A Sparrow in the Palm

[The story is complete! Please follow my upcoming stories, The White Cane and Sober Drunk (*^ω^*)~ Thank you for your heartwarming support.] Tong Que had heard a lot about Yun Shen, the second young master of the Yun family. According to rumor, he was gentle by nature, humble, and courteous. On the first day Tong Que was brought into the Yun household, she ran into the famous second young master Yun. The man had a cigarette dangling from his lips, his beautiful, flirtatious eyes veiled by smoke as he looked at her with a careless air. "Name?" "Tong Que." "The Que in sparrow?" "The Que in peacock." After a three-second silence, he smirked. "You were given a bird's name." "..." Humble and courteous?! * The Tong and Yun families were longtime friends. Their marriage had been arranged before the children were even born. Tong Que refused to accept this muddled arrangement. "I, Tong Que, would sooner marry a cat or a dog than that bastard Yun Shen!" The Yun bastard nodded, indicating his support. The following year, the Yun bastard started a whole series of face-slapping reversals. "Actually, I'm fine with either cats or dogs. The main thing is what you like." Spoiled and headstrong vs. elegant rogue My next story, The White Cane, is coming up. Please follow it (*^ω^*) The first time Dou Yao saw Shen Cen was in a narrow alley on Bar Street. The boy wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a finger and glanced back at her. His gaze was cold and empty, like a wild wolf that could not be tamed. Dou Yao remembered him at once. Years later, after a sudden disaster left Dou Yao blind, the person who saved her was Shen Cen. She had heard that Shen Cen, the city's rising star, was brazen and unrestrained, a "madman" with no bottom line. She had her suspicions, but circumstances forced her hand, and she stayed by his side as if deceiving herself. As time passed, feelings quietly took root. Just as Dou Yao was about to confess her feelings, she accidentally overheard a conversation between the man who had saved her and a friend. She learned that he didn't love her, and that he had saved her because he wanted something from her. Her heart died in an instant. She turned to flee. In a world of despairing darkness, she stumbled forward. As she tripped and fell, someone held her as if she were a precious treasure. "Don't cry." "What do you want? I'll give you everything." No one ever taught me what love is. I only know that I want to give you everything you want, whatever the cost, even if it means giving my life. [A madman's love is instinctive to the extreme, and stops at nothing.] Sinister, obsessive knight vs. fallen, calculating princess * In the eyes of love, lowliness and misdeeds don't count. They can all be transformed into happiness and dignity. Love does not judge with the eyes, but with the heart., Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream Please follow the author page and upcoming stories to know as soon as they launch. Many thanks for all your heartwarming support, my dears =w= Cover character design source: Huang Blurb screenshot: 2019.8.18 Theme: One lie is hard to cover up with a hundred words.