Sickly Devotion: My Twisted, Brooding Uncle Won’t Let Go

[Both leads are inexperienced | intense push and pull | contrasting personalities | obsessive indulgence | age gap]

[On the surface, a pure white songbird kept by the Fu family; behind closed doors, she grinds her chains into a blade × a dark, powerful man whose possessiveness is so extreme he wants to claim even her every breath]

When she was six, a car accident turned Chu Ci into the “perfect doll” chosen by the Fu family for their eldest grandson: gentle, obedient, and always smiling.

But no one knew that one night, when she was eighteen, she was dragged into the bedroom of the person who truly held power in the Fu family.

Fu Xiansheng, the illegitimate son who was never allowed to see the light of day, gripped her by the throat and kissed away her tears.

“What are you crying for? Every inch of you, from your hair to your toes, has belonged to me for ages.”

He liked her obedient, so she played the most docile caged bird. He liked her crying, so she bit her lip until it bled and begged for mercy with reddened eyes.

But in secret, she melted the necklace he gave her into a key, and used the lips he had kissed to learn how to lie.

Until one day, Fu Xiansheng found the cage empty.

All she left behind was a note:

“You taught me this: being good is how you make the bite hurt more.”

Later, the whole circle of wealthy families was abuzz with the story:

The Fu family’s brooding tycoon was frantically searching for a bird.

But no one knew that Chu Ci had already taken hold of his heart, standing in a freedom he could never reach.

“You think she escaped?” Fu Xiansheng watched the security footage of her calmly unlocking the gate, then suddenly laughed aloud.

“Those claws grew under my care… and at last, they’ve learned to tear me apart.”