Prologue : The Skillful Mind

'Clack! Clack! Clack!'

The sound of the keyboard was pleasantly sounding, making her ears enjoy the rhythm of 'Clack! Clack! Clack!' Everytime the keyboard sounds, it rings bells of new ideas to her mind.

Every turn in her novels create a ball of interest as the characters are formed to become more and more pleasant.

The truth was, she indeed didn't know how to write. When she was young, she met a beautiful girl in school who would give her dumplings everyday. Her friend would bring her more everyday until, on her eighteenth birthday, she was gifted a big lunchbox filled with delicious dumplings. She then brought home some to serve to her parents, who later after that, mysteriously died.

Unable to move on with her life, her aunt sent her to the mountain village where she was taken care of by a handsome old man. This old man later taught her the skills of all aspects like swordsmanship, culinary, writing and arts. In her hands and mind came a great intelligence. Unable to realize what was happening and unable to see through the evil that was casted upon her, what would be the price she had to pay? Who else would she sacrifice?

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Five years ago, Lin Xuan fell into a dangerous trap that made her sign a contract with the devil.

She had a beautiful friend in middle school who gifted her a pack of delicious dumplings on her eighteenth birthday. It was a very pleasant gift that she took home and it was the most delicious dumplings she'd ever tasted and she thought bringing some home for her parents wouldn't hurt, after all, it was a present for her.

From the outside of Lin's Mansion, an invisible smoke towered from the windows towards the attractive aroma of the dumplings. Without any clue, Lin Xuan had no idea what curse had been casted into the innocent-looking delicacies.

It turns out, the beautiful friend she had was the daughter of a servant from the company rivaling with her dad's. Later that same month of her birthday, her parents died in a car accident, leaving the prosperous company to it's sudden and tragic downfall.

Unable to leave a will and testament, the company slowly fell in a corruption conspiracy. The people who once were loyal confidants of her family had turned their backs as soon as they have taken money, leaving a bankrupt and useless nutshell for an innocent girl to handle.

Lin Xuan not only lost her family, but also her home and luxury. Her aunt, sent her away to a strange house by the mountains, where a handsome old man awaits her arrival.

For five years, she was trained and taught all she needed to learn from school. The old man even gave her gifts of precious jewelries, wonderful books and taught her how to cook...

He taught her how to cook dumplings!

In her memory, she would always remember the taste of that dumpling, and it would give her comfort of the situation. Never did she realize that such ordinary dumplings could transform her into a dangerously different person.

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