A Hairpin Forged From Broken Bones

Name: A Hairpin Forged From Broken Bones
Author: Loves Beef, Doesn't Eat Fish

折骨为簪

by Loves Beef, Doesn't Eat Fish (爱吃牛肉不吃鱼)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 628k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Billionaire CEO
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The Gu family of Jiangcheng is a century-old, prestigious clan, but its inner workings have long since rotted away. Fifteen years ago, Gu Qi and Yan Fu accidentally fell from a cliff, leaving behind nine-year-old twins, Gu Yan and Gu Yan, who were raised by Gu Ci and Gu Mian. Ten years ago, all four were cruelly imprisoned for seven days and mentally broken by silent torture. Five years ago, the final performance of “Bone-Breaking Hairpin” ended in tragedy. Gu Ci, Gu Mian, and Gu Yan were caught in a family conspiracy, while Gu Yan vanished once more. The mastermind was a Gu family traitor who had colluded with outside enemies. The four narrowly escaped death and went into hiding separately. Five years later, they returned with new hairpins and pendants, each a flower reborn: Gu Ci traded her orchid for a red royal poinciana hairpin set with jade; Gu Mian exchanged her rose for a red rose hairpin set with yellow jade; Gu Yan replaced her green gardenia with a cotton-flower hairpin set with white jade; and Gu Yan carried a white jade pendant carved with a dragon. A golden hairpin set with snowdrops, passed down through the family, was also among them. Three hairpins and one jade pendant, they returned bearing a grudge. At the Gu family’s birthday banquet, Gu Ci and Gu Mian made a commanding entrance, and the younger members of the collateral branches bowed to greet them. The old family patriarch announced in front of everyone that Gu Ci would become clan head, Gu Mian deputy clan head, and Gu Yan would take charge of the Gu Group, holding the largest shareholding and veto power. The announcement stunned the entire gathering. Gu Yan promptly seized control with an iron hand and purged the family’s corrupt elements. At the ancestor-worship ceremony, Gu Yan returned with his wife, Zhong Ning. The three of them welcomed home their daughter, Gu Jin, who wore an imperial jade lily-of-the-valley hairpin. At last, all six members of the family were reunited. Once the turmoil settled, love began to blossom: Gu Yan and Fu Jingci fed each other and stayed by one another’s side, bound by a gentle fate; Gu Mian asked Qi Yuzhou three questions, and they came to understand each other’s feelings; Huo Zeng confessed to Gu Ci and was rejected, but later remained by her side as her steadfast protector. The three heroines supported one another and saved themselves, reborn. Those around them were their blades and their backing, never their superiors. They broke bones into hairpins and rose from the flames, offering their blood as a sacrifice,

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