Love's Bitter Tea

[Miaojiang + Obsessive Young Man + Forced Love]

If the secret bond of love can carry affection and hatred across a thousand miles, yet cannot kindle even the slightest trace of love, how can one break free of its hold?

The secret bond sinks into the bones, and joy and sorrow are shared.

Jiang Shu escaped the prison of the remote mountains in Southern Xinjiang and finally returned to her family.

But though she had escaped the endless mountains, she could never escape the shackles of the secret bond forged by their bloodlines.

The man who had locked her away still sent his surging rage, bone-deep pain, and belated regret across a thousand mountains and rivers, crashing into her thoughts night after night.

Shen Qingxu had always possessed a side of himself few could ever glimpse.

On one side, he gave up the glory of being the young lord, stepped into the bustle of the mortal world, shed his domineering ways, and learned to pursue her anew with gentleness and equality.

On the other, he concealed his sharpness and retreated to Southern Xinjiang, pretending to let go of his obsession and withdraw from the world. Yet the possessiveness buried deep in his bones still stirred restlessly.

He gave everything he had, desperately craving one chance to start over.

But the wounds she had suffered were carved into her very bones. Why should a victim have to choose forgiveness?