Stop Pretending, Ninth Master. Miss Wen Is Going to Get Her Marriage License

Everyone in the capital’s elite circles knows that the little orphan from the Xie family is the one thing Ninth Master Xie Yuchuan will never let anyone touch. Xie Yuchuan, however, doesn’t take it seriously. Wen Nuan is just a cigarette at his fingertips, something he can take or leave. But only after Wen Nuan leaves does Xie Yuchuan realize she isn’t a cigarette. She’s a poison that has seeped into his very lungs. Its effects linger, long since merging with his blood, impossible to purge. Without her, the pain pierces his heart and eats away at his bones…