Before the Storm

[Obsessive rich heir + cold, aloof top student seeking revenge]

[Revenge + tragic romance]

The humiliation on that rainy night was carved into her bones. Her parents' indifference and the powerful protecting their own ground Hai Shengsheng's world to dust. The old "her" died, and the new body held nothing but the poisonous vines of vengeance, reaching for Guo Qi and the other abusers.

Thrown into a cage in the city, she and Guo Qi's struggle became part of daily life. He imprisoned her with his power; she pretended to submit while sharpening her claws. In the midst of all that hatred, a few twisted threads of attachment took root, like a snake and its prey forced to share a home. Yu Qing was an unexpected light in her life, so warm that she longed to draw near, yet she feared the darkness would swallow it. All she could do was hide her unspoken concern behind distance. This love became her most vulnerable weakness, and a shackle Guo Qi could use to control her.

The powerful occasionally "lowered their heads," but it was only an act of weighing the pros and cons. They had never truly seen her struggling in the mud. When the blade of vengeance finally fell, the old scar in her palm throbbed beneath the light. The red tide in her eyes churned with the past that had been ground to dust, the love and hatred held captive, and a farewell written in destruction that no one could understand.