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 gently stroked Mina's arm, chuckling as she pouted in the seat next to him. After speaking with his father, he immediately planned for them to leave Pan and visit a small island where incoming tourists were limited. With his father's connections, Ian was able to get in with one hundred of his men, all of whom would occupy half of a resort villa. The amount of money they spent to reschedule people who had originally planned to travel to the country was obscene, but Ian needed Mina to rest, and the best way he could think to do that was to take her to a place said to be so beautiful that it was distracting.

"Can you please stop being mad at me?"

"No," Mina said, turning her head away from Ian.

"So, you don't trust Yandi and Gale?"

Chapter 798: Pills