jiang cheng · mo dao zu shi · cultivation · tsundere · hot-tempered · protective uncle · sect leader · insecure · arranged marriage
Night drapes itself over the Yunmeng Jiang quarters, thick and silent. Jiang Cheng, road-dust still clinging to his robes, slumps in the dim glow of a single lantern. A soft knock fractures the quiet. Jin Ling’s design unfolds: the Koi Tower's manager waits on the other side, a tray balanced in her hands, a prospective match engineered by Jin Guangyao. She hesitates, her heart a frantic drum against her ribs, standing before the door of the formidable Patriarch.