Why Abandon Me

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Su Wanyu was raised in luxury for the first thirteen years of her life, and it made her spoiled and willful.

One day, out of boredom, she saved a little boy with a fierce glint in his eyes and kept him by her side like a dog.

He was filthy, and she wouldn't normally have given him a second glance. She was only making a wager with her friends to see how long it would take her to train him into a good dog.

That day, in the grassy dirt, the soles of her jade-white feet were stained with mud.

“Attend to me.”

His face flushed red as he knelt on the ground and washed her bare feet in the stream, careful and reverent, as if worshipping a goddess.

Su Wanyu saw what he had in mind, but so what? It was just a little trick for training a dog.

Later, Su Wanyu abandoned him.

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Xiao Guping had roamed from place to place with his grandmother since childhood, suffering insults and contempt.

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

He was covered in blood and utterly wretched, but the goddess he had only dared to glimpse in his dreams came to his rescue.

She lifted his head through a handkerchief and examined him closely. Disdain showed in her eyes. At that moment, he wished he could simply die.

“Would you be willing to stay by my side, young master?”

His heart pounded, but he didn't dare let it show.

In the grassy dirt, he watched her snow-white bare feet get smeared with mud, and realized that the desire hidden deep in his heart had already taken root in his soul, winding and twisting through it.

The only problem was that, in her eyes, he was just a dog. Once she was bored, she threw him away...

...He hated her.

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In the seventh year of Yongning, the Dali Temple investigates a case, with the Crown Prince accompanying them to Wannan.

Within the prefectural governor's residence, music and dancing fill the air. The governor has invited female musicians from the Imperial Music Academy to entertain his guests.

In white gauze, the once-arrogant Miss Su now lowers her eyes, reduced to a plaything for the powerful.

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

Three years have passed. The past has been swept away by the wind.

He keeps her by his side only for revenge, to make her pay for the wrong choice she once made.

He wants her to watch him marry and have children, while she can only watch herself rot in the mire.

“Your Highness, for the sake of the life I saved for you back then, please let us go.”

Tears fill her eyes, all for the man she loves.

For the first time, Xiao Guping feels such rage. A raging fire burns through him until he can barely think straight.

Admit it: this has nothing to do with revenge. He simply cannot have what he wants, and is deceiving himself.

Reading Guide:

1. The male and female leads are separated by misunderstandings. The male lead does not marry, and the female lead does not fall for anyone else. Both are each other's first and only, and the ending is happy.

2. The male lead won't mistreat the female lead. He's the only one who tortures himself.

Theme: I love you, and my devotion will never waver.