#Manipulation #Redemption #Suspicion #PushAndPull
Wen Shiwan, daughter of the assistant prefect of Qingyuan Prefecture in Jiangnan, lost her father to a drowning accident overnight. After her stepmother sold her to a trafficker, she took the family fortune and left with her own son.
From then on, Wen Shiwan was trapped in the Pavilion of Nurtured Beauties, a place that trained playthings for the powerful and wealthy.
After eight long years, she finally escaped that cage and fled to the Marquis Zhongyi's manor to seek refuge with her cousin aunt. The manor's courtyards ran deep, and every branch of the family had its own schemes. Her beauty was caught up in those schemes, too.
Rather than be cast out of the manor and traded for someone else's gain, she decided to take a chance and find someone who could uncover the truth behind her father's drowning. In the end, she stepped into the secluded garden where her third uncle lived...
His rough hand gripped her cheek. “Do you know what you're doing?”
She pushed his hand away, her gaze resolute yet alluring. “Of course... Do you like it?”
Under the night sky, they clung to each other in a fierce embrace, tending to each other's wounds. By dawn, they were once again nothing more than an ordinary uncle and niece by marriage.
“A contract? Fine! I agree. You can decide when it starts, but I'll decide when it ends!”
As the truth about her father's drowning gradually came to light and the royal family's ugly secrets were laid bare, the two of them had already given each other their hearts without even realizing it...
Not bad, good-looking