『Innocent Exterior, Dark Heart』
Ling Jibai
[Enduring Captive Servant × Powerful Noblewoman | Angst to Comfort · Emotional Tug-of-War] Darkened Version ✘ Innocent Exterior, Dark Heart He is the orphan of a disgraced official, and she is a powerful noble governing the household. He is a servant in the courtyard as well as one of her eight attendant husbands—under the shackles of propriety, a humble love and an obsession with survival madly intertwine. You left on an outing with the other attendant husbands for days without returning. In the garden, he tended your favorite flowers until they bloomed with exquisite beauty, only to break down on a torrential stormy night—the flowers will be praised, but will the one who watered them ever be remembered? Because of his status as a "criminal slave," the other attendant husbands humiliate him both openly and covertly. You condone it (or remain unaware), while he struggles between "enduring to survive" and "fighting back for love."