fantasyromanceAuthor: Jian Jia nizi | 蒹葭妮子|Status: Completed
There are only two outcomes for an illegitimate child of the Meng family: be useful and get used to death, or be useless and get exploited until there is nothing left to take. She has spent her entire life on the second path, a disposable asset in a family that views bloodline as currency and affection as weakness. Her marriage is supposed to be the final transaction -- sold to the highest bidder to secure a business alliance. But the man she marries is not the cold businessman the Meng family expected. He is powerful, yes, but he is also the first person in her life who treats her as something other than merchandise. His tenderness catches her off guard, his protection feels foreign, and his genuine interest in her happiness is so unfamiliar that she does not know how to respond. As the beloved marriage unfolds and the illegitimate daughter discovers what genuine affection feels like, the Meng family realizes they sold their most valuable asset for far too little. The woman they treated as disposable has become the wife of the most powerful man in high society, and the beloved marriage that was supposed to be a transaction has become the foundation of a life the Meng family can never take from her.
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