Doomed to Fall: The Madman's Canary

Bad seed and brute | Forced love | Possessive romance | Age gap | A rotten man with a sincere heart | Powerful man, vulnerable woman (both virgins)

Summer in Bangkok.

The day Cheng Momo came home from school, her father disappeared without a trace.

Overnight, the creditors carved up the Cheng family’s assets.

One misfortune after another followed.

A man sat at the head of the private room.

He looked at her and smiled. “Momo? You’ve grown up.”

She wept so prettily, like a pitiful little rabbit.

She recognized him.

The boy she used to call “Big Brother,” the chauffeur’s son who ate leftovers and slept in the storage room, Cheng Jinxiao.

Now he sat in the private room like its master, looking down at her.

Desperate, Cheng Momo cried, “Big Brother, save me!”

Cheng Lixiao smiled and crouched to wipe the tears from her face. “I can save you. But from today on, you belong to me.”

He took her home and kept her like a canary, reducing her to someone who would grovel in the dirt.

Possessiveness was in the man’s blood. He set boundaries for her at every turn and laid down rules.

Only then did Cheng Momo realize he had come to collect a debt.

“The Cheng family owes me. You’ll spend your whole life paying it back.”

“You’re nothing but a rotten man, Cheng Jinxiao!” she spat.

He only smiled and praised her. “Good. Keep it up.”

She longed for freedom and tried to escape again and again, only to be punished more severely each time.

He pinned her against the wall, his fingers tracing her neck.

“Cheng Momo, why are you running? There are wolves out there.”

She sobbed, “You’re scarier than the wolves.”

He lowered his head and kissed her lips.

“Exactly. That’s why I have to keep you hidden away.”