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 curled herself into a ball as Sadie gently stroked her hair. She had not fully considered the consequences of 'killing herself' and Miss Meagan was the first person to confront her for her wrongdoing. It hurt because Mina's intention was never to cause anyone she cared about pain, she just wanted to stop feeling the burn of being betrayed, but it was still there, and from the moment she saw President Lee again, it had become much more difficult to ignore. He claimed to have been in a coma, but Mina believed that President Cam would have given her that information, yet he did not.

"Mina, why don't you just talk to him? You clearly still-"

"Sadie." Mina interjected. "If Troy cheated on you, would you forgive him?" Her sister was quiet, and Mina knew it was because her answer was no.

"But didn't he say he was drugged?"

"He told me the same thing when he-" Mina sighed deeply, turning away from her sister who pulled her shoulder back.

Chapter 713: Second Place