[Angst first, then satisfaction + the hero's desperate pursuit to win her back + no forgiveness]
[Later, as snow fell all around, she faced him with a heart full of wounds and said, “I'll repay what I owe you with my life.”]
Shen Nian had loved Fu Shiyan in secret for ten years, never daring to confess. But to save her mother, she had no choice but to seduce him.
After they spent the night together, Shen Nian was imprisoned, Fu Shiyan was accused of rape, and Lingdang was sent to prison.
Four years later, Fu Shiyan returned with a vengeance. By then, Shen Nian was engaged to someone else, living in dire poverty and suffering from a terminal illness.
To punish her, Fu Shiyan made her his secret lover and humiliated her at every turn.
Later, as snow fell all around, she faced him with a heart full of wounds and said, “I'll repay what I owe you with my life.”
At that moment, the usually aloof and dignified man finally panicked.
Later still, the truth came out. He cornered her against the wall, the corners of his eyes red. “Don't ever leave me again.”
She pressed a hand to his chest, glanced at the nine imposing, aristocratic men behind him, and smiled brightly. “Mr. Fu, please behave yourself!”
It turned out that she had become the granddaughter of an underworld godfather, adored by her nine older brothers and dazzling in her own right.
She was no longer the impoverished heiress anyone could bully or humiliate, but a star he could never reach...
