Don't Trust Her

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Xie Qingwan was the legitimate daughter of one of the most prominent families in the capital. But after losing her mother's protection, her father remarried, and she became the laughingstock of the capital, suffering under her stepmother's constant torment.

To regain her protection, she put away her former pride and concealed her resentment, putting on a sweet, obedient smile as she stuck close to her stepbrother.

"I only like you, Brother."

"Will you protect me, Brother?"

Her stepmother hated her, and her father turned a cold shoulder. Her stepbrother was the only one she could make use of, if only a little.

In the maple garden, she tilted her head and smiled at him. The man couldn't help gazing at her tenderly, reaching out to brush a fallen leaf from her shoulder.

"Careful!"

He caught his sister as she fell. Her soft, warm body landed in his arms, and the tips of his ears flushed red. But when he looked back, he saw only innocent curiosity in her eyes.

"Be good. Don't look." His voice was hoarse as he raised a hand to cover the eyes that reflected his sinful thoughts.

In his arms, Xie Qingwan silently curled her lips into a smile.

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Later, an unexpected turn of events revealed that her mother was still alive and had married into the royal family. The first thing she did after returning was come to take her daughter away from the Xie family.

On the day she left the manor, her stepbrother stopped her, his face bitter. "Wanwan, I..."

"Brother." Xie Qingwan bowed to him. Her expression was calm, her gaze peaceful, as if everything between them had been nothing but a dream.

Later, the Xie family's stepson reclaimed his royal heritage and was enfeoffed as Prince Regent.

Xie Qingwan had also put the painful past behind her, until she discovered that every man her mother chose as a potential match for her met with disaster. Not one escaped.

And every clue pointed to him.

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Everyone said the Prince Regent was a man as lofty as a mountain. Only Xie Qingwan knew he was nothing but a refined scoundrel.

In private, he would beg and plead, touching places he had never touched before, until he had taught her to be unable to leave him...

Xie Xingzhi looked at her lovely face and listened to her pleas, then sighed. "But I don't believe a word you say anymore."

Reader's guide:

1. Both leads are virgins. Their romance begins only after they are no longer step-siblings.

Willful liar × refined scoundrel

Opens August 15

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Su Wanyu was raised in luxury for the first thirteen years of her life, and grew into a spoiled, willful young lady.

One day, bored, she rescued a little boy with a fierce look in his eyes and took him in as her dog.

He was filthy, and not at all to her taste. She had only made a bet with her friends to see how long it would take her to train him into a well-behaved dog.

That day, in a grassy, muddy field, the soles of her feet were covered in dirt.

"Attend to me."

Blushing scarlet, he knelt on the ground and used the stream to wash her bare feet, carefully and reverently, as if worshipping a goddess.

Su Wanyu could see what he was thinking, but so what? It was just a little trick to train a dog.

Later, Su Wanyu abandoned him.

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Xiao Guping had wandered from place to place with his grandmother since childhood, enduring bullying and contempt.

That day, some thugs stole his wages, the money his grandmother needed to survive. Gritting his teeth, he fought with men nearly twice his size.

Covered in blood and utterly disheveled, he was rescued by the goddess he had only dared to glimpse in his dreams.

She lifted his head with a handkerchief and examined him closely, her eyes full of disdain. In that moment, he wished he could simply die.

"Would you be willing to stay by this young lady's side?"

His heart raced, but he dared not let it show.

In that grassy, muddy field, he watched her snow-white bare feet become stained with mud and realized that the desire hidden deep in his heart had already taken root in his soul, entwining itself beyond hope of escape.

Unfortunately, he was only a dog in her eyes. Once she grew bored, she would throw him away...

...He hated her.

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In the seventh year of Yongning, the Dali Temple investigated a case, with the Crown Prince accompanying the officials to southern Anhui.

The prefect's residence was alive with music and dancing. The prefect had invited female musicians and singers from the Directorate of Music to entertain his guests.

Dressed in white gauze, the once-arrogant eldest daughter of the Su family now lowered her eyes, reduced to a plaything for the powerful.

Xiao Guping watched her kneel, watched her tremble, his expression indifferent.

Three years had passed. The past had blown away like the wind.

He kept her bound to his side only for revenge, to make her pay for the mistake she had once made.

He wanted her to watch him marry and have children, while she could only look on helplessly as she rotted in the mud.

"Your Highness, for the sake of the life I once saved, please let us go."

She wept, pleading only for the sake of her lover.

For the first time, Xiao Guping was consumed by such fury, a raging blaze that left him unable to think clearly.

Admit it. This was no revenge. He was only trying to fool himself about wanting someone he could never have.

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