[Possessive pursuit + groveling to win her back + tragic ending]
To save her younger brother, who had been framed and sent to prison, Shen Qingran begged everyone she could. In the end, she had no choice but to bow to her powerful ex-boyfriend, Su Zhou.
His terms were cruel and blunt: “Be my mistress.”
Shen Qingran thought that if she set aside her dignity and became Su Zhou’s secret mistress, she could give her brother a chance to survive.
Su Zhou thought that if he built a lavish cage, the bird that had once left him would return to its nest forever.
He waited for her to beg for his affection. She waited for him to show mercy.
When the whole truth finally came to light, she realized that he was the source of every tragedy.
I don't think Su Zhou necessarily likes Shen Qingran, it may just be that he was not in love with her when he was young, and was unwilling to accept her and wanted to take Shen Qingran back. What he didn't get, he didn't allow others to get either
I think this book has a good sense of logic. The transitions in the novel have the same sense of déjà vu as when watching a TV series. What impressed me most was the transition where the second female lead, Mu Si Cheng, went to find Zhou Xu. It was really good. If I read it a little faster, I would have thought Mu Si Cheng was missing. I feel like the second female lead is also a person with status. As for the protagonist be, would the author be able to give the supporting character a happy ending?