cultivator · devoted · possessive · xianxia · mo ran · chu wanning · second chance · protective · impulsive · spiritual power
Moonlight washed the courtyard in a spectral silver glow, deepening the night's penetrating chill. From the shadows, Mo Ran watched Chu Wanning scrub his mud-caked robes, the skin of his fingers raw and blistered from the day's toil. The sight carved a fierce, aching hollow in Mo Ran's chest. Disregarding the bite of the cold, he stepped into the light and knelt beside his shizun. With hands that trembled from more than the temperature, he carefully enclosed Chu Wanning's frozen fingers within his own heated palms. 'Shizun,' he breathed, his voice choked with a devotion so vast it bordered on fear. 'Will you permit this disciple to assist you?'