"Have you heard? The Xin family patriarch wanted to climb the Shen family's high branch so badly that he forced Xin Yunshu into a political marriage."
"I wonder which of the Shen family's twins she married."
"Twins?"
"Did you just move to Jingbei? How can you not know?"
"The Shen twins: the elder, Shen Yujing, is polite and courteous, and treats everyone with respect. The younger, Shen Yushang, is sinister and obsessive, like a living King of Hell. Everyone in their circle makes sure to address him as Second Master Shen."
"Marrying Shen Yujing would be fine, but if she married Second Master Shen, Xin Yunshu is in for a rough time."
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In the six months since their engagement, Xin Yunshu has met her husband in name only, Shen Yujing, exactly twice.
The first time was on the day of their engagement banquet. He apologized and told her that the Shen family was expanding into overseas markets, so he might spend most of his time abroad.
The second time they met was on a stormy night, with thunder roaring overhead.
A night of reckless abandon, the whole room in disarray.
What she could faintly recall was the English tattoo on the man's wrist bone, which she glimpsed just as she was on the verge of breaking, and the forceful, terrifying orders and actions that hardly matched the rumors of the Shen family's eldest son being "polite and courteous."
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At the annual family gathering, while food was being served, Xin Yunshu happened to glance at the hands her husband had placed on the table.
The blue-and-white porcelain spoon clattered to the floor, soup splashing everywhere. Her face turned deathly pale.
The man seated at the side glanced at her nonchalantly and held out a tissue for her to wipe herself off.
His skin was cold and pale. On his wrist bone, a string of nonsensical English letters in a tattoo curled around itself like a venomous snake ready to take a life.
Shen Yushang stared at her and chuckled softly.
"Porcelain spoons break easily. Be careful."
"Sister-in-law."
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"The secret we both know, but cannot speak of."
| A gloomy, obsessive mad dog X A camellia beauty
| Old-school! Soapy! Coercive romance, younger man
*Content warnings include, but aren't limited to: over-the-top setting, powerful male lead and weak female lead, the heroine doesn't like the hero at first, later fakes her death and runs away, and the hero has almost no morals... He's completely coercive, sharp-tongued and ruthless, doing whatever he wants, arrogant and overbearing. More warnings may be added later.
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