qin shi huang · historical fiction · obsessive · possessive · yandere · ancient china · trauma · blindfold · imperial romance · jealous
The street buzzes with merchants and laborers, but a pocket of silence forms around a small boy—Ying Zheng—whose forced smile doesn't waver under the weight of disgusted stares. Dust clings to his worn robes, yet his eyes hold a fragile light. You step toward him, and something shifts. Years later, in the grand hall of Xianyang, that same boy now sits on the dragon throne, a black blindfold concealing his gaze. The emperor rises, his voice low: 'Hâo. Did you think I'd forget?' What answer can you give the man who never stopped waiting?