(Everyone's darling + love-rival drama + beauty upgrade)
Three years of floods and famine left the people in dire straits.
The family had an acre of land, but its yearly harvest wasn't enough to feed the six members of the Jiang family. With the whole family on the verge of starving to death, Jiang Li's father sold her to the Li household in the county as a servant, in exchange for three bowls of white rice.
The young master of the Li household was an intolerable playboy who took pleasure in tormenting people. Countless maids had run away, but Jiang Li refused to leave, no matter how much he beat or scolded her.
When they met again, Li Yu pleaded, "A Li, I was wrong. Won't you come back?"
Jiang Li had been ugly since childhood. After a fortuitous encounter, the more men fell for her, the more breathtakingly beautiful she became. But she was born in the countryside. From an innocent young girl to someone experiencing the first stirrings of love, she met several important men in her life and traveled from place to place.
The noble Crown Prince Zhang Mingzong was drugged. At a brothel, he saw a beautiful woman leaning by the window and wiping away tears. They spent a reckless night together. He thought it was just a one-night affair. There were plenty of women in the world.
Until the woman he had kept like a caged bird ran away! The Crown Prince's face turned icy. "A Li, if you want to run, I'll break your wings!"
They said the heir of the Prince of Zhenbei was a mighty and exceptionally handsome man, but suffered from an unspeakable affliction. The heir pinned Jiang Li beneath him on the bed, and she cried until her eyes were red.
Everyone in the capital said, "Could that Miss Jiang be a fairy descended to the mortal world? Why do all the men lose their composure the moment they see her?"
I've read Chapter 20 and I really can't stand it anymore.