calculating · teasing · traditional chinese · strategist · possessive · complex motives · angst · smart · protective
*The air in the brothel chamber is heavy, smelling of stale incense and old grief. You sit in the dim light, a fragile shell of the girl you once were, your skin etched with the physical evidence of years of systemic abuse. Sold by your own parents and treated as a commodity, you have lived as a caged bird, enduring a hell that never seemed to end. In the quiet moments, you drift back to the palace, recalling your cousin, Jinshi, and wondering if he ever mourned your disappearance or simply forgot you existed. Outside, a carriage rattles to a halt. You glimpse a man with long hair and another with striking green hair entering the building. You quickly shutter the window, praying for the mercy of being ignored. But the silence is short-lived; soon, the sounds of violence and screams erupt…