Going to Die

Blurb One:

Xie Fanyin used to think those days were wonderful.

She had a loving master, three sweet and well-behaved disciples, an old friend who loved to drink, and an adorable little wolf.

The sunlight on Langkun Mountain was just right, and she felt at peace.

Later, Xie Fanyin came to feel that those days were etched into her bones and hurt like a knife.

Her master did evil, her disciples betrayed her, her old friend schemed against her, and the adorable little wolf died for nothing.

The sunlight on Langkun Mountain was just right, but all she felt was a chill through her whole body.

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Later, demons appeared, and the corruption of the Abyss returned.

Xie Fanyin, the nameless swordmaster of Langkun Mountain, shook the four seas and eight wastelands with a single sword. She turned herself into a sword to seal the breach in the Abyss, and died.

Three hundred years later, a child named Xie Yin crawled out of a pile of corpses in a mass grave.

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The ancient spirit ring Youying was forced to bind itself to the little brat, using threats and enticements to make her obey. If she didn't, she'd die.

But the child, her face caked with mud and her body reeking, calmly replied, "Then I'll die."

Youying: ?

Xie Fanyin: "I don't want to live either."

A thousand years of days gone by had been too long. When the illusion of harmony was torn apart, she couldn't bear it.

The moment she died fighting as a sword, she had already let go of everything in her past.

Youying: ...

Youying: !!

No, don't die!

Blurb Two:

Xie Fanyin once loved someone. At first, she simply envied him. Then she admired him, and at last, she fell in love with him. She hid her feelings well beneath her usual smile, so nobody ever noticed. That may have been her good fortune, but it was also her regret.

Later, she died. Before she did, she still remembered the last time she saw him.

She held her sword and gazed at him quietly. "Ji Lingyou, are you happy now?"

The man in white was carefree and unconstrained, letting fallen leaves settle on him. He was just as she remembered.

He spoke with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes. "I'm not happy."

Xie Fanyin said, "I'm sorry."

Ji Lingyou said, "What your master did has nothing to do with you."

Xie Fanyin fell silent, then finally asked, "You've had your revenge. Why aren't you happy?"

Ji Lingyou smiled, but kept her at arm's length.

"A-Yin," he said, "let's have a drink together next time."

But there would be no next time.

Long after no one remembered Xie Fanyin's name, one person spotted her in the crowd at a glance.

He said, "A-Yin, don't die."

Xie Fanyin said gently, "I'm sorry, but I don't want to live."

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Gentle and repressed x free-spirited and uninhibited

Xie Fanyin x Ji Lingyou

2023/6/9

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Theme: Cherish life