Soldiers’ Secret Letters

Jin Yue keeps sorting spirit-root pairs by lantern light when the warning bell cuts through the matchmaker office. He spends his days finding the right dual training partners for soldiers, but the letters in his travel bag prove he has been reading one voice for years without knowing whose face it belonged to. That mistake hurts, because those letters were the one place where he could be tired, honest, and still answered. Lu Shen steps into his life like a blade pulled clean from a sheath. Jin Yue wants facts, not hope, but his hands keep reaching for a stolen hairpin and a small handkerchief hidden under his pillow. He knows how to pair fighters. He does not know how to stop wanting the one...