Tangled Skylark

Sweet, carefree rich heiress x jealous, fake-smiling, gloomy and abandoned prince

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As the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Yun Qiao was spoiled from the day she was born.

At the Imperial College, her greatest worry was that Xiao, the legitimate son of the junior heir apparent, didn't like her.

Yun Qiao asked her attendant, Song Xingzhou, to help her pursue him. She planned to knock him out, bring him to her boudoir, and make the deed a fait accompli.

Instead, a strange man appeared. His face was masked, his voice as eerie as a night owl's. He gripped her chin and spoke hoarsely.

"Little darling, am I not good enough? Who said you could go looking for another man?"

Then he kissed her forcefully and tore her clothes.

Yun Qiao was terrified and at a loss. Unfortunately, she'd taken a drug beforehand, and her body was too limp to call for help. All she could do was endure it.

After losing her virginity, Yun Qiao blamed Song Xingzhou. She faulted him for failing at his job and for getting knocked out along the way, which had let the villain succeed. Even the fact that he ate one extra flatbread at lunch became a crime.

As always, Song Xingzhou quietly accepted the blame and meekly endured her blows.

Who could have guessed that the strange man would start following her everywhere?

In the woods, at restaurants, even in the carriage.

He would appear beside her out of nowhere and kiss her.

"After all that, you still dare to like Xiao Jingqing? You're so disobedient."

Yun Qiao never imagined that the overbearing, brooding man was the same man she'd bullied and ordered around all this time.

Song Xingzhou was a prince of the current dynasty, brilliant and handsome. But because his mother was a princess of the previous dynasty, he was never favored by his father. He was sent to live with a distant uncle in the outskirts of the capital.

Song Xingzhou struggled to grow up and used connections to get into the Imperial College. At first, he only wanted to swindle a few taels of silver from Yun Qiao, the only daughter of the Minister of Revenue, to cover his expenses. After all, her family had plenty of money. After all, she was so innocent and naive. And after all, hiding his dark side and looking after someone came naturally to him.

But he never expected to lose control and spend night after night tangled up with her. Even less did he expect that he would want more than that...

First posted in September 2025. Revised and saved on March 15, 2026.

Theme: Be with the right person