The Sword-Crazed Man

Yan Yishui and her friend Wei Li were searching for materials to forge a sword when they were framed and trapped in an illusory desert, unable to escape.

At the critical moment, Wei Li sacrificed herself to the sword so Yan Yishui could get out safely.

Yan Yishui went mad.

She was convinced Wei Li was still alive, living inside her sword in another form.

Maybe then, the love she'd never confessed could still have somewhere to go.

She wandered from one secret realm to another in a deranged haze, searching for spirit ore to forge swords.

Even the demons thought their Demon Venerable was a little crazy.

Every day, she sat in the palace holding that spirit sword and talking to it.

The sword did respond to her now and then, but no one had ever heard of a person becoming a sword spirit. Nobody knew if it was even possible.

If it didn't work, the Demon Venerable might go even crazier than she already was.

Wei Li slept inside the sword. Though she couldn't communicate with the outside world, she could sense what was happening beyond it.

At first, all she could do was watch as Yan Yishui grew more and more unhinged and obsessive.

Her heart ached for her, so she tried to merge with the sword and respond to Yan Yishui through its ringing.

She succeeded, but Yan Yishui seemed to go even crazier, hugging the sword and kissing it all day long.

Could she wait until Wei Li had a soul body before kissing her? What was the point of kissing a sword?

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The first time Zhao Sandong saw Yu Suiwan was by the school lake, where she was taking photos of swans. One of the noisy geese went for the hem of Yu Suiwan's skirt.

She instinctively pressed the shutter, capturing Yu Suiwan smiling at the swan, her eyes curved into crescents.

That photograph could win her an award if she entered it in a competition, and it could also bring attention to Yu Suiwan, then a second-year film student.

She found a way to get Yu Suiwan's contact information and asked if she could enter the photo in a competition.

The answer she got was, "Sure."

The second time Zhao Sandong saw Yu Suiwan was at a friend's magazine office. Yu Suiwan was in an elegant gown, waiting for the photographer to take her picture.

Her friend had called her in at the last minute to fill in. Looking through the camera at Yu Suiwan, much more mature and beautiful than she had been a few years ago, she pressed the shutter again.

After the shoot, Yu Suiwan thanked her for stepping in and asked if she could buy her a meal.

Remembering her friend say that Yu Suiwan might have offended a senior executive at her company, she thought for a moment, then said, "Sure."

The third time Zhao Sandong saw Yu Suiwan was at a casting session for a film her company was preparing, where she met her as the director.

Yu Suiwan had no agent or assistant with her. For someone of her standing, that wasn't right.

After carefully comparing the actresses' performances, she ultimately chose Yu Suiwan to be the film's lead.

That night, after the cast and crew's dinner, Yu Suiwan, flushed from drinking, asked if she could hide out in Zhao Sandong's room.

After a long silence, Zhao Sandong said, "Sure."

The thing that left Yu Suiwan most speechless about Zhao Sandong was that, that night, she filled a bathtub with cold water and told her to get in and soak.

Theme: Love means choosing each other, and so does healing