[Pure Love, Happy Ending] [Age Gap] [Mutual Devotion] [Revenge]
A clear-headed, resilient little bitter melon × a powerful, highborn young lord
Shen Zhiqing was the legitimate daughter of the prestigious Shen family in the capital. She should have lived a secure, prosperous life like the other noble ladies of the capital. But when she was eight, her mother died unexpectedly, and the young girl was branded unlucky and abandoned in the countryside.
She endured ten years of hardship without complaint, even holding on to fantasies about family affection. Then a letter of broken engagement, personally arranged by the Shen family, turned Shen Zhiqing into a laughingstock throughout the capital and shattered her innocence and kindness for good.
Her father's cold indifference, her stepmother's covert schemes, and her half-sister's scornful taunts sent her resolutely down the path of revenge.
Who could have guessed that the discarded girl no one in the whole city would marry would win the heart of Lu Yan, the powerful court official who held sway over the court, had a cold and ruthless nature, and kept his distance from women?
The aloof official personally called on her for love, crushed the rumors sweeping the city, and took her hand in front of everyone.
"Shen Zhiqing of the Shen family has my heart. I will marry no one else."
"Shen Zhiqing, I will become your most reliable weapon, at your command."
From then on, he stood up for her, kept her safe, put her half-sister in her place, dealt with her awful relatives, and quelled the household schemes, making everyone who had ever bullied her answer for their actions.
