Dreams in Splendor

Xie Xiaomeng thought she was a modern-day Cinderella. She had finally stolen away the ideal rich husband in her stepmother's eyes, and believed she and the handsome young man with money to burn would live happily ever after. Little did she know her stepmother and stepsister had an even craftier plan. They used the young man's name to lure her out for a boat ride, intending to drown her in the lake. Who would willingly accept such a death? When she opened her eyes, she found herself in an unfamiliar world, surrounded by slaughter and bloodshed. She had been stripped naked, and a fifty-year-old man was on top of her, venting his lust in a frenzy. Humiliation and terror overwhelmed Xie Xiaomeng. Just as the man was about to kill her after satisfying himself, a man as handsome as the young man rescued her. But how could she survive in this chaotic, unfamiliar world? With her innocence stolen, could Xie Xiaomeng cleanse herself of the world's grime and find a soulmate amid all the turmoil?