When I Forced the Cool and Aloof Top Scholar to Be Mine

#Blurb written on 2025.12.4, screenshot saved for the record

[Powerful, influential villainess x handsome, earnest man]

Everyone in the capital knows the powerful, highly favored eldest princess is a bully.

She abuses her position and does whatever she pleases. Everyone gives her a wide berth.

Her one remaining virtue is that she doesn't bully men or force herself on respectable women.

Until, at a royal banquet, the eldest princess spots the newly appointed third-place scholar taking a breather in the imperial gardens after drinking too much.

The handsome young man, as beautiful as Pan An, looks delicate as a willow in the breeze. His breathing is unsteady, his face as lovely as peach blossoms, his gaze hazy.

She crushes the orchid in her hand.

So, what if she tried bullying a man?

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The Shen family is a wealthy merchant clan with generations of trade behind it, rich beyond measure. Unfortunately, everyone in the family reeks of money and is utterly unlearned.

The third-place scholar is the only proud orchid to grow from that pile of coins.

Since childhood, the scholar has followed the path his family laid out for him, step by step: studying, getting engaged, and entering government service.

He does whatever his elders say and follows whatever the rules and rites prescribe. His career and marriage are both arranged down to the last detail. He can see exactly how his life will unfold, and he thinks there's nothing wrong with living by the rules.

Until one day, the eldest princess, who has no connection to him whatsoever, suddenly sends a letter inviting him to her residence.

Over the first cup of wine, the princess says she admires his profound learning.

Over the second, she says she approves of his ambitions.

Over the third, she starts taking off his clothes, hoping to steal a kiss?

Only then does he realize that the eldest princess doesn't admire his learning at all. She's taken a fancy to his face!

From then on, his orderly, rule-bound life falls into chaos...

#Young master, you wouldn't want your fiancee to find out you've been deflowered, would you?

[Reader's Guide]:

1. This BG author only writes one-on-one romances with both leads sexually inexperienced and a happy ending. If you have any doubts, read this point again.

2. A fictional setting with heaps of original worldbuilding. A romance, a short-to-medium-length, fluffy story led by the heroine and focused purely on romance.

3. The hero has an arranged engagement set up by his parents at the start. He has no feelings for the second female lead, his fiancee, and she has no feelings for him either. Later, he will end the engagement himself. His heart and body belong only to the heroine, and the second female lead is not a villain.

4. The hero's greatest asset is his beauty. Otherwise, he's just an earnest bookworm from a decent family. The heroine has few scruples, and neither lead is perfect. This is purely a story written to indulge my tastes, so please don't take it too seriously.

5. If there's anything you don't agree with, it just means we don't share the same tastes. Hit the back button and leave. Don't curse the cook or smash someone else's bowl.

Theme: Boldly pursue love.