A Thread of love Wrapped around Black Silk (Part Two) Mo Wen, with her bag strapped firmly to her back, stepped out of the alley and took a fleeting glance behind before heading towards the main road. It wasn’t long before she had put a considerable distance between herself and the alley. Qing Jiu and Yu’er emerged from behind the…
Visible Skin, Hidden Bones (Part Ten) As soon as the words left her lips, Qing Jiu sprang into action like a swift gust of wind, her movements discernible only to Ye Sheng and Yan Li. Without any verbal communication, a mere exchange of glances was enough for understanding between Qing Jiu and Yan Li. Thus, when Ye Sheng drew his…
Visible Skin, Hidden Bones (Part Nine) Trigger warning: Attempted Sexual Assault. Qing Jiu and Tang Linzhi made their way around Hao Yun, and eventually converging at a spot where they caught a servant hiding beneath a rockery. Tang Linzhi, with a voice heavy with urgency, demanded, “Where are Yuan Wenliu and Meiren Gu?” Initially, the servant refused to speak, keeping…
Visible Skin, Hidden Bones (Part Eight) Yu’er strained to lift her head, catching sight of the man standing beside the woman, his figure slim and upright, his features handsome and refined, dressed as a scholar. It was unmistakably the same man who had picked up a piece of white paper for her on the street that day. Two other men…
Visible Skin, Hidden Bones (Part Seven) The dungeon’s exit sloped upwards, seemingly endless. As Yu’er stepped out, the vacant stares of the other imprisoned women briefly crossed her path before moving away, their spirits either numbed to indifference or perhaps deeming her too insignificant to bother with a plea for help, sparing Yu’er the worry of alerting the guards. Reaching…