The Capital's Most Delicate Darling? Sorry, I Was Pretending

[1VN | Everyone falls for her | Male leads are pure | Romantic competition | Feel-good story | Face-slapping | Love polygon | Play the pig to eat the tiger | Weaponizes her beauty]

Everyone in Beijing's social circles knows that Song Yan, the eldest daughter of the Song family, is a pretty but useless pampered girl.

She needs someone to unscrew her water bottle, wants to be carried when she's tired from walking, and bursts into tears at the slightest grievance. The city's socialites laugh behind her back: “What can she do besides look pretty?”

When her stepmother humiliates her in public, she cowers behind her fiancé. When the madman who rules the underground empire tries to destroy her, she's so frightened she can barely speak. The top-tier star protects her like a little sister, and she gets teary-eyed with gratitude.

Everyone thinks she's a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Until her stepmother stands in the dock, raving hysterically. Until the madman drops to one knee and says, “My life belongs to you.” Until her cold fiancé asks her with red-rimmed eyes, “Just how much have you been hiding from me?”

That's when they realize they're the ones who've walked into her trap.

When she pouts, her eyes droop at the corners, and they willingly offer up their lives.

When she acts vulnerable, her eyes turn red, and they fight to hand her a knife.

She smiles and says, “I'm scared,” but it's the other person who should be afraid.

She says she's just a pampered girl, right up until her enemies are kneeling all over Beijing.

She smiles, still looking soft and sweet.

“Sorry, I was pretending.”