Shen Jingshuang of the Shen family was stunningly beautiful. From childhood, she was Master Shen’s cherished darling, willful and arrogant, with no regard for anyone.
When Jingshuang came of age, Master Shen bought her a little red horse and gave it to her as a birthday present, along with Xu Wan, its stable hand.
She stepped on Xu Wan to get onto the horse, and stepped on him again to get off.
When the little red horse wouldn’t eat grass, she whipped Xu Wan. When it lost a race, she whipped Xu Wan. When it bared its teeth at her, she whipped Xu Wan again.
Xu Wan hated her to the core.
After Master Shen died, no one kept Shen Daliang in check. He gambled away the family’s entire fortune and planned to sell Jingshuang to fund his gambling. Under cover of darkness, Xu Wan injured her guards and took her away.
Xu Wan wasn’t being kind. He saved Jingshuang only so he could make the wicked young lady pay for all the times she’d humiliated him.
Jingshuang couldn’t face reality and continued ordering Xu Wan around. The more she tormented him during the day, the worse he made her suffer at night.
Jingshuang learned her lesson. She fawned over Xu Wan like an ordinary wife trying to please her husband, tricked him out of all his money, and ran off.
When Xu Wan found her, she had nearly been sold by a kidnapper to an official old enough to be her father, as his sixth concubine.
Still shaken, Jingshuang lay in Xu Wan’s arms, sobbing.
Xu Wan could no longer bring himself to say anything harsh. Oh, well. He was born to be a servant, so he must have been reincarnated specifically to serve her.
“You worthless slave.”
“Yes, miss?”
“Why did you take so long to get here?”
“This lowly servant deserves to die.”
Reader's guide:
1. The female lead never treats the male lead very well. Readers who are overly protective of the male lead, beware.
2. The female lead has a few romances. The male lead is sexually inexperienced, and the ending pairs her with Xu Wan.
3. “One true love” refers to the male lead and the male supporting character.
Theme: You don’t need to change. Someone will love you as you are.
