The Consequences of Provoking a Mad Young Lady

[❗The blurb now includes the dark-room captivity arc]

[❗Shen is a total psychopath, completely unhinged and amoral (important!), readers with a strong sense of morality should proceed with caution (very important!), and neither protagonist is perfect]

1.

Lin Xi took a part-time job and was brought into the Shen household, where she met Shen Song'an.

Shen Song'an was the pampered eldest daughter of the Shen family, the very picture of perfection: an aloof beauty, an outstanding student, and everyone's goddess.

Among her many admirers, Lin Xi was the most unremarkable.

No one knew she liked Shen Song'an.

No one, that is, except Shen Song'an herself.

The handwritten love letter was discovered, its words neat and elegant. Shen Song'an read it from beginning to end, her face unsmiling. "You like me?"

Lin Xi lowered her head. Her voice was very soft. "I want to stay by your side."

A cold gaze swept over the girl's thin face, as if trying to judge how sincere she was.

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Lin Xi got her wish and stayed by Shen Song'an's side, waiting on her hand and foot and obeying her every command. Everyone said she was the most devoted lackey at Miss Shen's side.

But just a few months later,

they were holding hands, embracing, and kissing in secret, wrapped up in an intimacy that knew no bounds.

When passion took hold, Shen Song'an held her tight and asked hoarsely, "Will you leave me?"

Her neck arched in a beautiful curve. Shen Song'an's sweat-damp face looked unreal in the dim light.

Lin Xi thought of the transfer that had just arrived in her account.

She lowered her head and kissed the corner of Shen Song'an's lips, her voice reverent. "No."

2.

The day she was exposed was far more dignified than Lin Xi had imagined. The only flaw was that it was raining, just like the day she had arrived.

"Shen Song'an, I wish you a bright future and all your heart's desires."

Lin Xi accepted the water the other woman handed her. Her tone was calm, and her well wishes were sincere.

Shen Song'an glanced at her and smiled, then turned to look at the strings of raindrops falling beyond the eaves.

Drip. A raindrop fell.

A dull thud sounded beside her.

Lin Xi lost consciousness and fell onto the carpet. Her hair trailed down to Shen Song'an's ankles, winding around them like it had when the two of them had been entangled together.

In a daze, Shen Song'an remembered:

This person had never once said she loved her.

3.

When Lin Xi woke again, the light around her was dim.

Shen Song'an stood before her, her expression indifferent as she leisurely watched Lin Xi struggle in vain.

Then she suddenly exerted her strength, and Lin Xi was caught off guard as she crashed into her arms. The instant the scent of her hair filled Lin Xi's nose, Shen Song'an gripped her cheeks hard and forced her to look up.

Half of Shen Song'an's face was swallowed by the gloom. Her gaze was crazed and terrifying. "Lin Xi... How dare you?"

How dare you deceive me?

How dare you leave me?

How dare you look at me with those pitiful eyes right now?

How dare you not love me?

#The consequences of provoking a crazy young heiress

#Of course she's going to do all kinds of things to her

"She is a thief, a pickpocket, a liar. She came to overturn my life, and she is my savior."

Reader's Guide: Shen is a total psychopath, completely unhinged and amoral. Readers with a strong sense of morality should proceed with caution. Neither protagonist is perfect. Both are each other's first and only, melodrama, happy ending.

1.

When Shi Qing was seventeen, she was brought into the Jiang family.

In an unfamiliar place, under the gaze of a crowd, she nervously clutched the pale hem of her skirt, awkward and ill at ease.

A beautiful hand took hers, and a voice as sweet as heaven said, "Hello! My name is Jiang Xuning."

Jiang Xuning, the cherished eldest daughter of the Jiang family, excelled at everything and was always number one. She was gentle and considerate, with none of the airs of a rich young lady.

And yet this beloved daughter of heaven patiently chatted with her and helped her with her homework. When Shi Qing was bullied, the usually good-tempered young lady even lost her temper for the first time.

She even kissed her beneath the dim lights.

The kisses on her lips and neck were always cold. Shi Qing was frightened, yet trembled as she sank into them.

Naively, she thought it was love, until the day she finally summoned the courage to confess.

"Falling in love with your host when you're living under their roof?" Jiang Xuning lifted her chin with a mocking smile. "A student falling for a teacher, a recruit falling for an instructor, a patient falling for a doctor."

The young lady's expression remained gentle, but her eyes held a chill. "Shi Qing, are you that desperate for love?"

Shi Qing finally understood that she was nothing more than a pastime for Jiang Xuning whenever she was bored.

Shi Qing ran away without looking back.

She was desperate for love.

But she never wanted Jiang Xuning's love again.

2.

Bored for a long time, Jiang Xuning got herself an amusing pet.

Small and skinny, it trembled whenever it saw her. Jiang Xuning cared for it meticulously, day and night, and finally managed to make it look somewhat human.

But once it looked too human, it grew too greedy and began wanting other things.

She knew how to train a dog: give it a smack, then a treat.

Before she could hand over the treat, her little pet kicked over its food bowl and ran away.

Reader's Guide: A wealthy heiress pursues her wife and faces a long road to redemption. Both are each other's first and only. Happy ending.

Theme: Love you, love the world.