Carrying A Lantern In Daylight

In "Carrying A Lantern In Daylight," He Simu, a battlefield scavenger, finds herself taken in by a young general who believes her to be a frail war orphan. She maintains this facade, feigning a fear of blood, weakness, and distress at violence. Meanwhile, a female general harbors an unrequited love for the young general and expresses disdain for He Simu's apparent delicacy. However, when the young general is betrayed on the battlefield, He Simu sheds her pretense. The seemingly weak woman, who claimed to faint at the sight of blood, unleashes her true power as a formidable Ghost King. She ignites a "ghost lamp" and confronts those who dared to harm "General Duan." This revelation leads the young general, Duan Xu, to realize he has provoked someone far more dangerous than he imagined. Months later, he learns her name, He Simu, but suspects that even a lifetime may not be enough for the four-hundred-year-old Ghost King to remember his own name. The story features a supremely powerful female Ghost King faking weakness and a cunning special forces young general.