Shenyechi

****Completed, but under revision.****
***SUPER SLOW BURN MATURE 18+***

After struggling her way through university, Mina Harlow, a top tier graduate (and literal genius), with the aspiration of lifting her family out of poverty, was still living in the slums, taking odd jobs to earn a living. All of her hard work had been for nothing and her life is cast into turmoil because she offended the wrong Miss from a prominent family. Desperate to for her next source of income, Mina aligns herself with the wrong people, and finds herself amid several conspiracies that keep becoming more and more confounded by misunderstandings. She is mistaken for a spy, by one of the most influential families in the country and held captive as the confusion, mishaps and misunderstandings build up all around her. Under the extreme circumstance, Mina is thrown into despair, hatred and love all that the same time, but will the experience break her or make her ‘better?’ 

(This story is set in a fictional, modern day patriarchal society on the brink of a shift public opinion on the 'role' of the woman.)

Excerpt: 

"Why are you crying?"

"Because I'm stupid," Mina replied. The man laughed sarcastically. 

"I disagree. I think you are a very smart girl."

"Being smart does not mean you can not be stupid." Who told her she was a genius anyway?

***THIS IS AN ADULT STORY WITH AN ADULT THEME. THERE IS VIOLENCE AND IMPLIED VIOLENCE. THERE IS ROMANCE IN THIS STORY, BUT IT IS NOT EXACTLY A LOVE STORY. ***

When a Genius Makes a Mistake

Mina knew she had been dumb to trust anything that came out of Miss Luna's mouth. She knew she should not have let her guard down at dinner and she knew she should have hidden her dress before she left. She knew that everything with the Lee's had a price, and everything, a cost. Mina knew she had, indeed, brought all of it upon herself. She had gotten so confident in her ability to run and hide, that she had begun to think she was impervious to any sort of repercussion. 


Mina could blame Adley, she could blame Adley's husband, but the truth was that it was her. All of it was her, and when she was caught, she had tossed all her pride aside to crumble before a man who no doubt, hated her to his core, and for the sake of what? To be broken into pieces over fabric and shiny rocks? No, she would not. The same way her sister had stood up for her when she was young, was the same way Mina was going to stand up for herself now. 


Chapter 226: Let His Guard Down