The Days Are Waning, the Days Are Waning, Why Won't You Come Home?

When he saw Cheng Yunmo again, she was dressed in fine clothes, riding proudly and looking valiant as she rescued the Northern Frontier from dire straits.

Only... she no longer remembered him.

But perhaps it was better that way.

As the heir of the Marquis of Dingbei, an official in Northern Frontier City, and a prodigious top scorer who had passed all three imperial examinations, no sensible person would ever connect him with that pitiful soul who had once hidden from place to place in the Southern Frontier.

All his life, Jing Mu had devoted himself to staying alive and avenging the innocent souls who had died horribly in the pharmacy. So, when faced with an impossible choice, he abandoned the woman who had truly cared for him.

Later...

After a night of drunken sleep, with the long years ahead of him...

He finally understood.

What he had abandoned

was more than just a woman.

It was the place he was meant to return to for the rest of his life...