A Path Through Life

With exams for this and that every day, are they going to make us take an exam on the Way of Sustaining Life to pass through the Dragon Gate, too? The Dragon King nodded. The Dragon Gate is the Way of Sustaining Life and Love; those without love cannot leap through.

As a spirit fish, Yuyan had spent most of her life beneath the sea, ever since she was a fish and before she became human. But her master and senior brothers had never let her become a fish in a well, or, uh, a fish at the bottom of the sea! She was sure she could leap through the Dragon Gate!

At least, she was sure of it until a bolt of heavenly lightning split apart the bond of karma between her and Yuan Mao.

Her leap through the Dragon Gate was put on hold

She had never been to the Yuan residence, but now she went there. She had never been a personal attendant, but now she became one. And Yuan Mao, whom she had never met... Wait, she had met him. He was the one who saved her.

But Yuan Mao, the eldest young lord of the Yuan household, was no pushover. From the very start, he suspected her and tested her, and seemed to be showing off his charms like a peacock?

She couldn't reveal that she was a spirit, so Yuyan was cautious.

Yuan Mao smiled at her... She thought he was up to no good. Yuan Mao treated her kindly... She thought he had ulterior motives.

Could it be that he hadn't been able to forget you for the past seven years?

Yuyan couldn't ask him that, but she could tell Yuan Mao's feelings for her went far beyond simply remembering her for seven years.

She had only wanted to be a diligent, proper servant, but life didn't go as planned. A fox demon was determined to target her, a snake demon suddenly appeared and claimed to be her friend, and someone kept provoking her for fun...

Love abides through every hardship, from small affections to great love that sustains life.

They crossed rivers and mountains and arrived together in Chang'an, a place of breathtaking splendor and power. There were demons and monsters aplenty, yet none were as frightening as the human heart.

The human heart can hold love, and still wish Yuyan dead.

The human heart can hold affection, and still make Yuyan disappear.

How many thirteenth months can a lifetime hold? Through fate's cycle in the thirteenth month, she will cross the Dragon Gate, wishing only that their love remains unchanged and that they may sustain life together.

Updated daily until completion! No tired old tropes, and no heart-wrenching plot.

The story uses the lunar calendar.

One round of proofreading is complete.

Theme: From personal affection to a great love for the people's livelihood