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[Inexperienced Seduction × Clear-Headed Superior's Fall]
Jiang Mian's parents passed away, and luckily her uncle took her in to care for her.
Her uncle's family was kind and treated her like their own child. Everyone in the Shen family was easy to get along with, except for that cold, aloof, and unsociable cousin.
The cousin had a strange temperament, disliking people getting close to him. Even when she showed affection, he revealed his disgust.
Jiang Mian was careful and cautious until one banquet, when she accidentally learned that her aunt intended to send her to be a concubine for a tyrannical and corrupt official. She was struck as if by lightning.
In a moment of desperation, she thought of the cousin in the mansion who held a prestigious position and comparable power.
With a clumsy seduction, she deliberately tried to seduce him into a relationship, thinking the cold and pure man would refuse.
Unexpectedly, he followed her hand and placed it on her lower abdomen.
In her timid and uneasy eyes.
He nodded, as if breaking a long-standing taboo.
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Jiang Mian knew well that getting close to her cousin was for self-protection. She didn't delude herself into having a long-term connection with him.
Besides, after many days of interaction, she had long known that her cousin, though seemingly cold and abstinent, was actually a madman in secret.
He didn't allow her to say more than a word to others.
He didn't allow her to smile at strange men.
He absolutely didn't allow her to call others "brother."
Even going so far as to secretly lock her up.
One day, she planned to escape with the help of her childhood sweetheart, when she...