The Tsundere Lord Sheng's Flash-Married Wife Is Sweet on the Outside, Dark on the Inside

"Mild angst", not recommended for readers who like feel-good stories

Gu Jiuqi had planned to rot in prison for the rest of her life, but a marriage contract pulled her out of that hellhole where people were devoured alive. What awaited her, however, were even more terrifying trials.

She struggled to survive in the cracks, wanting only to live safely under the protection of that bastard man. One day, he suddenly opened his arms to her. “Xiao Qi, come here.”

When she was eighteen, her father disappeared and the Gu family empire collapsed. The princess became a beggar, with everyone baying for her blood. Gu Jiuqi endured every humiliation, holding on to the belief that she would find her father as she made it to the very end. Who could have imagined the truth would be so agonizing?