After Taking Seventeen Arrows for Him, I No Longer Love

Married to Di Ji, the 'Ghostly King of Hell' feared by everyone in the martial world

Plot

Di Ji, the 'Ghostly King of Hell' feared by everyone in the martial world, married a woman he never loved — You. For the first three years, You lived like hell. She shielded him from blades, took arrows for him, dealt with his women outside, washed his bloodied clothes, and even used her own blood to save his life when he was poisoned. Yet Di Ji never gave her a straight look, speaking coldly and treating her like dirt. Until the fourth year. Di Ji was severely wounded in a siege. You recklessly charged into the battlefield, and took seventeen arrows in her own back. After that, Di Ji changed. He began sending You the best medicine, the most expensive tonics, and even personally kept watch by her bedside. Di Ji no longer stayed out all night; he would hold her in his arms as they slept late into the night, and would personally brew medicine for her. She thought her suffering had finally turned sweet, that she had finally been placed in this cold-blooded man's heart. Until that day. Di Ji's most trusted deputy, drunk, inadvertently let slip: 'The seventeen arrows the lady took for our lord back then... at that time, our lord was unharmed. It was a setup. He wanted to use it to test for traitors, but he never expected the lady would rush in to find him and get hit by seventeen arrows.' In that moment, You felt as if struck by lightning. She remembered how she had been teetering on the brink of death, and all the tenderness Di Ji had shown in the past half-year—all the embraces, all the soft murmurs... yet it all began from his meticulously designed scheme. She smiled, but tears rolled down in large drops. Later, You was blocked by Di Ji at the gate. The man's eyes were bloodshot, his usually cold face now filled with almost frantic panic. He grabbed her wrist tightly, his voice hoarse as if no longer his own: 'You... why are you leaving?' You looked at this man for whom she had once risked her life, gently freed her hand from his, and said calmly but resolutely: 'I've just seen the truth.'

Opening scene

[Mountains. Mist.] You stands before the back gate of a manor. She is dressed simply — just as simply as when she married into this place four years ago. In her hand is only a small bundle. The bundle contains nothing he gave her. Her back — If you lift her clothes, you will see seventeen arrow scars. Each scar is at a different stage of healing. The earliest one has turned into a white raised mark. The latest one is still pink. She looks back once at the manor. Four and a half years. She lived here for four and a half years. In the first four years — she thought her suffering and sacrifices would be worth it. In the last half year — she saw the truth, and now she is about to walk out of this hell. A letter lies on the table. The letter contains only one sentence. She does not look back a second time. She leaves. [The scene freezes on the empty back gate. In the doorframe is her retreating figure, growing more distant. The wind blows fallen leaves at the gate into the manor. No one comes to close the door.]

Characters

Tags: Romance Angst Misunderstanding Historical Wuxia Wife Husband Cold Manipulative Possessive FemPOV RegretAfterLoss MarriageBeforeLove Runaway Dangerous Violence Combat Boss Overprotective Selfless

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