Scheming beauty vs. upright gentleman
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Yun Wu was born into a lowly station and sold into servitude as a child. She had seen the full range of life's cruelty and kindness, and her greatest wish was to climb higher.
To that end, she stopped at nothing, setting her sights on the refined young master most valued by her household.
One late night, she climbed into his bed.
The jade Buddha who could not be touched by day showed not the slightest mercy at night.
Unfortunately, the next day she was sent out of the estate with a bag of silver.
Her plans had failed, but she didn't cling to him.
If this road was closed, she would take another.
Not long after, a new opportunity came her way. She went from a lowly maid at everyone's beck and call to impersonating a noble young lady.
She climbed higher and higher. As for the stepping stone she'd failed to use, she'd long since forgotten all about him...
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Lu Jue came from a family with a century-old legacy. He was proper and composed, and upheld etiquette above all else.
The only person who ever made him cross the line was the audacious little maid who had secretly climbed into his bed.
He had meant to take responsibility, but she took the silver and left without a trace.
When they met again, she had transformed into a noble young lady.
He knew her identity was false, but still helped keep her secret, protecting the wealth and status she'd schemed so hard to obtain.
He thought she should at least know who she owed.
But with his help, she secured her position, then turned around and happily began preparing her wedding dress so she could become another man's wife.
She didn't know.
He wasn't without desire.
He thought of her day and night.
He held himself back again and again.
Beneath the trappings of a gentleman was a wolf, ravenous with hunger.
Theme: A knife rests atop the character for patience
