Synopsis
Slight ensemble cast | secret identities revealed | court and martial world | two powerful leads seeking revenge
[Smart, decisive, rational assassin x calculating, brooding, sinister tower lord]
[Plot]
Eight years ago, she was an ordinary resident of Yanqi City. She left home to search for her family, only to hear that her home had burned down and been reduced to ruins. From then on, she had nowhere to return to.
Eight years later, she was a top assassin of the Yanye Tower, having quietly made her way into the top ten of the martial world's ranking of notable figures. From then on, her talent could no longer be hidden.
She had come through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The tower lord, Sheng Yu, took her in and gave her the name Chang Sui.
All the while, she had only ever had three things on her mind.
First, find out where her family was and reunite with them.
Second, become the strongest assassin and regain her freedom.
Third, stand beside the person she loved and seek freedom together.
Only later did she learn that she had long been caught in a deadly game of strategy.
Their meeting had been nothing more than a carefully planned reunion after a long separation.
Love and hate intertwined; joy and sorrow came and went. It was hard to choose between love and duty, hard to honor both loyalty and filial piety.
The court and the martial world were full of treacherous currents. With swords pointing the way, the game was already set.
A principled female official seeks a path to success for all the women of the realm.
A cool and reserved young lord is trapped in a choice between righteousness and filial duty for the sake of a dear friend.
A prodigy of a girl takes a thorny path for the sake of faith and friendship.
A dignified young nobleman descends into madness over the person he loves.
And she and he stir up turmoil across the realm as they avenge a blood feud.
[Romance]
After she became assassin Seventeen, a young man came to her of his own accord.
His name was Yu Sheng, and his codename was Eighteen.
He treated her with tenderness and care, and helped her grow stronger.
They were each other's support, and each other's only friend.
After eight years together, feelings had long since taken root.
But later, she learned that
his true identity was never the gentle, mild-mannered assassin he pretended to be in front of her. He was the cold and ruthless lord of the Yanye Tower.
The moment she learned the truth, hatred surged within her.
But before her hatred could overtake her love, he had already snuffed it out.
Once everything became clear, all she felt was heartache...
Only then did she learn that
the person she had secretly loved for so many years had long held her in his heart too, letting his love grow without restraint.
Reading guide:
1. Mutual pining, mutual healing, two beautiful and powerful leads with tragic pasts.
2. Neither lead is purely good. Both have no previous sexual partners. Happy ending.
3. Fast-paced plot, slow-burn romance.
4. Set in a fictional world. Please don't nitpick the historical details.
[Volumes • Plot and Romance]
Volume One • Revenge Begins and Feelings Emerge (01-22)
Volume Two • Tempered Bones, Hidden Blades and Love and Hate Run Wild (23-75)
Volume Three • Debts of Gratitude and Revenge Repaid, Clouds Part and the Moon Shines (76-99)
(The meaning behind the author's and male lead's names is explained in the author's note for Chapter 50.)
Former titles:
Yanye Chang Sui / Twin Blades, a Scheme for Revenge
2025.7
& Completed: Jian Yan Zhi Xin (Mystery)
& Upcoming: The Blind Woman Finds a Mute Husband
& Upcoming: Returning to the Day I First Met the Sinister Emperor
& Upcoming: The Ruthless Prince Steals Another Man's Wife
Blurb:
[Strong, optimistic, kind-hearted female doctor x sensitive, suspicious, unhinged prince]
Ashu grew up in a mountain valley. She was a doctor with black moles and freckles all over her face. Everyone who saw her thought she was ugly.
Until one day, someone appeared and told her, "You're not ugly. You're beautiful."
She was blind at the time, but she could still sense that he meant it. She would never forget that gentle, pleasing voice.
The young girl began to fall for him, but she couldn't escape reality.
He would eventually have to leave the valley, and she had already agreed to marry someone else.
But on her wedding day, everything changed.
A stranger appeared from nowhere and kidnapped her in front of everyone.
When her fiancé tried to stop him, the man cut him down with his sword.
Then he took her back to his residence and forced her to marry him.
From then on, she became a bird in his cage.
*
A year ago, Nangong Shi accidentally wandered into the mountain valley and was rescued by a woman.
No one in this world had ever dared to approach him.
But she not only spoke to him constantly, she also devoted every day to looking after him.
After spending some time with her, he realized that feelings were growing in his heart. He had decided that she was the one for him.
Later, he heard she was getting married.
Frantic with worry, he secretly planned to take her back to his residence.
But she kept trying to escape, even treating him like some utterly evil madman.
If that was how she saw him, then he might as well go even crazier.
"Whoever you marry, I'll kill."
"Whoever you love, I'll kill."
"You can't run. I won't let you run."
"Your body belongs to me, and so does your heart."
He thought she would be frightened, but she paid his threat no mind and instead asked sincerely:
"Have you lost your mind? Why don't I try treating you?"
Nangong Shi: ???
He was equal parts annoyed and amused. With an exasperated look, he turned and walked away.
But she chased after him, insisting on treating his illness.
"Trust me, I'm a really good doctor!"
Which of them was actually crazy?
Unable to take it anymore, Nangong Shi pulled her into his arms and bent down to kiss her.
The room fell silent at once, but the young woman's heartbeat rang through the heavens.
&Ashu: If we meet again, even in a vast sea of people, I'll recognize you!
&Nangong Shi: You said you'd never forget me, yet you can't even recognize me when I'm standing right in front of you...
Reading guide:
1. Pretend marriage before love, but actually mutual pining, with a little forced romance.
2. The male lead is crazy but protective of his own. He loves killing, but doesn't kill indiscriminately.
3. A light, sweet romance. Both have no previous sexual partners. Happy ending.
4. Set in a fictional world. Please don't nitpick the historical details.
2025.11
Theme: Avenge blood debts and seek freedom together.
