After Refusing the Obsessed Heir, the Cousin's Daughter Is Pinned Against a Wall

Another cousin came to the marquis's residence to sponge off the family. She had a pair of sparkling, expressive eyes and a face as clear and lovely as jade and flowers.

Xie Yanzhi, heir to the marquis and a favored son of the heavens as well as a powerful court official, was initially disgusted by those eyes that were always sending him flirtatious glances. He had seen plenty of sparrows eager to climb the social ladder and soar to the top, so he assumed she was just as wanton, full of schemes and vanity.

But later, he saw her laughing and chatting with everyone, while avoiding him at every turn.

He scoffed, thinking it was nothing but a ploy to play hard to get, yet he couldn't help being drawn to her.

Then he discovered that she had gotten engaged to another man behind his back, and carried that man's token with her every day.

Only then did he realize what was going on. He pinned her against the wall, eyes bloodshot, and gritted out, "Who gave you permission to get engaged?!"

"I'll give you a chance to seduce me, so break off that engagement first!" Shen Qingnian waved her hand breezily. "I'm not worthy of reaching for a branch as high as yours, my lord."

Later, Xie Yanzhi learned that the two of them had been engaged all along, but she had never told him. She had never wanted to marry him.