【Age Gap • Dual Purity • Runaway Pregnancy • Aloof Official Falling from Grace • She Runs, He Chases】
In the eighth year of Chengping, amidst a world of ice and snow, the entire Xie household was raided and confiscated. Xie Jinhuai, the Governor of Yangzhou, was executed, and the rest of the family suffered a similar fate.
In the blink of an eye, Xie Zhi fell from being the Governor’s daughter to a criminal slave. Just as she was about to be sold to a brothel, she gathered her courage, clutched the corner of a man’s robe, and pleaded through her tears:
“My Lord, I beg you, take me away.”
Pei Du’s features were elegant and refined, yet his gaze toward her was filled with loathing:
“Of all the people to beg, you chose the presiding judge of your case.”
Despondent, Xie Zhi intended to end her days in the brothel. But when the time came for her first client, fear overcame her, and she fled.
With guards chasing wildly behind her, Xie Zhi hurriedly hid inside a carriage by the roadside, only to tremble in terror when she saw the man inside.
“Do not be angry, My Lord. I will leave at once.”
“Are you sure?”
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Initially, taking her back to his manor was merely a whim. But through an accident, Xie Zhi became his bedfellow.
Pei Du had always known this girl had devious motives, but seeing her obedient and exquisite nature, her tender and graceful demeanor, he found her quite to his liking.
He intended to give her a formal status after he married, but he never expected the girl to steal her slave registration documents and run away decisively while pregnant—and more than once.
At that moment, Pei Du realized that it had been a complete and utter ruse.
She had woven a dream for him.
Since that was the case, then no one should even think about waking up.
【Only now do I know that listening to a bird locked in a golden cage is not as good as its free song in the forest.】
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