Zhou Siyao stepped into empty air and, when she woke again, had become a concubine leased to the young master of the Qin family.
The young master of the Qin family was married to Madam Wang. The couple were said to have been in love for years, but had never had a child. So the Old Madam came up with the idea of leasing a concubine, and Zhou Siyao was the unlucky one chosen.
According to the contract, if she gave the Qin family a son within three years, she would be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver and allowed to return home, enough for an ordinary family to live on for the rest of their lives.
But Zhou Siyao, who had come from the modern world, was firmly childfree. Make her have a baby? Dream on!
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Qin Jiangmo didn't like the idea of leasing a concubine, but his mother and wife forced the matter, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept it. Still, whether or not he visited her room was up to him.
He assumed the concubine leased from a farming family would be coarse and uncultured. But one brief glimpse of her, so full of life, stirred his interest, and he went to her room under cover of night.
The first night, the woman blushed and said she was menstruating and couldn't serve him. Qin Jiangmo believed her.
The second night, she looked pained, held her stomach, and said she might have eaten something bad. She tearfully feared he would get angry, and Qin Jiangmo believed her again.
The third night, she had a limp and timidly said she would need a month to recover before she could get out of bed. Qin Jiangmo remembered how she'd spent the day laughing and kicking a shuttlecock in the courtyard, and how she'd treated him like a fool. His face darkened as he undid his belt.
He was hooked.
Qin Jiangmo happily waited for her to give him a plump little boy, only to find countless packets of contraceptive medicine under the bed.
Qin Jiangmo wanted to strangle her. His wife suggested replacing her with another concubine, but he laughed and declined.
Let her go? Don't make me laugh.
Even if she died, she would die in the Qin residence.
Qin Jiangmo was a madman. Zhou Siyao only wanted to escape the cage he had built around her.
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A story about a heroine who keeps running away and a hero who keeps chasing her.
Possessive pursuit. The heroine knows when to yield and when to stand firm, but she will not have a baby.
Male lead is a virgin.
Theme: Stay true to yourself, refuse to follow the crowd, and grow stronger