Stars That Never Set, Day or Night

[Read with Caution] [The Trope Wasn't Done Well] [Blurb Is Pure Bait]

Cen Yan hates Yan Ranchuan. He was born into privilege, so refined it seems he would never lower his head.

His long, clean fingers, made for playing the piano, have also built a fortune worth billions in the business world.

So when Cen Yan grows up, she works herself to the bone and becomes known as a workaholic in show business, working year-round and rushing from one film set to another as soon as a production wraps.

She never wants to live beneath anyone again, and she can never forget the look Yan Ranchuan once gave her: like a god who would never bestow his grace, cold and utterly devoid of warmth.

It was the sharpest weapon against her self-esteem.

Then one day, she hears that Yan Ranchuan's company is going bankrupt, and knows her chance has come.

She puts all her savings toward helping him, on the condition that he obey her in everything.

The immortal who dwelled above the clouds has finally fallen to earth.

She humiliates him by every means she can think of, making him cook for her every day and play piano for her alone, forcing him to submit to her everywhere.

Watching Yan Ranchuan's restrained yet submissive face,

Cen Yan feels a thrill of pleasure.

"Are you looking at me like you want to eat me?" She admires his wretched, humiliated state, winding her pale fingers around his tie. "If you don't behave, nobody will want you."

--

Half a year later, Cen Yan happens to turn on the financial news and sees Yan Ranchuan being interviewed.

He's still as refined and self-possessed as ever. What's more, his company didn't go bankrupt at all. It's been setting one sales record after another.

Only then does she realize she's been played. She comes home to find Yan Ranchuan cooking and, furious and embarrassed, opens the door and tells him to leave.

Yan Ranchuan pauses, then takes two steps toward her.

He sheds his refined facade, his fingertips dangerously brushing her chin. His eyes are full of possessiveness he can barely contain. "I've been good. Why still don't you want me?"

#Radiant Wild Rose x Restrained, Scheming Young Master

[From the moment we met, you became the star that never sets, day or night. - Lermontov]

Blurb dated 2021/04/26

[Coming Soon: A Sheltered Marriage, please add to your favorites]

In the third month of their marriage, Wen Shuci stumbles out of bed in the middle of the night for a drink of water. She sees a tall figure backlit as he takes off his coat. The man's black, buttoned-up shirt can't hide the sense of control he radiates in the darkness.

She stares at him blankly for a moment, entranced.

In the dark, the man removes his watch. The metal taps softly against the table as he asks in a low, cool voice:

"Don't you recognize your husband?"

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Wen Shuci and Liang Jingmo have known each other since childhood. Their families are old friends, and Liang Jingmo is also her close friend's uncle.

He's been cool and refined since childhood, a man of few words who nonetheless takes care of her like an elder, always keeping her in mind.

She thought marrying Liang Jingmo would let her continue living the pampered life of a rich young lady. Even if he wasn't interested in women, she assumed he'd look after her like a little sister.

Who knew the man she'd thought so restrained and proper would be completely different? Watching him undo his tie in front of the full-length mirror feels utterly unfamiliar.

Later, she can't take it anymore and tells him she thinks he treats her badly.

The man nods thoughtfully. From then on, he comes home on time every day, carefully wipes her hands with a wet towel after she eats fruit, and attends to her every need. He's so good to her, they seem like a loving married couple.

Wen Shuci reminds herself that theirs is only a marriage of convenience and suggests they go back to how things were before.

That night, the shadows sway in the dim light as the man pins her hand so tightly she can't move. "What were we like before?"

His intensely possessive gaze seems ready to tear her apart. A flood of butterflies seems to surge through her chest, leaving her tingling all over. Amid the sensation, she hears him chuckle softly:

"I've wanted this for a long time."

[Coming Soon: Listen, please add to your favorites]

In high school, Meng Zhiyin is quiet and reserved, with excellent grades.

But because she has to wear hearing aids and doesn't speak very clearly, the boys in her class often tease and bully her.

To protect herself, she makes up a story: Lu Ye, an older student, is her brother, and he promised to protect her.

Lu Ye is the school bully at No. 1 High School. Nobody dares mess with him.

Thanks to his formidable reputation, nobody in her class dares bully her anymore.

So Meng Zhiyin keeps embellishing the story until it sounds real. They get along wonderfully, he waits for her after school every day, and even takes her out on weekends.

Until one day, the school bully comes to their classroom looking for someone.

Lu Ye leans coolly against the doorway, the veins in the hand holding his basketball standing out. He's intimidatingly tall.

Someone spots him and laughs, "Isn't that your beloved big brother? Why not go say hi?"

Meng Zhiyin nervously swallows, afraid she'll be found out, and forces herself to say, "Brother, shall we go home together tonight?"

Lu Ye: "?"

--

Meng Zhiyin thinks she's in serious trouble, but she never expects the lies she made up to come true.

Lu Ye really does wait for her after school and take her to the amusement park.

Later, he even awkwardly learns sign language for her.

On a bitterly cold winter night, Lu Ye waits outside her house until midnight. Snow settles on his black coat, and his once aloof, proud eyes are now tinged with loneliness and surrender.

He rubs her lips with his cold hand and gently coaxes her: "Ayin, just say you miss me."

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