The day Jiang Zhao was driven out of the Jiang family home, he stood in the heavy rain, his pride nearly broken.
At the end of his rope, a hand with vivid red nails lifted his chin.
In the rain, the woman was stunningly beautiful, proud and flamboyant. Her cold nail traced his cheek, and she gave a satisfied click of her tongue.
“Come with me.”
He should have hated her.
His pride would never allow him to become a canary in a cage, a plaything.
But when the woman's red lips drew near, her proud, gorgeous features made him sink helplessly into this cup of poisoned wine.
He knew that Li Lizi had never truly cared for him. Only he was gradually becoming as lowly as dust.
But it was only after Li Lizi abandoned him three months later, when he saw her passionately kissing his older brother, that he realized:
That woman did have a heart. She had simply never given him a shred of it.
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Li Lizi was born a favored child of heaven. Her family was wealthy, she was exceptionally capable, and countless men flocked around her.
Only the eldest young master of the Jiang family, her childhood friend, had always been cool toward her and kept his distance.
Rarely having been rejected, Li Lizi turned away, only to encounter the Jiang family's illegitimate son, Jiang Zhao, the elder young master's younger brother.
The boy had a face similar to his brother's, but his frame was thin and frail. His clothes were soaked through, and his status as an illegitimate son left him in an utterly wretched position.
The moment their eyes met, she looked into his wolf-cub-like eyes and felt a sudden impulse. She raised a brow mischievously.
Perhaps keeping him by her side and enjoying that similar face for a while wouldn't be so bad?
Theme: Treasure the one right before you
