[Chasing Jade] Huai Zhen

The Fan family in Xigu Lane has three girls.

The eldest, Changyu, is eighteen. She butchers pigs and runs the household, the backbone of the family.

The second girl, Changzhen, is fifteen and skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

The youngest, Changning, is only five. She's well-behaved and sensible enough, though she spends her days chasing chickens.

Fan Changzhen doesn't think she's as strong and capable as her eldest sister, nor as little as her youngest sister, who still needs looking after. She simply sits at her desk, writing and painting. When she lowers her eyes, she's like a landscape painting that breathes.

Li Huaian comes at his master's bidding to protect the three Fan sisters. He thinks the assignment will last little more than a month, but he never expects to find himself unable to take his eyes off the second daughter of the Fan family.

He watches her write, her wrist delicate, her strokes full of strength.

He watches her paint, the ink spreading across the page.

He hears her read to her little sister in a soft voice.

She comes by more and more often, and his heart sinks deeper and deeper.

After they part, their lives are turned upside down. He survives a world of flashing blades and fights his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, wanting only to ask her one thing

“Zhen Niang, I've lived my whole life by the rules, but I made an exception for you. Do you... want to come away with me?”

All the BGM tracks in this novel have been added to a playlist on QQ Music in order. If you'd like to listen, search for the novel's title or the author's pen name.

Written for love, with many original headcanons. The derivative sections are original and may be seriously out of character. Plagiarism is prohibited and will be severely punished if discovered.

Since the dynasty in the show is fictional, after gathering opinions from various sources, I've decided that official titles and such will be based on the Ming dynasty.

Original author of Chasing Jade: Tuanzi Lai Xi

Theme: A carefree life among the clouds and wild grasses.