Volume 1 Chapter 1: A Tragic Death in the Wilderness
On a silent, vast hillside.
A pair of powerful hands dug frantically into the mound of dirt before them. All ten fingers were already scraped raw, oozing sticky blood, looking ghastly and horrifying.
“Young Master, please stop digging. Madam’s remains are already…” gone without a trace.
Xiao Zhang watched the scene before him with a pained expression.
The man who was always immaculately dressed in a suit, with a severe case of mysophobia, now had disheveled hair and hands covered in blood.
His eyes, bloodthirsty yet resolute, were fixed on the mound of dirt.
“No… Mianmian must be here… I must find her!”
The man, usually calm and composed, was now covered in fine sweat, his usual composure nowhere to be seen.
Yet his hands continued to turn over layer after layer of soil, tossing aside one stone after another.
He… still hadn’t found her.
The veins on his forehead bulged as if he possessed boundless strength, never ceasing his movements.
“Young Master… please rest for a while. You’ve been digging for three days and three nights…”
Even a body of iron couldn’t withstand such abuse!
“No… I can’t. I must find Mianmian.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. He spotted a jade pendant in the dirt not far away.
Excitement surged in his bloodshot pupils as he reverently picked up the pendant, trembling as he wiped away the filth covering it.
His voice trembled with barely contained excitement: “Mianmian… haha… Mianmian is here!”
But as soon as he spoke, he seemed to lose all his strength and suddenly collapsed.
Song Jingmian’s soul, drifting not far away, witnessed it all with her own eyes. Now, her eyes reddened.
Why was he so foolish…
Her body had long been discarded in the wilderness by that disgusting woman. How could it possibly be here?
A few days ago, Song Jingmian had just won the Lantern Best Supporting Actress Award, her first prestigious accolade. Her younger sister, Bai Sisi, said she wanted to celebrate her achievement and invited her to visit City Z for a trip.
City Z didn’t actually have much to offer in terms of entertainment, but Bai Sisi argued that precisely because there were fewer tourist spots, they could enjoy their vacation in peace. After all, as a celebrity, Song Jingmian’s identity made things somewhat inconvenient.
And so, Song Jingmian was coaxed into coming.
But when they reached the mountaintop, as she excitedly turned around to show Bai Sisi the breathtaking view, she suddenly saw her lips curl into a smile.
“My dear sister.”
A cold, almost bloodthirsty smirk played on her lips.
“Why?!” Song Jingmian glared at her fiercely, no trace of her usual gentleness remaining.
“Why did you have to come back?! Why did you have to steal our parents away?! Why couldn’t you just stay in the orphanage?!”
“Ever since you returned, Mom and Dad have never paid any attention to me.”
“Why do you effortlessly attract everyone’s gaze while no matter what I do, I’m never acknowledged?!”
“Even my beloved Bo Jingci brother is hopelessly devoted to you, doting on you…”
She suddenly burst into maniacal laughter: “Hahaha… as long as you’re dead, everything left will be mine.”
As she spoke, several figures in black suddenly emerged from the side, all wearing masks that completely obscured their faces.
Then, the black-clad figures seized her arms. The one on the left kicked the back of her knees, and caught off guard, she was forced to kneel.
Bai Sisi snorted arrogantly, strolling over to her, and pulled out a sharp knife. Under the sunlight, the blade gleamed coldly.
She lifted her chin with the knife and said haughtily, “Tsk, tsk, tsk, this face…”
Her expression was gentle as she smiled, but in the next moment, it darkened with malice as she sneered, “If I were to ruin it, would Brother Jingci still like you?”
With that, she mercilessly slashed a cut across that stunning face.
Blood slowly seeped from the cheek, trickling down the delicate side of her face.
Looking at the face before her—now disfigured yet still breathtakingly beautiful—Bai Sisi’s eyes turned red with envy.
She was driven mad with jealousy.
She wanted to kill this woman brutally, to make her suffer for eternity!
Song Jingmian raised her eyes, coldly sweeping them over the crazed woman before her.
“You’re insane.”
She cursed her without mercy.
It was both a curse for her and for herself—for being blind before, thinking she was truly her obedient little sister, never imagining her heart could be so twisted.
For the past twenty years, she had never had it easy.
Unwanted in the orphanage, she endured constant bullying. Finally, when she grew up and pursued her love for acting, entering the entertainment industry, she often faced exploitation and offended many in her resistance.
She never succeeded in acting; instead, she was blacklisted for years.
…
Song Jingmian had experienced everything since childhood, but she had underestimated her sister.
Just as she was trying to find a way to save herself, her body suddenly felt strange. Before long, she spat out a mouthful of blood from her throat.
Her expression indifferent, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, she suddenly curved her lips into a smile, silent.
Yet it was captivating.
Seeing her like this, Bai Sisi was overjoyed, especially when she saw the blood, and she laughed heartily.
“Soon, your internal organs will rot, and you’ll die, leaving nothing but an empty shell.”
Her eyes lit up with amusement. “Tsk, tsk, doesn’t it feel like your whole body is being corroded? Ah~ I forgot I should’ve added more of the drug… Oh, no, that wouldn’t be as fun.”
She smirked, dragging the sharp blade across her face again and again, filled with immense satisfaction.
Song Jingmian remained silent, but the waves of pain coursing through her body had already muddled her thoughts and blurred her consciousness.
She clenched her teeth tightly, staring at Bai Sisi before her with a resolve to face death.
“Sister, don’t look at me like that.”
Her smile widened. “I won’t be able to help myself.”
“I won’t be able to resist killing you right now.”
Song Jingmian was in too much pain to speak, but her gaze showed no weakness, as if she could pierce through the person before her in the next second.
Finally, the drug’s effects intensified violently. Reluctantly, she closed her eyes. In her daze, she seemed to see those sharp yet tender eyes that were only ever soft for her.
She died.
After her death, her soul drifted around. She watched helplessly as her corpse was thrown off a cliff, then witnessed how she was devoured step by step by wild beasts.
Her soul drifted and drifted, until finally, she followed the exhausted and unconscious Bo Jingci back home.
Back to their wedding chamber.
Not long after her parents found her, she began living a life she had never dared to dream of as a child—cherished by her parents, with a perfect life.
But such good days didn’t last long before news spread that the White Group was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Overnight, her parents’ hair turned white.
In the end, at the critical moment, it was Bo Jingci who stepped forward to rescue the Bai family from dire straits.
But his only demand was that he wanted her.
Song Jingmian.
(Note: Both are pure and each other’s first love, darlings! The tone is all sweetness, sweetness, and more sweetness! Updates daily without breaks, so you can follow with peace of mind, little fairies! I promise!!
Gorgeous, sunshine-like female lead x possessive, fiercely loyal male lead
Don’t be scared by the first three chapters, everyone—I raise my hand and swear it’ll be absolutely sweet afterward!! Truly, truly sweet!)