The Most Beautiful Woman in Jiangnan

A beautiful realist who's both timid and tough x a powerful, wealthy, and aggressively devoted simp

The Jin family wasn't one of the richest in the vast city of Jiangnan, but they were comfortably well off. Jin Xianxian could eat, drink, and shop to her heart's content. She was perfectly satisfied and wanted nothing more than to lounge around at home, eating, drinking, and having fun.

There was just one little problem: she was too beautiful.

Fortunately, she and the son of Jiangnan's most powerful governor had been childhood friends, and he'd fended off plenty of unwanted admirers for her.

Until one day, an even more powerful official came to Jiangnan: Qin Zhe, the emperor's youngest son! And even worse, Qin Zhe had his eye on her too.

Jin Xianxian told herself not to be afraid. The governor's son was her protector, and she could simply marry him. Surely Qin Zhe wouldn't dare kidnap a minister's wife?

He did.

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The first time Qin Zhe saw Jin Xianxian was at a spring banquet hosted by the governor's residence.

The person who should have been the center of attention at the banquet was fawning over a woman like a lapdog, while the woman seemed thoroughly displeased.

Qin Zhe sneered. It seemed the Jiangnan governor's residence wouldn't last much longer.

He was about to turn and leave when the woman at the other end of the hall seemed to sense him and looked over.

At a single glance, Qin Zhe stood rooted to the spot.

At first, Qin Zhe didn't take it seriously. Later, he knelt and begged for mercy.

He used power and money to tempt her, and threatened her with her family's lives. At first, he wanted her body. Later, he begged for her heart.

*Explicit content, competitive pursuit, happy ending.

Content warning: coercive romance. The male lead has deeply feudal ideas about hierarchy and status, and is an ancient-world tyrant. He's not a good person. Don't read if that's not for you. This is fiction, so please don't apply it to real life.

-----Please add my next novel, The Capital's Number One Airhead Beauty

Tan Zhizhi grew up in a life of luxury and had no grand ambitions or lofty aspirations.

She knew herself well. She didn't like studying, wasn't good at scheming, loved eating, and was lazy.

Apart from being beautiful, she had no other advantages.

When she reached the age to be engaged, she knew exactly what she wanted: someone from a wealthy family, with a simple nature, who would enjoy eating, playing, and living freely with her.

Of course, even better would be someone wealthy who was simple with her but complicated with everyone else, who loved to eat, drink, and have fun but was also exceptionally gifted and brilliant, who wouldn't control her but could thoroughly crush anyone she disliked.

“What makes you think someone like that would ever be interested in you?” Wen He sneered.

Tan Zhizhi didn't get angry. She treated his words like hot air.

When his nagging finally got on her nerves, she retorted impatiently, “You're not him. How would you know he isn't interested in me?”

After saying that, Tan Zhizhi fell silent.

Come to think of it, Wen He fit the bill too.

He even fit the ideal version of it.

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Tan Zhizhi couldn't understand how no one had ever fallen for her despite her beauty, though she was a bit of an airhead.

Wen He scoffed and knocked down anyone who tried to fall at her feet.

Until Yan You appeared, and Tan Zhizhi became obsessed with him.

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