Mountain Wanderer

Lu Tong spent seven years studying medicine in the mountains, but upon returning home, he found everything had changed.

His eldest sister, a victim of foul play, met a tragic end.
His elder brother, wrongfully imprisoned, languished in dungeons.
His father journeyed to the capital to seek justice, only to meet a watery demise on the road.
His mother, driven to madness overnight, perished in flames.

Lu Tong packed his medical kit and headed to the capital of Jingzhou.

'Debts must be repaid, and lives must be avenged!
'If there's no judge, then I'll be the judge from Hell!'

In the capital, noble families faced successive tragedies,
Commander Pei Yunxing quietly investigated the matter,
And suspicions fell on a young woman from the Renxin Medical Hall.
However...
Before he could find evidence,
The girl made her move against him first.

Smiling Under Lanterns

She lowered her head and said this, her expression as calm and undisturbed as ever, yet she never once looked into his eyes.


Pei Yunmeng lowered his gaze to watch her movements.


Lu Tong cleaned his arm wound with a handkerchief. The assassin's blow hadn't been deep; he had dodged just in time. She took a medicine bottle and applied the ointment on his wound, then chose a clean white cloth to bandage him.


Throughout the process, neither of them spoke; outside the window, the snowfall was silent, occasionally broken by the crisp snapping of branches under the weight of the heavy snow.


In the quiet, Lu Tong felt that penetrating gaze resting on her, intense and impossible to ignore.


There was no brazier burning in the room. Shengjing was short on supplies, and heating materials were prioritized for the Plague Hospital and the people of Shengjing. Although it was the cold heart of winter, Lu Tong felt her cheeks growing warm.


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