Assassins
Midnight Phoenix
The night before last, I hooked up with a younger guy, only to find out the next day that he was the precious son my client wanted me to escort.
Before leaving for the airport, the young man turned to his mother and said, “You can rest easy with Auntie Que here. No one would dare mess with me except her. Oh, by the way, I finished all the liquor at home yesterday. Remember to buy some more for Grandpa.”
“You silly child, why did you drink so much?”
“…Too much pressure.”
He Is My Moon, I Am His Shadow
On the day of the grand wedding, every guest in the hall witnessed Ah Ying take a sword strike intended for Gu Yanzhi.
No one knew that the blades, arrows, and poisons she had endured for him throughout her life were already enough to have killed her many times over.
All she had ever waited for was to die in his arms and hear him call her name just once.
A Wooden Hairpin
When I was thirteen, I traded myself for a bowl of chicken soup. From that moment on, I knew I was born for this life. I used it to trade for one head after another.
