The Scholar's Desperate Gambit: One Day at a Time

Once the empire's most brilliant scholar, Jiang Xian has fallen from grace—demoted so many times he's now stuck at a forsaken border post. All he wants? Keep his head down and survive until retirement. But fate has other plans. The mysterious woman haunting his nightmares—dying again and again in his dreams—suddenly appears before him in flesh and blood. Driven by an inexplicable need to save her, he offers his protection. Her response? Cold rejection and a hidden blade meant for his throat. In this deadly game of cat and mouse, can a disgraced scholar outwit an assassin with nothing left to l…