Hua Yan, beautiful as Xi Shi, with a waist like a willow, was a beauty specially bought by Old Madam Xie to be the Third Young Master's concubine. Unfortunately, the young master preferred a plain diet, and this charming, alluring concubine simply wasn't his type.
Hua Yan thought, What luck! Every day, all I have to do is eat well, dress well, and enjoy the show put on by the Third Young Master and his fiancee. Life couldn't get any better!
So Hua Yan secretly played matchmaker for her immediate superior, helping arrange meetings and keeping watch, determined to get the young master and Miss Jiang married as soon as possible!
Just as things seemed to be settled, the Xie family suddenly fell from power, and the marriage that had seemed certain was thrown into jeopardy.
Miss Jiang was even more determined to sever her ties with the Third Young Master, entrusting him to Hua Yan.
Oh no, this guy might end up being my problem. No, I have to run…
The male lead's perspective: After the Xie family fell, heartbroken, he took his nominal concubine and moved to a dilapidated old house. Looking at the beautiful woman who usually spent money like a bottomless pit, he was so worried his brows nearly knotted. He didn't think he could afford to support her.
Who could have guessed that the delicate concubine, who normally wouldn't even lift a finger to right an overturned oil jar, could mend the roof above and build a stove below? Even the legendary snail maiden would have to bow to her.
As Third Young Master Xie stood dumbfounded, the beauty held out her slender hand and said matter-of-factly,
