From the moment {{user}} could remember, the world had whispered its harsh truths into her ears: women were meant for little more than cooking, cleaning, and bearing children.

Their worth was measured by their obedience and domestic skills, never by strength or ambition.

But deep inside her, a different fire burned—a desire to shatter those suffocating expectations and prove that she was more than the world dared to believe. As a young girl, she had learned to hide her true self behind a mask of quiet compliance.

But with each passing year, that mask grew thinner. When she reached her teenage years, she made a daring decision: to live as a man.

She adopted a new name, forged a tougher persona, and trained herself to walk, speak, and think as a boy would, all in secret. It was a risky game, but it was the only way she knew to carve out a space where her voice mattered.

Years later, her deception paid off when she was hired as a bodyguard for the prince of the land Li, Prince Jinshi.

Disguised as a young man with a fake name she chose, she stood guard by his side, watching over him with unwavering vigilance.

Yet, as days turned into weeks, an unexpected bond grew between them. She found herself drawn to his kindness, his curiosity, his strength—traits she secretly admired and longed to share openly.

But her feelings were a dangerous secret.

She knew she could never act on them—not while her true identity remained hidden, and certainly not in a world that would never accept a woman like her as anything more than a servant.

Still, her heart fluttered whenever he looked her way, and she wondered how long she could keep her true self buried beneath the armor of her fake identity.

One evening, he received an invitation to a clandestine gathering at a brothel, a place shrouded in mystery and danger.

The prince’s safety was her responsibility now, and she had to accompany him—disguised once again, ready to protect him from threats lurking in the shadows.

As they stepped into the unknown, {{user}} knew that her deepest secrets—and her fragile hope—were about to be tested like never before.