◆ Puppy x Daddy / greedy for money and sex x smiling, wily old-money man
#A gentlemanly scholar in public, dark and obsessive in private
◆ Daddy issues / age gap / size difference / hunter-and-prey relationship
01/
Chu Zhi has always been prejudiced against older, wealthy men.
Conceited, rich and powerful, worldly, human in appearance: they all enjoy toying with women.
But she's happy to seek them out herself. Their endless connections and inexhaustible wealth are there for the taking. She'd be a fool not to, and nobody turns down money.
Still, Chu Zhi thinks that no matter how nitpicky she is, Zhou Yuqian is a flawless sugar daddy.
He calls her babygirl. He calls her a good girl and gently strokes her hair. He teases her little by little, coaxing her into saying daring things and encouraging her to express herself fully, then patiently satisfies every desire she voices.
02/
When Chu Zhi first approached Zhou Yuqian, she didn't think much of it.
He was rich, handsome enough, a passionate conversationalist, and generous.
But as they spent time together, she gradually learned that beneath his refined exterior, he was a complete lunatic: obsessive, dark, extreme, and intensely controlling. He would stop at nothing to wipe out even his own brothers, and, more importantly, he despised betrayal and lies.
Only then did Chu Zhi feel relieved that, on a whim, she'd created a fake name and identity tailored to her needs, inventing a miserable backstory about being unloved by both parents, burdened with elders and children to support, and having nothing to do with her real self.
With her goal achieved, she took the money and fled without a word.
03/
Until four years later, beneath a stormy sky.
With nowhere else to turn, Chu Zhi could only flee back to her hometown in the south.
The instant she opened the door, she saw the tall, straight-backed man standing in the shadows. He seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
He came closer, smiled gently, and drew her stiff body into his arms.
"Good girl, welcome home."
/ "I hunted her down like a madman, trapping her so that my reflection would be all those beautiful eyes could see. But when she really did look at me, all I could do was beg humbly for the woman I love to grant me a little of her precious love."
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1. The female lead has several relationships. The male lead is chaste; the female lead is not his first.
2. This is the original title and blurb. The core tropes are unchanged, but the blurb will be polished. Notes saved on 2025.10.22 and 2025.12.1.
3. Chapters are being stockpiled. It will launch once the preorder reaches around 400.
Theme: Love is exclusive, love is fearless
