man nor a female lead in the traditional sense.

(The first part of the blurb was written in December 2021; the full version was completed on April 24, 2022, and has been notarized.)

Theme: Conviction