A father fallen in battle, a mother dead from disease, brothers consumed by the greed for power, and a girl... utterly broken.

When the former Duke’s daughter—a pampered high-born lady—was forced to flee to his territory as an exile, she found herself standing before a man she had once rejected.

Faced with the destitute noblewoman, our Mr. Ye Hai—the third-generation heir to the Maple Leaf County—did not hesitate to utter that infamous villainous line:

"Miss Liulichuan, you wouldn’t want the commoners who fled with you to come to any harm, would you?"

Inside the towering castle, Ye Hai leaned back against the heavy oak chair. With a playful smirk, he watched the pale-faced lady standing before him...