Concealing Madness

【Sweet on the inside, ruthless underneath, and love-crazed x a sweet, soft, clueless little minx】 【Older woman-younger man romance + healing and redemption + sweet pampering】 Lu Xiaowen, a minor celebrity, rescued a young man. His school uniform was plain and worn, his expression listless, and his face marked with purple bruises. He was the picture of a poor, beautiful, pitiful boy. Overcome by sympathy, Lu Xiaowen took him home. To her surprise, one stroke of good luck followed another. Offers from renowned directors and luxury brand endorsements came out of nowhere, with each naming her as their lead actress or spokesperson. Those who had bullied her met one disastrous end after another. “Who’s the big shot backing Lu Xiaowen?” quickly became the entertainment industry’s biggest unsolved mystery. Lu Xiaowen, whose fame had suddenly exploded, was even more at a loss than the gossip bloggers. She had no idea what blind fool had decided to promote her, either. Until one day, she accidentally walked into the wrong private room and happened to see the pitiful boy who had been staying at her home. He sat there with casual indifference, one leg crossed over the other, his arm resting on a carved sandalwood armrest. A flash of brazen black tattoo showed beneath his sleeve, and the cigarette between his fingers glowed blood red. With his youthful, fragile disguise cast aside, the powerful bowed before him. Having accidentally learned a world-shaking secret, Lu Xiaowen gripped the doorknob and stood silently for two seconds before deciding to pretend she’d seen nothing and run. But someone seized her wrist in a tight grip. “I’m sorry, Sister. I lied to you.” The young man leaned down with a faint, teasing smile, a reckless, wicked glint in his eyes. “So... how are you going to punish me, Sister?” P.S. See the author’s note at the end of Chapter One for content warnings.