Leading You Into the Abyss

Jiang Xiaoxiao is a young maid in the residence of Shen Guizhou, heir to the Marquis of Yongchang. One day, she suddenly dreams that she is nothing more than a disposable little concubine in a storybook, while Shen Guizhou, whom she serves, is the male lead. Before long, he will marry a refined young lady from a family of equal standing. Shen Guizhou is as handsome as a jade tree, peerlessly beautiful, and renowned in the capital as an untouchable, icy flower. He is cold, aloof, and uninterested in women. Though he is over seventeen, he doesn't even have a maid serving as his concubine. The Marquis's wife is terribly anxious about this and insists that her son choose a maid to serve as his concubine. Shen Guizhou, however, declares that whether his concubine is promoted to a secondary wife and whether she can bear children will be entirely up to his future principal wife. He says this to discourage the maids from trying. Sure enough, after those words spread through the residence, all the beautiful, flirtatious maids who had been eager to try gave up on the idea. In the end, the soft and gentle, quiet and cautious Jiang Xiaoxiao becomes the "lucky girl" chosen by the Marquis's wife. Jiang Xiaoxiao wakes from her dream: How is it lucky to spend your whole life without children, unable even to be promoted to a secondary wife? At this point, Jiang Xiaoxiao has not yet been chosen as a concubine. She decides to change her discreet ways, do the opposite of what she should, and boldly flirt with Shen Guizhou. Just as expected, the Marquis's wife removes her from the list of candidates and even transfers her out of Shen Guizhou's residence. Everything goes smoothly. Jiang Xiaoxiao thinks she has successfully avoided the story's plot, and works hard to save money so she can buy her freedom. Unexpectedly, she still ends up as the heir's concubine. Jiang Xiaoxiao doesn't want to spend her whole life alone and helpless, as she did in her dream. At last, on the eve of Shen Guizhou's betrothal negotiations, she takes the money she has saved over the years and fakes her death to escape. Jiang Xiaoxiao is free, but Shen Guizhou, who has never bowed to any woman, goes mad. [Abstinent, secretly passionate heir x little concubine who only wants to escape] One-on-one, both leads' first time, happy ending. The untouchable flower falls from his pedestal. The author's favorite melodramatic sweet treat: faking her death and fleeing while pregnant, followed by him desperately chasing his wife. 2022/03/06, screenshot posted on Weibo Theme: Rely on yourself