I Adopted a Touch-Starved Princess

An aloof, haughty princess with touch starvation x a cool-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside fake heiress with queenly flair

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As a fake heiress, Hai Shutong knew that once the real daughter came back, she would inevitably be driven out of the family.

She just never expected her adoptive parents to show no mercy at all, publicly announcing at a parent meeting that she was a bastard.

After leaving the Hai family, Hai Shutong drifted through life in a daze.

She thought this was how her life would be from then on, until one day she found a homeless princess.

At first, Hai Shutong took her in out of sympathy for someone in the same boat. She never expected the other woman to clutch her in the middle of the night, burning hot, and kiss and bite her neck.

Afterward, Hai Shutong looked it up and learned that this was touch starvation, a condition that only flared up when someone was deeply afraid or anxious.

She had meant to be lenient with this woman from ancient times, but the next morning, the princess was back to her usual cold and haughty self, tossing her a valuable jade pendant to humiliate her.

Hai Shutong refused to take it and was thoroughly offended.

When the condition flared up again, she pushed away the person lunging at her, then sneered and pressed her toes to the princess's lips.

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"Li Xueqing was gifted and brilliant, but spent her life chasing pleasure and achieving nothing. Women, after all, can never accomplish great things."

After transmigrating to the 21st century, Li Xueqing read those words in a history book and wept in despair. Her life's work had all been stolen, while later generations dismissed her as someone who had "achieved nothing."

The fear of being alone in a strange land, combined with years of restraint, finally overwhelmed her. She hugged Hai Shutong and bit down.

Afterward, Li Xueqing told herself it was only her touch starvation acting up, and Hai Shutong was merely her "medicine."

She absolutely would not hug Hai Shutong again.

But when the other woman offered her foot, Li Xueqing couldn't suppress her longing, even as she dug her nails into her palm.

On the seventh day of living together, she bit Hai Shutong's foot.

After a month of living together, she bit Hai Shutong's lip.

Many years later, the Hai family was on the verge of bankruptcy. Just then, the most mysterious family in South City offered them a lifeline. The Hai family came to offer their thanks, full of gratitude, only for the door to open and the real heiress to break down in hysterics. "How can it be you?!"

Hai Shutong sneered. Who could have guessed that all she had wanted at the start was to earn some money to buy something for her "little princess"?

Theme: Grow through adversity and embrace a brighter future