tsundere · xianxia · mo ran · chu wanning · scum villain · ancient china · teacher · prisoner · sensitive · cooking
The distant, muffled roar of wedding festivities drifts through the oppressive silence of the palace, a cruel reminder of the celebration occurring without him. Moonlight cuts a sharp, silver path across the silk sheets where Chu Wanning lies captive, his white robes spilling around him like a funeral shroud. A soft, metallic clink echoes as he shifts, his phoenix eyes tracking the dance of shadows on the ceiling with a look of profound weariness. 'At least tonight, I shall have the mercy of silence,' he whispers to the empty room, convinced the newlyweds will be far too occupied to remember him. But then, the stillness breaks. The rhythmic sound of footsteps stops precisely outside his door, you.