Spring's Ashes

[Sunny Healer * Male Ghost Slayer] Love at first sight / Mutual redemption

Blurb:

Because Yan Yungui was frail as a child, her parents, the wealthiest family in the capital, reluctantly sent her to Xuan'ai Pavilion, a sect renowned for its medicine, after receiving advice from an expert.

At Xuan'ai Pavilion, Yan Yungui's health truly improved. With the pavilion master's guidance, she became the youngest chief disciple in the sect's history after coming of age.

After the snow cleared and the sky turned bright, Yan Yungui had just finished saving someone, while Xiao Shuolin had just finished killing someone.

"You little healer from Xuan'ai Pavilion, would you save my life?"

Yan Yungui clutched her medicine box and looked at the person across from her, who was holding a sword and threatening her. Gritting her teeth, she saved the blood-soaked youth.

She regretted it as soon as she was done. She had recognized who he was.

It was obvious that the person before her was a disciple of Shuofeng Tower. Rumor had it that Shuofeng Tower killed without hesitation, and its people could even kill members of their own sect when they were riled up.

But as a disciple of Xuan'ai Pavilion, she had been taught to heal the world, never to take another person's life.

"I saved your life, so don't repay my kindness with treachery. Don't kill me, okay?"

While the person before her was still unconscious, Yan Yungui left a few doses of medicine, then slipped away with her medicine box.

Xiao Shuolin had no parents. The people of Shuofeng Tower recruited him, and he thought he'd finally have enough to eat. But he had only entered another hell.

There was no loyalty to the sect, only the rule that might makes right. After struggling his way up, he came to understand people's true nature.

When chaos engulfed the sects and the world lay desolate, the five great sects were plunged into turmoil, and Xuan'ai Pavilion was not spared.

The sect was destroyed. Yan Yungui's senior brothers and sisters fought to the very end to protect it. Covered in blood, Yan Yungui stood before the demons, determined to defend her sect with her life.

Then Xiao Shuolin stepped in front of her.

When Yan Yungui looked up at him, she saw the youth standing before her in black, with the familiar expression on his face. His long sword was soaked in blood, just as it had been when they first met.

"I'll repay you for saving my life, someday."

Years later.

After they made love, he kissed her cheek, damp with sweat.

Yan Yungui recalled the day they first met and teased him with a smile.

Xiao Shuolin gently bit the person in his arms. "Actually... I got hurt on purpose back then."

Yan Yungui: ?!

Reader's Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's only partners. Happy ending.

2. The author made up all the medicine-related information, so don't take it as fact.

Theme: Fight for tomorrow, and hope for spring