Dodder Vine [K-Drama Crossover]

Zhen You lost both her parents when she was young.

Her relatives divided up her considerable inheritance until there was nothing left.

She drifted from one relative's home to another as she grew up.

It was only at fifteen that she finally found a permanent home with a distant relative, three generations removed.

Everyone who spoke of her thought of the same things: timid, gentle, beautiful.

She was like a sweet, delicate doll,

put on display in a shop window.

Men liked her beautiful face, yet looked down on her for clinging to others like a dodder vine, with no independence, no initiative, and no personality to speak of.

Zhen You quietly grew in silence, seeming to accept everyone's judgment of her and willingly play the part of a beautiful ornament.

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The first time Jin Guangri saw Zhen You,

the graceful young woman was crouched in a corner, stroking a brilliant, beautiful flower.

Black hair, pale skin, and a waist so slender it could be held in one hand.

She seemed unaware that her beauty was on display before a man.

Jin Guangri had just turned twenty. He pointed at her and told his parents, “I want her as my birthday present.”

That night, Jin Guangri thought he'd unwrapped a beautiful, exquisite gift. Little did he know that he was the one opening Pandora's box.

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A soft, sweet heroine with black widow qualities, innocent on the outside and dark within

A cast of dark, rotten people; the timeline jumps all over the place

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Note: Dodder vines may look soft and delicate, but they grow quickly. Their stems have special suckers that penetrate the stems of host plants and draw nutrients from their vascular bundles. As a result, the host plants often gradually wither and are strangled to death.

(From Baidu Baike)

Theme: Love is the most nourishing source of growth.