The Qipao-Clad Beauty Has Her Uncle by Marriage Completely Enchanted

Shen Qingci, the delicate eldest daughter of the Shen family, was born with a frail constitution and a body as graceful as jade. Nothing suited her better than a qipao. To save her family, she was sent before Pei Yanzhi, the most coveted man in Jingbei. Seated high above her, the man toyed with a string of sandalwood prayer beads. His gaze, behind gold-rimmed glasses, fell on her hand clutching his sleeve. With a faint smile, he asked, “I don't do charity, miss. What can you offer in exchange?”

From then on, she became a little bird he pampered in a glass conservatory. He gave her the most exquisite affection, yet he was also the one who fastened a delicate anklet around her leg. One night, he pinned the fleeing beauty against a floor-to-ceiling window, her qipao fastenings scattered across the floor. Kissing the iris-shaped birthmark on the back of her neck, he murmured hoarsely, “Qingqing, you're the rose I raised with my own hands. In this lifetime... you can bloom only for me.”