Planting the seeds of revenge (1)

Yan Qing Shan gaped at the beautiful gift in front of her. It was the one Zi Jue gave her last night. She was in disbelief when she first saw it. Zi Jue even smirked at her dumbfounded expression. She was still in disbelief now, however. Never had she ever received flowers in both her lifetime, except now. Though, it was expected that flowers coming from the devil would obviously be far from the usual.

Zi Jue gave her flowers carved in gemstones. He said, that way they would never wither. That they would always remind Yan Qing Shan of the promise he made the day he gave it to her. The craftmanship of the gemstones were superb and exquisite. Unbelievably breathtaking. It was as if the flowers were real. Encased in a delicate glass, secured and mounted in a base made with white, it was a treasure in itself. She was surprised Zi Jue was able to have it made in such a short time. She didn't even bother asking how much money he burned for it. Money was at the least of Zi Jue's worry.

A purple hyacinth carved in an amethyst; a white jade plumeria; a blood-red ruby chrysanthemum.

Even the flowers he chose were much too fitting.

Forgive me. Let's start again. I love you.

Yan Qing Shan was touched at the thoughtfulness of the gift. The devil sure was knowledgeable on the language of flowers.

She sighed, not knowing what to say. At the very least, she had already pacified him. She would not be facing anymore problems at his side. She even has him as her backer.

Yan Qing Shan can now proceed in planting the seeds of her revenge. This time she won't be going with the flow of fate. She'll defy it. She won't just sit back and watch anymore.

She'll deal with the first boss as an appetizer. Yan Xiaoyi. Her half-sister. Xiaoyi was a clone of her mother. Her outwardly innocent beauty masks the stink of her trash personality. A classic example of a white lotus.

Yan Xiaoyi, despite her having everyone's attention and love, was greedy for more. She wanted everything Yan Qing Shan had. She couldn't understand why Yan Xiaoyi was so envious of her when she already had everything Yan Qing Shan had ever wanted.

It had reached a point where Yan Xiaoyi had completely stripped Yan Qing Shan of any face in the public's mind. She was the source of all the rumors going on around her at their university, in their social circle, and even in the web.

Yan Xiaoyi portrayed the delicately pretty, yet hardworking and filial daughter role perfectly. Despite just being at freshman year in university she was already an up and coming actress. She used this influence to spread lies in the past. Rumors that didn't leave even a sliver of dignity to Yan Qing Shan and branded her of all kinds of disgusting assumptions.

Kept woman. Sugar baby. Problem child. And all other sorts of insults even a dog couldn't take.

She didn't refute nor comment on all of these. She let it all go. She didn't really care about how people had viewed her, much more notice their gossips. However, the public is easily swayed. These gossips were reinforced by the fact that Yan Qing Shan was taken and fetched to school by an extemely expensive car, a black Maybach. There was also her ridiculously expensive clothes and the fact that she was frequently absent. These made people confirm Yan Xiaoyi's words as truth. Obviously, who amongst them would have thought that she was in reality, the wife of City Z's emperor and most sought-after man.

Yan Qing Shan's eyes grew cold. Her entire person emitting an unnatural killing intent as she recalled all the things Yan Xiaoyi did in her past life. She regretted bitterly all of the times she gave a blind eye to the things Yan Xiaoyi did to her.

Clearly, she had underestimated Yan Xiaoyi's envious nature. That vile woman did not content herself to tearing Yan Qing Shan's reputation to shreds. She even got her expelled from their university. She self-righteously reported Yan Qing Shan and her scandalous actions, claiming she was worried for the school's reputation. She even add oil to the fire by saying that Yan Qing Shan even had an abortion. With Yan Xiaoyi's reputation, who would have thought of her lying?

Nevertheless, it did not end in that. When Yan Xiaoyi found out that Zi Jue was with her, her jealousy reached the peak. During their father's birthday party, Yan Xiaoyi drugged her drink and arranged for her to be found by Zi Jue in a compromising situation with another man. This was in hopes for the latter to be angry enough to leave her. However, what happened was the opposite. The furious Zi Jue dragged her to the Civil Affairs Bureau instead and registered their marriage. Yan Qing Shan was indignant back then, inevitably she was subjected to another round of torture when they got back to Ying Yue Garden.

Yan Xiaoyi had taken upon herself to make Yan Qing Shan always fall into some sort of trouble. Trouble which would always trigger Zi Jue's possessiveness and jealousy, leading to her suffering.