"Jiang Ping adopted me only because he feels guilty for killing my entire family."
"And you, A-Heng, as Jiang Ping's only daughter, must use yourself to atone for him."
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Jiang Heng nearly died on her seventeenth birthday.
That day, the foster brother she loved, who loved her in return, coaxed her into tasting forbidden fruit. In the midst of their tangled passion, the door suddenly flew open, and countless familiar and unfamiliar relatives witnessed everything.
Her father fainted on the spot. After struggling back to consciousness, he called for her foster brother, Ying Shixue, and said, "Although you were raised in my home, you were never entered into the family register or given our surname. Technically, you weren't formally adopted. If you're willing, I can betroth A-Heng to you."
But after a long silence, Ying Shixue said, "I don't want to."
Those three short words nearly pierced Jiang Heng's heart.
She was hastily married off to Jiangnan. She didn't see her former foster brother again until after her father died.
By then, he had become a powerful official who could take her life with ease.
But instead, he broke her wings and caged her, then told her, "A-Heng, I love you."
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After learning the truth about his family's murder, Ying Shixue had only one thing left in life: revenge.
He infiltrated the Jiang household, studied hard, passed the imperial examinations, and secretly gathered evidence that Jiang Ping was colluding with the enemy.
Everything went smoothly. The only thing he hadn't planned for was Jiang Heng.
This innocent, carefree girl was like a ray of light shining on his bloodstained, bleak life.
She was so wonderful that he wanted to destroy her with his own hands.
It was all too easy to set Jiang Heng up. Yet, for some reason, when he saw her tear-streaked face, his heart, long since numbed and frozen, still ached faintly.
That pain tormented him for many years.
Then, after the Jiang family fell, the moment he reunited with Jiang Heng, he cast his hatred aside completely. Only one thought remained in Ying Shixue's mind:
"I will have her."
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Resilient little white flower x scheming, unhinged man
1. As you can see, this is a melodramatic story about possessive love.
2. The heroine and her later husband are married and have, of course, been intimate.
3. But the male lead has only one love interest: the heroine.
4. Many potential triggers. More may be added later.
Theme: Build a healthy and harmonious understanding of love.
