The Sweet Village Belle Is Cursed, but the Rough Man Has a Wild Plan

The night before her childhood sweetheart leaves for the city, nineteen-year-old farm girl Le Liping is nearly assaulted.

The wooden house collapses. When she wakes, she is lying in the arms of Xiao Jianquan, a disheveled carpenter, and the whole village has “seen” what supposedly happened.

She goes from being the pretty girl everyone praised to a “slut” everyone points fingers at.

The real assailant, Zhang Zhiteng, escapes to the city, leaving behind a village full of rumors and an honest carpenter who can’t defend himself.

Xiao Jianquan cannot speak. All he can do is use his rough hands, the same hands that craft exquisite work, to shield her bit by bit from every cutting wind and frost.

But whenever he comes near, the invisible scar inside her tears open with pain.

Does she hate him? Or does she hate herself?

When the truth finally comes to light...