Back in the day, the Zhang family went south across the seas, wading through mountains of corpses and rivers of blood to build a vast fortune.
At sixteen, Zhang Qingji inherited the family business. After ten years at the helm, she had single-handedly taken control of half the port facilities in Rou City. Even the provincial governor treated her as an honored guest.
One day, while inspecting the docks, the safety inspectors caught a petty thief and were about to sink her in the sea.
Zhang Qingji intervened.
The thief was a filthy little girl of thirteen or fourteen, but her eyes were remarkably bright and defiant.
Zhang Qingji took her as her sworn younger sister and gave her the name Zhang Lingjia.
When Zhang Lingjia turned eighteen, Zhang Qingji planned to marry her off to the Wu family to seal an alliance.
On the night before her wedding, Lingjia prepared wine and food to thank her brother.
After more than a decade of living by the sword, Zhang Qingji never expected to fall at the hands of her own family. She woke up the next morning to find that the deed was done, with Lingjia straddling her and smiling. "If the Wu family finds out what happened last night, won't they sink me into the sea when I marry in? Four years ago, you saved me once, Brother. You might as well see it through and save me again today!"
Theme: Perseverance
