Integrity [Republican Era]

[Forced possession. Main story complete. The whole book costs about 2 yuan to subscribe to. The official edition has been revised and differs from pirated copies. My next book, Marrying Up, is coming soon. Please add it to your library.] Jiang Suying had just returned from studying abroad and still hadn’t figured out Tianjin’s ways when she accidentally got on the wrong side of Second Master Liao while trying to save someone. Second Master Liao was handsome, but there was a touch of madness about him. When Jiang Suying bit him, he didn’t get angry. He merely wiped the blood from his lip and said coolly: “Now that you’re here, don’t think you’re leaving.” * She had an unyielding spirit, so he could never keep her captive. Reading Guide 1. Progressive woman who studied abroad × former dynasty loyalist. A story of forced possession, female independence and growth, with the focus on romance. 2. Happy ending. Entirely fictional Republic-era setting. 3. Answering a few questions about the hero: He doesn’t have a queue, just a regular short haircut. The order to cut off queues was issued in 1912, and this book is set in an entirely fictional world around the late 1920s. He doesn’t speak Tianjin dialect because he’s from Beijing. My next book, Marrying Up, is coming soon. Please add it to your library. When Qin Rujing first entered the Zhenyuan General’s residence, people warned her not to go near the side courtyard. The Third Master lived there. He was the general’s full brother. Rumor had it he was as clever as a demon, but had been sickly since childhood. Bringing his illness to the main residence would be grounds for divorce. Qin Rujing nodded in agreement. Since she was marrying into a higher station, she knew she had to be careful about everything. Later, she happened to meet the Third Master at the old matriarch’s birthday celebration. He looked nothing like a demon. His features were exceptionally refined, like the sound of waves among bamboo or the moon hanging over a mountain. Qin Rujing greeted him according to the rules. He returned the courtesy, then lowered his eyes and stopped looking at her, covering his mouth as he coughed. * After months alone in her room, Qin Rujing never imagined that her husband, whom she had yet to meet, would die in battle. An imperial edict ordered the Qin family to have her die by suicide to demonstrate their loyalty. Qin Rujing sat alone all night, then finally looped a length of white silk around her neck. But somehow, she survived. As she fell from the beam with a thud, she saw a slender figure. The Third Master held the severed strip of cloth, breathing with difficulty. “People aren’t ants. Why should we meekly accept fate?” * “Live.” She finds life after being driven to the brink of death, using her delicate body to break free of her cage. She was a lamp suddenly lit in his long, dark life. He was willing to feed her with his own flesh and blood and carve a path to survival for her through the chaos of war. Theme: My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s