A Bird in a Cage

Bewitching beauty x refined villain

At a school filled with children of wealthy families, Xi Queke comes from the humblest background, yet everyone agrees she's the most beautiful girl there.

The noble young women form their own clique, led by An Xuan. They act aloof and proud, treating Xi Queke with contempt, while secretly spreading rumors that she charges 150,000 a night.

One night, Xi Queke falls into a trap. She escapes from a rich family's mansion, only to be cornered by street thugs whom An Xuan has provoked into coming after her.

On a stormy night, a Bugatti speeds toward them. The thug it hits staggers away, ignoring his injuries.

The car window rolls down, and a bank card is pressed into Xi Queke's hand.

Su Ye, whom An Xuan has pursued for nearly two years without success, looks at her. "Want to have some fun?"

At some point, word spreads around the school that Xi Queke likes Su Ye.

The former is rumored to live a debauched life, use disgraceful means to get money and enroll in an elite school, and work part-time at an entertainment company while dreaming of becoming famous overnight.

The latter is the ideal man for countless socialites and noblewomen: born into an illustrious family, bold and unmatched.

Only Xi Queke knows how much cold cruelty is hidden beneath Su Ye's haughty exterior.

The socialites repeatedly pin their dirty tricks on her, making her humiliate herself in front of Su Ye, all while looking on with pity.

Little do they know, Su Ye has already been entangled with her in secret, cherishing her in the palm of his hand before raising her to heights no one else can reach.

People love appearances and sticking together in cliques. They praise what they consider righteous and trample on what they consider filthy. Half are filled with pity for the world, and half wear twisted expressions. The irony is that there's no difference between them: both are driven by the demons in their hearts.

They push you down into the mud, but I know you belong among the clouds.

Tips:

1. It's a story about a beautiful woman who's bewitching on the outside but strong and unyielding within, and a cold-hearted powerful man who tame each other.

2. Even so, they're each other's first and only love.

3. The title doesn't mean "Canary." "Sparrow" is the heroine's name, and the "cage" refers to school and online bullying. The heroine refuses to give in and soars to new heights.

Please add my upcoming novel, "A Thousand Blossoms Blooming at Night," to your reading list〃w〃

[Growth in the first half x wealthy-family revenge in the second]

[Down-and-out heiress x tattoo artist from a wealthy family]

Jiang Shengran walks into a tattoo shop, takes a liking to a butterfly design, and asks Quan He how much it would cost to get it tattooed.

Quan He holds up five fingers.

"Five thousand?" Jiang Shengran makes an outrageous guess.

Quan He's peach-blossom eyes glimmer with mockery as he replies coolly, "Fifty thousand."

Jiang Shengran should have been a rich heiress, but her birth mother switched her with another baby at birth.

Though she has a breathtaking beauty, a birthmark over her left eye means she's fated to miss out on a swan's life. She's driven out of Beicheng to Yuzhen, where she becomes a laughingstock.

Four years later, she returns from studying abroad as a renowned cellist.

The purple-black butterfly tattoo over her left eye, her long hair flowing like a banner, and every smile and frown of hers are utterly captivating.

Quan He, the publicly recognized heir to the Quan family, personally drives to pick her up when she returns.

Jiang Shengran becomes the talk of Beicheng overnight.

After the Quan family crushes the Jiang family, countless people gossip that Jiang Shengran is merely using Quan He. With so many women throwing themselves at him, there's no reason for him to cling to Jiang Shengran.

Quan He doesn't care.

Who knows that during those dark years, when he was unable to get back on his feet time and again, she was the one who supported him every step of the way and told him, "Everything will be okay, Quan He. You can do this."

Possibly a sweet story about two people who seem to save each other

One-on-one romance, both virgins, happy ending

Theme: Growing in the dark