ShenLianyi
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When Jiang Fengmian first found her, she was just a child - small, silent, and covered from head to toe in worn black cloth.
A veil hid her face, gloves hid her hands, and the loose layers of fabric erased every sign that she was a girl.
The people of Yunmeng whispered.
They said she must be disfigured, cursed, perhaps even a ghost's child.
No one had ever seen her face. Not even the servants who bathed her, for she refused help and wrapped herself in silence like armor.
Only Jiang Fengmian knew the truth.
One night, when she fell ill and the fever took her strength, he saw the veil slip. And for a breathless moment, he stood frozen.