[The Ice-Cold Beauty Falls from Her Pedestal + Hidden Identity Heroine + Cunning Seduction + Intense Push and Pull + Both Leads Are Inexperienced]
A prospective sister-in-law who flirts with sweet nothings and brazen lies to save someone's life VS a cold, celibate, powerful official on the verge of losing control, her prospective brother-in-law
Jiang Yuwei, an illegitimate daughter of the marquis's household, had spent more than ten years treading carefully and keeping her head down under the watchful eyes of her legitimate mother and sister.
Now, hunched in a donkey cart and poring over romantic storybooks to learn how to seduce a man, she was truly out of options.
Her legitimate mother was vicious and scheming, framing her maternal grandfather's entire family and exiling them a thousand miles away.
Her exceptionally talented elder brother had fallen victim to her legitimate mother's poison, leaving him crippled.
Her legitimate sister was cold as a snake, humiliating and tormenting her every day, grinding her into the dirt.
Her only chance lay with her legitimate sister's fiancé: the powerful, cold, celibate leader of the Zong Alliance, who controlled half of Jiangnan.
Wen Yu, the head of the Wen clan.
With no other choice, she cast aside her shame and deliberately tried to entice him.
She made herself the bargaining chip, asking only to secure a chance for her family to survive.
Jiang Yuwei had already thought it all through. Though she told one lie after another, once her maternal grandfather was pardoned and her brother recovered, her legitimate sister would marry him, and she and Lord Zong would go their separate ways, never to meet again.
But for all her careful scheming, she had never imagined that this powerful official, whose heart was as cold as jade, would develop feelings he had never been willing to give anyone.
Once again, he gripped her waist and pressed her down onto the bed.
"You little liar, with lies spilling from your mouth. You dared to provoke me, and now you want to marry someone else? What do you take me for, hmm?"
Jiang Yuwei couldn't keep up the act. What happened to his coldness? What happened to him keeping his distance from women?
What was she supposed to do now!
