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

Having never interacted with his wife, Ian's attorneys were shocked by what they were up against. At the end of the session, they were able to determine that she sensed her defeat, and goaded her husband into an argument, wanting to frame their relationship as 'explosive,' the exact words the mediator used in the documents he provided to them. Fortunately, he was out as mediator, so they would have a chance to vote on a new one, but the notes were damning to Ian, who, as a man much bigger than his wife, was labeled as aggressive.

"I told you that she was an amazing woman, how did you allow this to happen?" Lucas asked, looking over the documents in shock.

"She doesn't have representation, and the law was only just changed, we didn't realize she would figure out loopholes in the system so quickly."

Chapter 868: Ticking