[Obsessive, sinister tycoon heir x sultry, bewitching young woman]
When Wu Sili was acknowledged by the wealthy Wu family as their illegitimate daughter, the rich young heirs of Licheng all waited to see her make a fool of herself.
Everyone said the eldest Miss Wu was gentle and refined, an untouchable moon in the heavens and a renowned example of a proper young lady. Wu Sili, however, was like a rose in full bloom, stunningly seductive. She ran in celebrity circles, flaunted herself in public, had countless boyfriends, and was so notorious that no one dared marry her.
At her sister's engagement party to the second young master of the Shen family, she met Shen Yuanye for the first time: the Shen family's eldest son, the future head of an ancient and powerful clan, and her future "brother-in-law."
Fragrant aloeswood incense curled through the air. The young man sat surrounded by people in the place of honor, his features proud and aloof, his bearing as solitary as an immortal banished from the heavens. Everyone around him fawned over him, yet he remained cool and distant, like a celestial young master from the highest heavens, icy and immaculate, untouched by the mundane world.
Wu Sili spilled a glass of red wine on his sleeve. Her father gave her a thorough scolding, then hurriedly apologized.
Shen Yuanye didn't react. He casually removed a pair of sapphire cufflinks worth hundreds of thousands, then wiped the spotless cuff with a silk handkerchief. The expensive silk fabric fluttered lightly to the scarlet carpet.
His ink-black eyes were as cold as a secluded valley. He never once looked at her.
Others sighed that a man like Eldest Young Master Shen, as untouchable as an immortal, would never be interested in a bewitching beauty as scheming as Wu Sili.
Only Wu Sili knew that on the night photos of her kissing her celebrity boyfriend were leaked, deep inside a century-old mansion heavy with the fragrance of aloeswood, the man had clasped her wrist and pinned it against the carved pearwood door, worth millions.
His fingers were damp with wine, veins standing out on the back of his hand. Shen Yuanye's shirt was disheveled, and a feverish flush tinted the face that was usually as cold as an immortal's. Like a trapped beast, he pressed close to her, his breath hot against her face.
Rustle, rustle, rustle: willow branches tapped at the window outside as slanting rain and mist dampened the man's chin. He had bitten through the red of his thin, lovely lips. His features were so exquisite he looked like a demon. Shen Yuanye lowered his head, the corners of his narrow eyes red and alluring, like a beautiful ghost.
---So high above her, yet so desperately yearning:
"Sili, look only at me. Don't look at anyone else..."
Shen Yuanye looked like an immortal, but he was ruthless and vicious, like a beautiful ghost wearing a human guise.
Outwardly cold and otherworldly, inwardly wanton and wild.
Wu Sili thought a relationship like theirs wouldn't last, so she was perfectly content to keep it physical and leave her heart out of it.
At the Shen family's lavish wedding banquet, the bride disappeared without explanation, throwing the whole venue into an uproar. Everyone thought the Wu family had been ungrateful and broken their promise.
Her father was frantic, trying to calm the furious head of the Shen family. Wu Sili was watching the show with her arms crossed when Shen Yuanye suddenly stood up. From the raised platform, he pointed straight at her, his gaze fixed on her.
"If all we need is to maintain the marriage alliance..."
His lips moved as he stared at her, no longer able to conceal his desire. In a dignified, icy voice, he said each word distinctly:
"If we really have to replace the bride, I want Wu Sili."
In full view of everyone, he was so blunt it was practically brazen, throwing the entire venue into an uproar.
Wu Sili felt cold all over and swore.
She thought it would be just a bit of fun... but she'd caught the eye of a madman.
Wu Sili had spent half her life free, and hated being controlled and restrained more than anything.
The thing she regretted most was getting involved with Shen Yuanye.
To resist the marriage alliance, she ran off to join a film crew, working hard to stay out of sight for three months. Then, halfway through filming, the male lead was suddenly replaced, the plot was completely rewritten, and all the kissing scenes were cut. She came down with a sudden high fever and, in a daze, wandered onto the set with her hands pressed together in prayer, as if possessed---
In a dilapidated ancient temple, beneath the compassionate gaze of the statue, Wu Sili knelt on a prayer mat, her slender neck arched like a swan's. One hand gripped her chin and forced her head up. The tall man looming over her had a gaze as dark and damp as a ghost's.
Shen Yuanye moved closer, his hands locking tightly around her waist.
"Boom!" Thunder rumbled, and a flash of lightning illuminated the ancient temple. Soaked through, Shen Yuanye had eyes as black and smoldering as the depths of the night. Like a demon spirit in the woods, he held her in an intensely intimate embrace, his breath scorching her ear. Furious, he laughed as he said:
"Wu Sili, who gave you permission to leave me and have fun with someone else?"
A rose bristles with thorns. It looks breathtakingly beautiful, but touch it, and it will leave you bleeding.
---And Shen Yuanye insists on being the one to pluck it.
Also known as: Caught in the Clutches of a Sinister, Beautiful Ghost
Beautiful ghost in human guise x bewitching young woman
The woman has previous experience, the man is inexperienced / romantic tension and push-pull / male lead is truly a sinister ghost
Theme: Be honest about your love.
