[Deeply calculating x Vengeful to a fault]
* The hero is a camera-loving creep
When the bright red bridal veil lands over his head, Xie Yu thinks it's utterly absurd.
His mother died young, and his father, a bandit chieftain with many wives and children, has always ignored him. He might as well have no father at all.
But one day, his so-called father suddenly seeks him out and tells him to marry into the rival bandit stronghold.
Xie Yu: ? Bandits do this kind of thing too?
The rival stronghold has been at odds with theirs for years, and its reputation is even worse: they run wild, commit every kind of evil, and have killed enough people to bury half a mountain. As their sworn enemy, Xie Yu can only imagine what awaits him.
Yet his bandit father gives him no choice, sending him to the other stronghold amid gongs, drums, and a deafening display of firecrackers.
He assumes his life is over, but when Xie Yu arrives, he discovers that the other party is a sickly man who coughs up blood every three steps and faints every five, seemingly frail and ready to meet his maker at any moment.
After a long silence, Xie Yu lets it go.
A sickly man is great. Even if he tries to seize his wealth and power, he won't be able to do anything to him.
It is only when a contract is slapped down in front of him that Xie Yu realizes he has misjudged the man.
From bandit strongholds to the capital, Xie Yu knows that only a villain can handle another villain. He and Shang Jue are like a poisoned blade and a sheathed edge, two foxes who hit it off at once and join forces to do no good.
* A practice novel, with a very loose setting
* A story written for fun, not meant to withstand close scrutiny
Theme: Keep moving forward bravely, even in adversity.
