Seeking Spring Branches

Everyone in the capital knew that the Second Master Shen of the Yong'an Marquis's household was a notorious playboy.

The day he brought back a frail little widow from Jiangnan, his rowdy friends all began betting on how long it would take before he grew tired of her.

No one could have imagined then that she would become the one and only woman in Second Master Shen's life.

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Chun Wan was gentle and obedient, doing whatever Second Master wanted.

She took beatings for him, embroidered handkerchiefs for him, and shielded him from knives. She never complained.

She was always clutching his sleeve, gazing at him tenderly as she said, "This servant hopes Second Master will be safe and happy, and live to be a hundred."

Second Master smiled and nodded. "All right."

When asked how he felt about her, he leaned lazily against the window railing. "She's just a lowly servant kept around for amusement. If you like her, I'll give her to you."

He thought Chun Wan would never leave, no matter what.

Until one day, when the newly appointed top scholar rode through the streets. The two looked at each other across the crowd, and there seemed to be tears in the little widow's eyes.

Someone remarked, "That top scholar looks a bit like Second Master Shen. Even the mole in the palm of his hand is exactly the same."

Second Master: Heh. :)

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At the Shen family's adopted son's manor, music and dancing filled the days, while cries of anguish and sobbing filled the sleepless nights.

Someone saw a woman locked away in a gilded cage.

Shen Conglin, drenched in blood, gripped her waist tightly. His low laugh sounded like a demon's. "Since you used me as a stand-in, why not die in my arms tonight, little slave..."

Chun Wan only wanted to live a good life, but she had provoked a Yama who had come to claim her.

Second Master only wanted to make a gilded cage of his home and imprison her there for the rest of their lives.

"From today on, smile only for Second Master, and keep only Second Master in your heart. All right, my little darling?" The man licked the blood from his lips and laughed with delight.

[Reading Notes]

* A playboy reforms, a possessive romance, and a groveling redemption arc plus a tangled rivalry

* The male lead is not a virgin, the female lead marries twice, and neither is a virgin. Readers with purity preferences, take note.

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