Shen Han is an out-and-out villainous bandit.
A stunning beauty on the outside, with a heart like a venomous snake and scorpion. She kills and burns, and has done every kind of evil.
On top of that, she has monstrous strength and can yank a willow tree straight out of the ground!
She declared herself the River God, set Wangxian ablaze, and captured the county magistrate and sank him in the river. The people could only vent their anger by calling her the "water ghost" behind her back.
But one day, her own people toppled her from power, leaving her hunted throughout the city and with nowhere to hide.
With her life hanging by a thread, Shen Han suddenly remembered that the neighboring Yishan Sect might offer a place to hide. The only problem was, they... would never take in a wicked ghost like her!
It was snowing heavily that day.
Yu Heng, the Yishan Sect's most upright and proper senior disciple, opened the mountain gate and spotted an incomparable beauty, barely clinging to life, beneath the long stone steps.
Shen Han weakly reached out to him. "Save me... I promise I'll turn over a new leaf..."
According to the usual story, Yu Heng, a hundred-percent good person, ought to have saved her.
But he glanced at her and turned to leave.
Shen Han: ?
Fine. You win.
No matter. Shen Han had always been a brilliant actress.
Word had it Yu Heng was as elegant as an orchid and as straight as a jade tree, a living symbol of the righteous martial world.
Someone like him would be easy to fool.
A white lotus, huh? Playing the good guy, huh? She'd act so well he'd start doubting his own sanity.
Later, she really did join Yishan, only to discover that Yu Heng's gaze was growing more and more peculiar.
Shen Han panicked. Could this man... have fallen for me?
Beneath an apricot tree, he took her hand.
Shen Han suddenly grew wary. This man's gaze was just like that of several of her former lovers.
[Cool, devoted, scheming white lotus x Wild, untamable, beautiful female bandit]
I thought I was acting circles around you, but it turns out you're the real master actor!
[A friendly reminder]
1. This story is set in a fictional world, though it draws on real-life references. Everything serves the plot, so please don't overanalyze it.
2. I will never abandon this story.
3. A very fun, lighthearted martial arts story, with just a little focus on the nation and its people. It centers on the heroine's journey of growth.
Coming soon: Sending My Ex-Husband to the Top of Bianjing's Trending Topics
Yang Xufan has been divorced for three years. During that time, she has endured humiliation and countless rumors.
But no one knows that she is the most popular author of romantic gossip booklets in Bianjing.
Her booklets cover the news, current affairs, scandals, and secrets of the entire city. Even the Bianjing prefect turns to them for clues when solving cases.
When Pei Lianqi came to see her, he expected to meet a sour-faced, ugly old man with a vicious pen.
Beneath the crabapple blossoms, a slender figure in crimson turned around.
His clenched fist relaxed.
"Why would a discarded noblewoman run a bookshop like this?"
Yang Xufan answered calmly, "To send my former husband to the center of Bianjing's public outrage."
Pei Lianqi's Adam's apple bobbed.
The man at the center of the storm was his distant cousin.
"And now?" he asked. "I'm the one at the center of the storm."
Theme: We weather the hardships of this world through love.
