I Resented You for Being Late

To climb the social ladder, Xue Cun tried every trick and spared no expense, determined to capture the most outstanding, untouchable beauty.

In the end, she failed to land a high branch and only got herself into trouble. Overnight, she became a laughingstock among the powerful.

All because she had accidentally offended Ji Zhan.

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Ji Zhan was the son of a princess, incomparably noble and strikingly beautiful. Famous for his eccentric, unruly ways, he was treated with deference even by princes.

Chang'an was full of beauties, but he had it in for her alone.

In the first year after she offended him, Xue Cun was mocked by him: "With your looks, you're fit to be nothing but a plaything."

In the second year, he pinched her chin. "You venomous woman, just you wait. I have a thousand ways to torment you to death."

In the third year... Oh no, why had he locked her away in a dark room!

After a sudden upheaval, Xue Cun's heart turned to ashes. She took her younger brother and left Chang'an, traveling far away to Jiangzhou to seek refuge with her uncle.

But she never expected to run into Ji Zhan again.

The newly appointed Sima of Jiangzhou, Ji Zhan, had helped the new emperor to the throne. He should have risen to the highest ranks of the court, yet the new emperor had instead banished him to serve as an official in Jiangzhou.

At the welcome banquet, he looked at Xue Cun more than a thousand times. She did not look at him once.

Unable to resist their curiosity, the others asked, "My lady, are you and the Sima old acquaintances?"

She smiled and shook her head. "I don't know him."

With a sharp crack, the cup in Ji Zhan's hand shattered into dust.

Ji Zhan had always despised her, but he never imagined that one day he would humble himself, kneel before her, and offer her the position of his legal wife, begging her to marry him.

The beauty thought nothing of the position and slapped him across the face. "This is a remote place, far from the emperor's reach. Jiangzhou is my territory. I have a thousand ways to kill you. Get lost."