The Poor Little Heiress of a Wealthy Family Begs the Powerful for Love

Rumor has it that Wen Ruzhi, the Song family’s stepdaughter, will stop at nothing for wealth and status. She supposedly drove her mother’s predecessor to her death, then clung to her stepbrother Song Ci that very night. But no one knows that, to atone for her sins, she willingly grovels in the dirt, becoming the clingy nuisance Song Ci despises most. They’re like vines tangled in the mud, unable to break free, growing more tightly entwined by the day. Just as her love becomes cautious and tentative, an unforeseen incident turns her into a sinner for the ages once more. Everyone tells her to pay for her crimes with her life. He, too, coldly agrees. “You deserve to die.” At that moment, her heart turns to ash, and she disappears from his world. He goes mad. When they meet again, the man’s eyes are red as he grips her slender waist and pins her in a corner. He buries his face against her neck, pleading and coaxing her again and again. “Ruzhi, if you’re leaving, take me with you.”