Scorching Wind

My ongoing serial, Sharpening Our Blades for Chang'an, is being updated.

1. The first time Yun Xiu met Shen Feng, he was the top scholar admired by all, while she was a young maid who had failed to escape from Yihong House.

Five years later, Yun Xiu had become a well-known businesswoman in Shengjing, while Shen Feng had become a hypocrite despised by everyone, lying wounded in a corner like a stray dog.

She took advantage of his helplessness to keep him by her side, giving him the very best and treating him with wholehearted sincerity.

Yet when she was imprisoned, Shen Feng left without a word.

Heartbroken, Yun Xiu decided to close herself off to love.

2. For twenty years, Shen Feng's life had gone smoothly. Then one careless mistake left him framed and turned him into a rat everyone wanted to beat.

Yun Xiu took him in.

At first, he thought she pitied him. Later, he realized he was merely a male companion she kept around to amuse herself when bored.

He refused to acknowledge this twisted affection and chose to head for the border, seeking a new path for himself.

When he returned to Shengjing and asked for Yun Xiu's hand before the court, he was told she had already become Prince Su's favored concubine.

Shen Feng refused to believe it.

He waited all night in Yun Xiu's room, only to hear that she had spent the night at Prince Su's residence.

Shen Feng went cold all over. It felt as if a hammer were pounding his heart over and over, leaving him unable to breathe.

Yun Xiu really didn't want him anymore.

Theme: Cherish the person in front of you