She should have been the eldest legitimate daughter of the Li family in Pingcheng, Donghuai. But because of her father's scheme and her mother's helpless weakness, she was born into a life as the Li family's lowest servant. She never escaped the sprawling compound that had trapped her and her mother, not even by the day she died. When she died, she thought she had been reborn in her mother's body. Determined to change both their fates, she had no idea that the wheels of destiny were already turning…
One day, Gong Que cornered Hua Ning and asked, “Do you love me or not?”
Without so much as a blush, Hua Ning blurted out, “Of course I love you.”
“Oh? Then put that dagger away.”
Ha! That damn habit of hers...
Hua Ning had calculated everything under heaven and thought she'd spend her life alone, but somehow she failed to account for him.
Twenty years of life had taught Gong Que that he would never fall for anyone. And yet, against all reason, he fell for her.
