Shadows that remain

Xiao Yu returns to the capital with patience sharpened into purpose. His noble family was destroyed years ago, and he has spent every moment since preparing to take revenge-not loudly, not quickly, but in a way that leaves no one untouched. He does not chase justice. He plans erasure.

Lin is trying to survive a city that no longer allows people to stay neutral. She keeps her head down, her history buried, and her life small. When violence closes in, hiding stops being an option.

Thrown together by circumstance, Xiao Yu and Lin move through a capital unraveling under its own weight. He is executing a long-buried vengeance. She is trying not to be consumed by someone else's war. They rely on each other without trust, clash without softness, and keep moving because stopping means death.

This is a story about revenge done quietly, survival done unwillingly, and what happens when two people with nothing left to lose cross paths in a city already burning.