A Life Gone Awry

A Tangled Life tells the story of the absurd predicament Wu Yingjin finds himself in. His boss demands that he get close to the boss's wife and win her over within a month. Reluctant but unwilling to give up his job, Wu Yingjin agrees. When he first meets the boss's wife, her beauty and warmth leave him feeling guilty and conflicted. His boss keeps arranging opportunities, and Wu Yingjin is torn between not wanting to lose his job and knowing that what he is doing is immoral. The boss's wife's growing affection for him only makes things harder. Then Su Lili, the boss's mistress, appears. She pressures the boss to divorce his wife while flirting with and seducing Wu Yingjin, making him disgusted. Meanwhile, his college classmate Zhao Yuefen is also pursuing him, drawing him into a complicated love triangle. Wu Yingjin faces a difficult choice, torn between the boss's wife's kindness, Su Lili's harassment, and Zhao Yuefen's persistence. In the end, he makes the right choice: he quits his job and walks away from the tangled relationships. The boss and his wife also take another look at their marriage, Su Lili recognizes her mistakes and starts a new life, and Wu Yingjin and Zhao Yuefen look toward a future in which they can find happiness together. Full of twists and turns, the story explores the choices between self-interest and morality, as well as the pursuit of true love and happiness.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.