After a lifetime of fighting alone, the little orphan girl everyone could bully eventually became a tycoon in her own right. Lan Ting's life seemed perfect, but only she knew the demons haunting her heart.
Every night, Lan Ting dreamed of her older sister, who had disappeared after accidentally entering the Marquis's residence years ago, and of her parents, who had met their deaths at the hands of bandits. They were nightmares she could never escape. She tried not to touch the wounds, but touching them hurt even more, and every night they gnawed at her to the bone.
Reborn, Lan Ting decided to search for her sister. To do so, she resolutely sold herself into servitude at the Marquis of Zhenhai's residence, embarking on a path a hundred times more difficult than the one she had walked in her previous life.
From a lowly maid to the head maid who held sway at the Marchioness's side, then to an imperial merchant whose wealth surpassed all others, and finally to a first-rank lady of honor bestowed a title by the new emperor: this little maid turned the chaotic age upside down!
But somehow, she had caught the attention of Xie Xun, an undercover agent of the Flying Fish Guard. When she was a maid, he tried to steal her away; when she did business, he skimmed off the profits. Even when she killed someone, Xie Xun would smile as he handed her the knife.
Lan Ting: "Xie Xun, what exactly do you want?"
Xie Xun yanked off her veil. "To steal you away at your wedding!"
