The Sickly Big Shot's Little Bird

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Xia Mingtang, the eldest daughter of the Xia family in the south of the city, is dazzlingly beautiful. A single glance from her can make people's hearts flutter, but her temper is terrible.

On Monday, she kicks the young master of the Song family into an artificial pond;

On Tuesday, she turns the engagement banquet of Third Miss Qiao into a complete fiasco;

On Wednesday, she smashes her own older brother's car in front of a crowd;

In a fit of rage, the Xia family matriarch exiles her to Yun Town, hoping she'll learn to temper her temperament.

But Xia Mingtang is hardly the obedient sort. On her first day in Yun Town, she sets her sights on the owner of a local inn.

The owner's name is Qin Yan, and she has the gentle, graceful looks of a woman from Jiangnan.

When Xia Mingtang first sees her, she's wearing a dark teal qipao, her slender fingers clicking the abacus beads with a clear, musical sound. She looks restrained and old-fashioned.

With ulterior motives, Xia Mingtang launches an all-out pursuit of the innkeeper. She pulls out all thirty-six tricks in her drama queen's playbook, sweet-talks her, clings to her, and throws money around.

Her methods are childish, but somehow she really does manage to win the woman over.

Qin Yan is a perfect lover, considerate and tactful, gentle and caring in every way.

Anyone with a heart should thank the heavens for such a woman and wish to grow old with her.

But Xia Mingtang is ungrateful. In less than a month, she's already tired of it.

She leaves a text message and walks away without a backward glance.

That day, it rains in Yun Town.

Raindrops patter against the stone slabs, like the breathy moans that echo through the many nights they've shared.

Miss Xia returns to her family home, ready to let loose, but is dragged off to meet a fiancée who has appeared out of nowhere.

Xia Mingtang only plans to humor her for a while. But when she sees the woman's face, she is so shocked she nearly drops her teacup.

Shouldn't she be running the inn in Yun Town at this point?

Qin Yan wears a bespoke gown in a deep ocean blue. There seems to be something different in her once-gentle eyes.

Her slender fingers loosely clasp Xia Mingtang's wrist, leaving her unable to pull free.

"Tangtang, long time no see."

Xia Mingtang marries young. Her wife is a powerful figure in Rongcheng, from a prominent family and possessed of an air of noble elegance. Everyone envies her.

Only Xia Mingtang knows that her seemingly beautiful and harmless wife acts like two completely different people in public and in private.

Xia Mingtang only went out for a couple of drinks with friends, but Qin Yan dragged her into the bathroom and rubbed lavender-scented body wash over her again and again, nearly scrubbing off a layer of skin.

Furious, Xia Mingtang tries to struggle. Qin Yan's supple body presses against her like a snake, and her icy fingers clamp down on Xia Mingtang's chin, forcing her to taste the alcohol again.

"Be good, Tangtang. From now on, don't let anyone else's scent cling to you."

A spoiled, dazzling, airheaded heiress vs. a seemingly gentle but truly possessive and obsessive powerhouse

Seven-year age gap, one-on-one romance

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