Embers of the Blade

Lu Jin, once a man who walked the line between life and death, chooses to step away covered in scars and hides himself at Jiangnan University as a security guard. He meant to keep his edge sheathed and live quietly as an ordinary man. But in a rainy alley one night, because of a single surname, he steps in to save the Shen family's daughter—and his peaceful life is shattered. Beneath the polished surface of the university campus, dark currents surge. A resentful rich kid waits for a chance at revenge, a smuggling operation hides in the back hills, and a mysterious female teacher full of suspicion probes him at every turn. He tries hard to cut himself free of entanglements, feigning mediocrity everywhere, wanting only to stay out of the fray. But two forces of darkness suddenly close in together in the wild woods behind the hills. With nowhere left to retreat, the blade hidden beneath his ordinary disguise can only be drawn once more. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Embers of the Blade — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠