Mastering the Heart

The ailing, notorious bad girl of Nancheng and the powerful man who rules one of the wealthiest families.

By switching brides, she got the marriage she wanted most. After scheming at every turn, he laid her on the bed and gazed at her beautiful, distant face in the darkness, gently stroking her cheek. "The art of winning hearts... Was I caught in your scheme from the very beginning?"

"What should I call you? And who are you?"

Lazily leaning against him, she picked up the cigarette paper from beside his desk. As the smoke curled upward, she kissed his lips.

"Xie Chiji, I think you've fallen in love with me. Only someone who's lost his heart would ask that first."

The discarded daughter of Nancheng had plotted since childhood, but could not change the fate and ending laid out for her. A canary in a cage, a bird behind bars, a parasitic flower, and a fragile heart. Then one day, someone lifted that heart into his hands, understood her helplessness and uncertainty, and let her step into the light of freedom.

(Content warning: The pace is rather calm.)

Theme: Ambition