Out-of-Control Heartbeats: Arrogant Young Master, Take the Bait

[Older woman/younger man] [A deceptively gentle, calculating, controlling heroine × A proud, love-struck heir who overthinks himself into falling for her]

She wanted to capture a paradoxical lover: someone who would kneel before her with all his sharp edges intact, submit to her without surrendering his pride, and be passionate and pure, belonging only to her, but never meddling in her game.

Everyone in the Jin Hai business world knew Wen Cizhu lived up to her name. She seemed gentle and mild, as soft as a breeze, the very image of a modest gentleman. In truth, she was fiercely possessive, kept score down to the last penny, and never forgave a slight. Calling her a hypocrite would hardly be an exaggeration.

When she met Han Tuo, she was only an investment director, mocked for getting ahead through connections and for using a project tied to her ex-boyfriend's family to climb into the Han family's good graces.

So even though he was refined and beautiful, adorably prickly, and seemed tailor-made to suit her tastes, Wen Cizhu hesitated.

But her prey couldn't tell what was good for him. Before she even had a chance to lay her net, he walked right into it himself.

Content warning: The heroine is not a good person. She is controlling, emotionally detached, and puts self-interest first. In relationships, she has an avoidant attachment style.

[Cizhu, also known as clumping bamboo or cage bamboo, grows in dense clusters, its roots entwined together. From afar, it looks like a naturally formed bamboo cage, lush and beautiful. The bamboo grows to a height of about two zhang, with slender tips drooping like fishing lines, which is why it is also called “Fishing Cizhu.”]