The Scum Swordsman Reforms

A cut from a bad duel keeps opening whenever Shen Mian lifts her arm, and she still has to cook dinner for people who think her work is useless. She wants to leave the fighting world with her pride intact, but an old family debt keeps dragging her back into trouble. Mian carries a hidden poison gourd, a worn staff, and a qi guard nobody wanted, yet the one thing that matters is her careful hands. She can turn simple food into strength, read a body before it collapses, and hide fear long enough to keep others alive. Every time she refuses the easy forbidden answer, someone pays for it. By the time she finally breaks her rule, she has already lost too much to pretend it was a clean choice. The...