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

Weeks passed before Mina heard anything from Cylus, and by that time, she no longer cared what the man's family was doing or why. She watched what was happening, and prepared herself to protect her interests, and although she had not actually begun to chisel away at the worth of her transferred assets, she was ready to do it, no matter the consequences. When she transferred ownership to Cylus, she was doing so because she genuinely trusted him. He had enough money not to want hers, but now, she was feeling as though she made a mistake by leaning on him, and even worse, she felt like she lost someone important to her.

"Babe, why don't you just call him? I don't like to see you like this, especially over another man."

"While you were breaking me down, Cylus was lifting me up. You won't and never will understand how much he's helped me, even though he's owed me nothing."

Chapter 876: Experiment