The Daughter of an Old Family Friend

Every storybook has a cousin like this: beautiful and talented, dependent on the kindness of others, kept apart from her beloved by her elders, and so miserable she brings tears to everyone's eyes.

Han Yueying always scoffed at such characters.

Little did she know that one day she would become an even more awkward figure: the daughter of her family's old friends.

Born into hardship, dependent on others, neither wealthy nor beautiful, and hopeless at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

And yet she was still occupying the position of fiancee to the household's elegant and distinguished young master.

The cousins: A dark little girl like you doesn't deserve Brother Qingyun!

Her fiance: I love someone else. I will never marry you.

The little kids: Ugly! Ugly!

The penniless little dark girl: Just you wait.

PS: This is a fictional setting, very fictional. The customs are liberal. Historical accuracy enthusiasts, please stay away. No unauthorized reposts, and no reproductions.

It will be published this Friday, with nine thousand words posted that day.

I recommend my completed historical romance, Abandoned Wife Returns (Reborn).

Coming next: My Superpower Made Me a Leftover Woman

Zuo Ningwei's mother is always worried she will never get married,

because Zuo Ningwei goes out of her way to avoid men.

Even when her father or brother accidentally brushes against her sleeve, she frowns.

Zuo Ningwei has it rough.

It's not that she doesn't want to get married.

It's just that whenever she touches a man with supernatural abilities, she can see who he has slept with...

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