Beloved Shu

[The blurb for my upcoming story, Young Master Heir, is at the very bottom~]

[The author has no sense of logic and has already let loose.]

Shi Yan was brought to the Xiao family estate by its head when she was thirteen.

With no name or status, she should have kept her head down and stayed out of trouble at the Xiao estate. Instead, the family head doted on her, indulging her until she became ill-mannered and arrogant. She had no interest in being learned, courteous, gentle, or demure, but took to being spoiled and willful without needing anyone to teach her.

The head of the Xiao family was twenty-five, a man as refined as a breeze and bright moon. Yet he had outlived two fiancées, and no one could count how many women had been carried out of the Xiao estate beneath white funeral cloth.

It was also said that the Xiao family head had been born with a lingering illness, was frail, and would not live long. Shi Yan took advantage of his kindness, her soft voice turning coquettish. "Everyone says the eldest young master won't live long, and you've already got a reputation for bringing misfortune to your wives. So I thought I'd save up as much money as I can before you die, so no one can bully me after you're gone."

After her coming-of-age ceremony, the thin veil between them was swept away by the wind. Shi Yan, who usually had the upper hand, suddenly found herself at a disadvantage. She snapped fiercely, "Who spread those rumors that the family head is dull and won't live long? If I catch them, I'll tear their mouth off!"

The head of the Xiao family gazed at her with eyes like a deep pool. He raised a slender hand to brush a lock of her dark hair aside, then watched her embarrassed expression with a gentle smile and chided, "You insisted on listening to what outsiders say. You brought this on yourself."

A mischievous little troublemaker vs. a gentle family patriarch

Young Master Heir

A young heir came to Jiangnan from Chang'an. He was not yet twenty, handsome and elegant, and very aloof and proud. The beauties on the pleasure boats did nothing for him. He favored only the female tutor in Osmanthus Alley.

Love at first sight, for her looks; love at second sight, for her talent; a lifelong commitment at the third, for who she was.

The female tutor was quiet and gentle, with lovely features. She was skilled at calligraphy and painting. She had no admiration for the powerful and wealthy, and found this clingy young heir unbearable.

First, she was annoyed by his persistence, as he pursued her from Chang'an all the way to Jiangnan. Then, she resented him for forcing her into marriage, using her widowed mother, elder brother, and young sister as leverage.

The embroidered quilts and bed, the tender romance, were all an act. So were the quiet talks by the window, leaning close together. Yet the young heir was deeply caught up in it. He made their story known to the whole world, swearing they would share a bed in life and a coffin in death, and that his wife would be his forever.

Theme: Always remain kind, and hold fast to the light within your heart