[Coercive romance, marriage first and love later, mainly bittersweet with a spicy edge]
[Gentle, sweet, and sweet on the outside but dark within, a fallen beauty x a shameless playboy who fell for her at first sight]
Gu Qingying and Situ Lin had known each other since childhood, though they could hardly be called childhood sweethearts. Gu Qingying had another childhood friend, while Situ Lin was the spoiled bully she had avoided since she was little.
They weren't close.
But when the Gu family fell into ruin, it was the Situ family who gave Gu Qingying and her younger sister a place to stay.
The one who came to fetch Gu Qingying and her little sister was Situ Lin, whom she hadn't seen in years...
Situ Lin had always gotten whatever he wanted.
Whenever he wanted company, there were countless people rushing to surround him.
But the lovely Gu Qingying had treated him like he didn't exist since childhood,
and repeatedly went to great lengths to hurt him over someone else.
At last, she was living under his roof, forced to depend on his goodwill.
Situ Lin thought long and hard about how to vent the resentment he'd been nursing for years...
Then he married Gu Qingying.
She didn't want to, and neither did her childhood friend, but he did.
He especially enjoyed stealing someone else's love.
Six months later, every adult man in the Situ family was exiled.
But Gu Qingying received the deeds to some property and a divorce agreement, sent to her through a friend by Situ Lin. “Situ Lin said this was your reward for serving him.”
Gu Qingying's expression was indifferent. Getting Situ Lin to the bitter, freezing borderlands could count as quite an accomplishment...
Later, the world changed, and Situ Lin rose to power at court.
But Gu Qingying had already changed her name and married someone else.
On the very day he arrived in the capital, Situ Lin found her.
He cornered Gu Qingying on the bed she shared with her husband. His gaze swept over the gauzy curtains, and he suddenly smiled. “What have you two been doing here?”
He'd stolen her from someone once. What was wrong with doing it again?
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Blurb updated on 2025.09.25 and screenshot saved.
Theme: Evil never triumphs over good.
