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

Sadie was pushed into a room where her very well-dressed parents seemed to be reviewing something on a monitor. The couple nodded in approval and thanked 'Ellie' who walked off with the device in her hands.

"Who was that?" Sadie questioned, and her parents turned, looking greatly relieved to see her.

"Sadie! They already released you?"

"What are you talking about?" Sadie questioned looking between her parents in bewilderment. "Who 'had' me?" She watched her parents' faces morph in confusion, before questioning them again.

"Mina was arrested for tax evasion. The Lee family has been trying to get her out, but the only way they can help is if she agrees to marry their son."

"You can't be that stupid," Sadie said rudely. "You think that Mina evaded paying taxes and was caught? Do you hear yourselves?"

Chapter 727: Before She Was Born