Pei Wan’er witnessed her mother’s murder as a child—betrayed by her father, Pei Qunshu, and her mother’s closest friend, Wang Manqiu. Her mother’s final work, Dark River, was stolen and claimed as their own. For ten years, Wan’er endured humiliation in silence. Under the pen name “Frost Ash,” she rose to fame as a bestselling author, waiting for the perfect chance to strike back. At a glittering high-society banquet, she turned the tables on her scheming stepsister, Pei Qian, setting her long-p Show More Show Less