Seizing the Water Lily

Good-Natured Beauty vs. Dark, Obsessive Wolfdog [Updates begin once 100,000 characters are written]

After handling some business, Qi Prince's adopted son returned to the estate and caught a fleeting glimpse of a woman by the lotus pond.

A summer shower came out of nowhere. With nowhere to hide, the woman plucked a lotus leaf for an umbrella and hurried off, clutching a lotus flower. Her rain-soaked dress outlined her voluptuous figure, making her look like a delicate lotus untouched by wind and rain.

She seemed quite young, probably a young lady visiting the estate.

After that brief encounter, Chu Jingyu saw her again at the welcome banquet that evening. She sat obediently beside his adoptive father, pouring him wine. In the dim candlelight, her ample curves and lovely features looked soft as jade and delicate as a flower.

She was a beauty offered to the Qi Prince.

Playing with his wine cup, Chu Jingyu watched with cold eyes, but a desire to possess her unlike anything he had ever felt before flared in his heart.

His adoptive father was old. He couldn't appreciate what he had.

Later, the Qi Prince died, and the estate descended into chaos.

The prince had no heirs, so Chu Jingyu, as his adopted son, took charge and arranged what would become of the prince's concubines: some would be buried with him, while others would be sent away.

Little did anyone know...

In the stillness of night, a beauty in a sheer, flimsy gown stood in Chu Jingyu's room, graceful and alluring, pinned before a bronze mirror.

Miaofu made herself into a drinking vessel and fed him wine. Chu Jingyu breathed in her scent, lifted her chin, and gazed at the mirror. "Did he ever take you this roughly?"

Note: The heroine is a virgin, while the male lead, Chu Jingyu, is not. The heroine is 17. The older wolfdog, the Qi Prince, is 35, strong and vigorous, in the prime of his life. The younger wolfdog, the male lead, is 20, brooding and has been coveting her for a long time.

Blurb dated: 25.10.11

Theme: Overcome hardship and embrace a beautiful life