Possessed by Desire

[Abandoned mid-serial, don’t start] When Guan Yasong first meets him, she witnesses the man brutally beating someone and is so terrified she freezes on the spot.

Li Fuzheng wipes the blood from his hand and gives her a nonchalant look. “You saw that. What should I do with you?”

Guan Yasong trembles with fear and avoids him like the plague.

But the man weaves a net around her, closing in step by step.

“Be my cook for a week.”

“I need a wife.”

“Either we get married, or he dies.”

He is a vicious madman who uses the most despicable, domineering methods to force her into marriage, take her by force, and make her his.

After two failed escape attempts, Guan Yasong does as he wishes, stepping on him and using him to climb higher.

Later, she takes the knife he gave her and stabs him until he’s full of holes. “Li Fuzheng, our past is settled. We’re even.”

…

Later still, they meet again in a foreign country.

He is still a king who commands the winds and clouds, straddling both the legitimate and underworld worlds. She, meanwhile, has become a prisoner while trying to save her parents, and is about to be sent to an entertainment venue.

The man looks down at her and lifts her chin. “Guan Yasong, long time no see.”

…

You were the one who made my heart race, and you’re still the one I’m glad to see again.

Among thousands upon thousands of choices, it will always be you.

The powerful one begs for love, while the beloved takes charge of everything.

This is the story of a mad villain who falls helplessly in love with a clear mind, and never wakes from it…