The Noble Academy's Inner Thoughts Are Exposed, and the Madmen Line Up to Steal Kisses

[Selfish, self-serving sweet-faced schemer with a dark heart + wealthy conglomerate + competition among multiple men + aristocratic academy + male leads can hear the heroine’s thoughts + 5 male leads]

Seventeen years of misery tempered Shen Qingli into a white rose laced with poison. She wore a mask of fragility and innocence, but her heart was cold, hard, and ruthless. The tragic death of her mother drove her to seek revenge, so she disguised herself as a sweet, obedient flower and returned to the Shen family, inching her way toward the powerful figures at the top of the pyramid.

No one knew that the five young men she treated as pawns and stepping stones could all hear her thoughts. She remained completely unaware, convinced that her schemes were flawless.

At the opening ceremony, she dazzled the entire crowd with a ballet performance. Ji Yanli sneered. “She’s nothing but an entertainer.” Yet he heard her cold laugh from within: [They are nothing but pawns clinging to the powerful. Those fools actually believed it.] Her ruthless, clear-minded soul seized his heart in an instant.

Song Bojian dismissed her advances, but her thoughts bluntly pierced through his facade: [Why pretend to be so high and mighty? You’re nothing but a stepping stone.] For the first time, she sparked an intense interest in him.

Jiang Yufeng looked down on her as his arranged-marriage partner, yet he heard her calculating: [Perfect. I can use the Jiang family to take revenge.] Her ambition-filled appearance left him endlessly intrigued.

She moved among the five favored sons of heaven, treating them as pawns in her revenge and believing that she controlled the entire game. Little did she know that every one of her schemes, vulnerabilities, and ambitions was being heard with perfect clarity.

From their initial contempt and amusement to their later obsessive possessiveness, the five unhinged men willingly let her manipulate them, savoring every moment of it.

In the end, Shen Qingli rose from an unrecognized adopted daughter of the Shen family to the pinnacle of power and completed her revenge.