[Feb 16][Shediao Yingxiong Zhuan][A Single Drop of Ink]

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Title: A Single Drop of Ink
Day/Theme: Feb 16/ghost bride
Series: Shendiao Xialu
Pairing: Zhou Botong x Lady Ying implied
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Shediao Yingxiong Zhuan belongs to Jin Yong, et al.


Women were trouble. Even when they were not around they haunted you, transformed into lightning-shock flashes that reminded you of what might have been the gravest trespass of your life. If he should ever see one of them again, single or married - especially married - he would be gone before you could say mistake.

She was persistent, and came to him when he was supposed to be ambling along peacefully or meditating. He would see her standing before him, hands clasped below her breasts, pleading in her silence. Telling her to go back to her husband and beg for forgiveness was to no avail. Her eyes made it all too clear whom she would rather be with.

It was like having a wraith for a wife, he thought, irritated and ashamed that he felt too guilty to want to cast her away.