[Everyone’s Favorite + Self-Interest + 1vN + Raising Kids + Coercive Possession + Forced Love + Not Farming]
In a small village in the desolate borderlands, beyond anyone’s jurisdiction, Mu Lanxin is a beautiful widow whose husband has just died. If she doesn’t find someone to protect her, she’ll be forced to become one of the wives of the Xie brothers. After bearing a son for the Xie family, she’ll either be passed on to someone else or reduced to a tool for making them money.
To escape the Xie family, she turns to Shen Lie, a hunter who appeared out of nowhere in Nanshan Village and somehow managed to establish himself there.
What she doesn’t know is that he was involved in the death of her husband, Xie Chen. Her move is no different from walking straight into a tiger’s jaws.
But before she can even get comfortable relying on Shen Lie, his enemies come after him. Mu Lanxin doesn’t hesitate to use his alleged murder of her husband as an excuse to lead him straight into their trap.
Shen Lie falls from the same cliff as her husband. Mu Lanxin weeps at the edge, though she doesn’t know whether she’s mourning her dead husband or the protector she barely had time to warm up to before losing him.
After throwing in her lot with Shen Lie’s enemy, Duan Shu, Mu Lanxin catches the eye of Qin Yuan, the regent who holds power over the whole court. After weighing her options, she lies through her tears and buries herself in Qin Yuan’s arms, sobbing.
Later, when someone promises her supreme status, she abandons Qin Yuan and throws herself into the arms of the Crown Prince, Gu Su Bai.
Just as life begins to settle down, her “dead” husband, Xie Chen, suddenly returns.
At the same time, Shen Lie, who fell off the cliff, Duan Shu, whom she abandoned, and Qin Yuan, whom she kicked to the curb, all come looking for her.
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