[Sweet Romance] [Scheming] [Seduction] [Corruption] [Imprisonment] The heroine is the most beautiful woman in the whole book. At first, she pursues him; later, after the hero turns dark, he stops acting like a human being.
Xie Yuan found a bright-eyed young girl on the battlefield and, in a moment of softheartedness, brought her back to his estate. Everyone knew that Xie Yuan was noble and aloof, above worldly concerns and indifferent to women. Yet this tough man raised his younger sister into a delicate young woman, and she grew into an unparalleled beauty.
Her slender waist was so delicate it could be encircled with one hand. Her sparkling eyes were always fixed on her brother. She clung to him, followed him everywhere, and called him "Brother." Xie Yuan doted on her like his own life, yet his gaze grew ever more intense.
One day, the younger sister he treasured above all confessed, in a shocking breach of propriety, that she loved him. He panicked. Night after night, he stood outside her window, telling himself over and over that she was his sister, and that he loved her only because she was his sister.
He thought she was just being foolish. He would make her change her mind and arrange a fine marriage so she could leave in grand style.
Later, when she stopped clinging to him and seeking his attention, he thought his sister had become a normal young woman. But he was the one who went mad.
She kept appearing in his dreams, stirring his heart, yet she said she wanted to leave him.
He went completely mad, shamelessly dropping to his knees.
"Huaihuai, come back. Come back to your brother."
The burly man held her captive in his arms, leaving no room to escape. His voice was hoarse, his whole body radiating danger and barely restrained fury, yet he handled the woman in his arms with the utmost care.
"Darling, your brother loves you."
She was his goddess, his treasure, the one he was willing to cherish for the rest of his life.
