Rose-Tinted Obsession

The main story is complete.

The heroine pursues the hero; marriage first, love later. The heroine is a black-hearted sweet girl who starts out as a cannon-fodder supporting character.

Blurb 1:

In the eyes of outsiders, the beautiful and extravagant heiress Xu Xingrou was famous in the industry as the quintessential cannon-fodder supporting character. Anything her sweet and innocent stepsister wanted, she would snatch away.

Including the man her stepsister had her eye on: Lu Yu, the Crown Prince of the capital's entertainment and media group.

After she "stole him away" and married Lu Yu, the socialites in their circle were jealous and scornful. They pitied her and mocked her for loving him so desperately and pathetically. But Lu Yu hated women like her. Even though she'd won him, she'd always be nothing more than a substitute for her stepsister. She would never get his love, and when her sweet stepsister came back, he would still leave her.

Xu Xingrou just smiled at their mockery. Right there in public, she hooked an arm around the neck of the man beside her, who was "cold as ice," and kissed him.

Who said she was desperately in love with this lousy man?

She was just getting revenge on her sweet stepsister for "stealing someone else's place in the nest"!

Blurb 2:

Two years into their marriage, Xu Xingrou kept pretending to be "desperately in love" with the Crown Prince. He remained unmoved, always saying coolly and unhurriedly, "Don't be foolish. I'll never fall for you. Let's end things amicably."

Xu Xingrou could only laugh. As if she'd ever like you.

Later, her sweet, innocent, scheming stepsister came back. Xu Xingrou no longer wanted to pretend she loved this lousy man. She wanted her stepsister to know that she'd dumped her beloved, leaving her heartbroken and devastated. So she dumped the lousy man herself.

Revenge achieved.

Xu Xingrou divorced him with a carefree smile. But just when the man who had believed she was desperately in love with him finally realized that he had fallen for her, he discovered that she'd been playing him all along.

He turned around and cornered her outside the civil affairs bureau. "Had your fun playing me? You want a divorce now? Let me have my turn first!"

Xu Xingrou: !!!

What a vicious man!!!

Bonus scene:

One day, the industry held a star-studded gala. Xu Xingrou, the beauty of the directing world, attended the awards ceremony with her investor "Daddy," Lu Yu. A reporter asked what the secret was behind her and the Crown Prince's loving relationship.

For a moment, Xu Xingrou forgot about the lousy man beside her. She sneered and blurted out, "There's no secret. My husband is just a heartless bastard."

The man's face beside her instantly darkened.

Host: "Miss Xu, could you... could you say that again?"

Xu Xingrou realized she'd misspoken. Glancing at the gloomy man beside her, she hurriedly smiled and corrected herself. "I mean, my husband is incredibly capable!"

Host: ???

Lu Yu: Heh...

A rebellious, radiant, strikingly beautiful rich heiress and director x a restrained, secretly flirtatious, scheming Crown Prince of an entertainment and media group.

Coming soon: A Darling in His Palm

[What does it feel like to date the older brother you've had a crush on since childhood?]

Meng Yuqiao: Mmm... It's like drinking a sweet cup of sago every day. My heart goes thump, thump, thump.

Blurb 1:

Everyone in the industry knew that investment tycoon Jiang Yichuan, cool and aloof as a mountain, was a notorious ice maker who disliked women getting close to him.

Until, at a haute couture runway show, a small-time model named Meng Yuqiao lost her balance when someone accidentally stepped on her hem. She stumbled right off the runway and landed heavily on Jiang Yichuan, who was watching from the front row.

It was an ugly fall.

As laughter rang out around her, Meng Yuqiao blushed and hurried to get up. She accidentally touched the man's... special place. The handsome, cold, and elegant man immediately fixed his dark eyes on her. His voice was warm, rich, and restrained; his breath brushed over her porcelain-white, lovely face as he asked slowly, "Miss Meng, have you touched enough?"

Meng Yuqiao instantly wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground.

That very night, the video of no-name model Meng Yuqiao falling spread quickly through the entertainment industry. One fall made her famous.

Blurb 2:

Three months after becoming famous on the runway, someone at the backstage of a variety show saw the little model Meng Yuqiao blushing as she handed Jiang Yichuan a pink envelope. But Jiang Yichuan didn't accept it.

When the other actresses on the show found out, they all mocked Meng Yuqiao for reaching above her station. She was chasing him, and he wouldn't even give her the time of day.

The mockery grew more and more intense.

But Meng Yuqiao didn't care in the slightest. One night, Jiang sat in his bedroom holding a video conference. The young woman had just come out of the shower and was drying her damp hair. Without noticing that his camera was on, she leaned over, wrapped her arms around his neck, and gently pressed her red lips to his sexy, thin lips. In a soft, sweet voice, she asked, "Brother, have you been working hard?"

The moment she spoke, more than ten senior executives on the video call gasped in shock as they watched the two of them show off their affection on-screen.

Playing Innocent

Blurb 1:

In a sentence: A story about a husband quietly watching his wife show off, until she fails at showing off and gets eaten up in the end.

Jian Yi married Feng Jue, the famously ruthless and obsessive CEO of the capital, in an arranged marriage. Rumor had it that he had many lovers, and every one of them eventually disappeared without a trace. He also had unusual tastes, loving only sweet and innocent girls and detesting the type of woman known as a sultry temptress. As a veteran seductress, Jian Yi didn't want to meet a gruesome end. Before their wedding night, she hastily toned down her dazzling look, straightened her big curls, traded sexy little skirts for a rough linen dress down to her ankles, and removed every trace of makeup. She stopped going out to party and raise hell.

She obediently became a gentle, pure "good wife." Every day, she either cooked or arranged flowers, knitted, or, if all else failed, listened to boring musicals. She was the very picture of a virtuous, obedient wife.

Her quiet, obedient, and well-behaved image successfully made Feng Jue "ignore" her, turning Jian Yi into a "walking vase" in his luxurious castle.

Jian Yi safely made it through three months. One day, Feng Jue left on a business trip to Europe. A month later, he came back early.

The first thing he did was call Jian Yi. When the call connected, an overly excited voice came from the other end: "Haha, I want this little puppy!"

Feng Jue: "Wife?"

Jian Yi: "Sorry, the person you called has changed owners."

The next second, click. She hung up.

Blurb 2:

After Feng Jue caught her partying like there was no tomorrow, Jian Yi started pretending to be sick every day, staying in bed and refusing to get up.

Was she afraid Feng Jue would see her full of energy and get angry enough to kill her?

After a week of pretending to be ill, the man finally came to her bedroom for the first time. He bent over and pressed his sexy, thin lips against hers. Smiling with devastating charm, he said, "Wife, still pretending? You really think I don't know what you're like, hmm?"

He knew! Jian Yi was instantly terrified. She blinked her watery eyes, trembling. "Honey, are you going to throw me into that luxurious crocodile pond at your house and feed me to the crocodiles?"

Feng Jue smiled and deliberately said, "Not for now. I'll keep you around and play with you slowly."

From then on, the arrogant Miss Jian became the man's plaything.

A truly doting, high-powered CEO who pretends not to understand romance and acts aloof x a playfully innocent, experienced seductress.

Theme: Young people in the directing world striving to pursue their own ideals and love.