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

Ian and Drax kept making eye contact with one another as Mina and Mills quietly rested. The women were not worried at all, but if Ian could, he would stop the truck and turn it around, and the sweat on Drax's forehead let him know that the man felt similar.

"Can you both relax." Mina said. "You're making me nervous."

"How can we relax when we have no idea where we are?"

"I get it, okay. I'm a terrible person and you are afraid of me, but I've already told you how I felt. If you don't believe me, we can stop the truck and you can get out." Ian pulled Mina into his chest, glaring at Drax who wore a frown.

"Mina babe; you've said it yourself, Drax and I aren't like you and Mills. This is very unlike what we are used to getting into."

"But I told him how I felt. Why can't he understand that?" Ian could immediately tell that Mina was not angry with Drax. She was upset about something else, only he did not know what.

Chapter 792: Turnover