For the Beginning

Wei Chu:

Because of a past she could never speak of to outsiders, Wei Chu spent the first half of her life drifting from place to place, hiding her name and changing her surname just to stay safe.

She taught the classical dance she was proud of, only to be mocked for acting coy and told it was unfit for a respectable stage.

Her boyfriend learned to cheat.

“So sure I wouldn't dare break up with you?”

“She isn't the one I hate most. You are.”

“Even if it hadn't been her, someone else would have come along, because the root of the problem is rotten in you.”

She treated people with kindness, but others insisted on treating her like someone they could push around at will. They came at her wearing the innocent faces of the worldly naive, determined to shove a dead cat into her mouth.

But sorry, you may want to force her to take it, but she won't!

Sanyue:

That night, Sanyue didn't know there was someone under the bed. By the time she drifted into a hazy sleep, it was already too late...

She had spent her whole life walking on thin ice, but she never gave up hope of living, until a twist of fate made her take the blame for someone else's crime.

“I spared your life because you still have your uses. But if you keep being this stubborn, I don't mind using a few despicable methods to make you listen.”

It wasn't that Sanyue wasn't afraid, but the last bit of defiance she had left was rooted deep in her bones. “Do you really think you've acted so nobly from beginning to end?”

“I was born filthy. What does nobility matter?”

Life takes many forms: some people bring sweetness, others heartbreak; some find warmth and tenderness, while others strike without hesitation!