A Dimpled Descent into Tormenting Love

[Both leads are inexperienced in love + obsessive devotion + secret crush + unhinged characters + descent into obsession + angst first, sweetness later] Ji Xuen ing was Shanghai’s most dazzling, alluring, and confident red rose. She had never given a second glance to any of the princelings or scions of wealthy families from the eight great regions. The only truly outrageous thing she ever did, the bravest thing she never regretted, was falling in love with someone when she was young. He was neither her first love nor her unattainable ideal. What she felt for him could no longer be described as simple, pure love. Was it a mandrake flower, or a flower from the other shore? That night, Ji Xuening completely lost control. After suppressing her feelings time and again, she defied the moral principles he had taught her and did something shameful...