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

Lucas knew it was unfair, but he could only categorize his son as among the most foolish men alive. The woman he claimed to love voluntarily came into his home and tried to make peace, and yet, Ian pushed her away as 'unclean' based solely on the word of a man who was also in pursuit of the woman's affections. He said that he was just trying to be cautious, but Lucas reminded him of all the women he was with, and although his son denied having intercourse, he admitted to other things.

"Do you really think that man would be bringing flowers if there were any truth behind his words?" Lucas looked up to and pointed to one of the men he held responsible for his son's idiocy. "Drax, why didn't you stop him?"

"I told him that he was making a mistake. Even Mills told him, but the pirate has a brother, and he was vague when we called him, so Ian kept assuming."

Chapter 734: Good Faith