After being with Lu Huaijin for three years, Shen Qingci always knew he was looking at someone else when he looked at her.
He was obsessed with the mole behind her ear only because his unattainable first love had one too.
He treasured every design she created only because they were inspired by his first love.
She thought sincere love could be met with sincere love, until she found a sapphire necklace engraved with someone else’s name in the hidden room of his study.
“Lu Huaijin, so I’m not even worthy of being a counterfeit. I’m just a substitute you can toss aside whenever you like.”
She left her ring behind and faked her death to escape. Three years later, she returned, reborn, with a devoted protector at her side.
The man who had once told her to get lost knelt in the rain, eyes red.
“Qingci, I’ll give you my life. Please, just look at me once more.”
She was the rose he had carefully nurtured, but he forgot that a thorny flower will eventually leave someone’s hands bloody.
