Too Alluring

[Please add my upcoming novel Clear Dream to your favorites. My other novel, Raising Kids as a Dual-Income Couple in the 1970s, is currently updating.] [Gentle, refined heiress x scheming, aloof editor-in-chief / older woman-younger man romance / two-year age gap] 1. A new editor-in-chief, Xie Zixun, suddenly joined Half Blue magazine. Rumor had it he was the original inspiration for a famous author. Standing 190 centimeters tall, with a face as clear and bright as a spring breeze and moonlight, he was the very picture of cold, unapproachable severity. But as soon as he started work, the magazine staff noticed that the new editor-in-chief seemed to have a grudge against Shen Yuan, the company's photographer. They clashed over everything, and he kept making things difficult for her. At the welcome party for new employees two days later, everyone was drunk. They saw Xie Zixun with a flushed face, impossible to pull away, both hands clamped around the petite photographer's waist as he insisted on going home with her. He kept muttering, "Tell me! Why did you turn down my confession back then?" "If you don't answer, you're taking me home tonight!" 2. "From the moment I first met you, love came surging in, overflowing wildly until it became a flood." Photographer x Editor-in-Chief The blurb has been screenshotted. Please add my upcoming novel Clear Dream to your favorites. The complete manuscript is finished~ When Mu Ying was young, she liked Shen Xubai for five years and kept a secret-crush diary for just as long. The title page alone remained blank. She wanted to wait until after the college entrance exam to confess to him and ask Shen Xubai to write something on it. But right after senior year began, rumors spread throughout the school that transfer student Ji Shiyi was dating Shen Xubai. In the new semester, Mu Ying was assigned to sit with Ji Shiyi. One was as understated as an autumn chrysanthemum, the other as vivid as a peony. They kept to themselves and had nothing to do with each other, until one day Mu Ying accidentally left her bag behind. She saw Ji Shiyi joking with a few girls before casually writing five words on the title page of her diary: [You're not good enough for him.] After that, it was as if Mu Ying's mind had suddenly cleared. She put away her romantic daydreams, excelled at her studies, went straight from her bachelor's to her master's, and landed a job at a design institute after graduation. Unexpectedly, she was caught up in a plagiarism case. A lawyer's letter arrived at the design institute, signed at the bottom by Shen Xubai of Guanxu Law Firm. The person accusing her of plagiarism was none other than Ji Shiyi. During their private settlement negotiations, Ji Shiyi was dazzling and haughty. Shen Xubai arrived in a black suit, his gaze cool and his voice calm as he said, "Ms. Mu." Mu Ying fled on the spot and refused to settle. In the end, she sent just three words: [Sue me.] Mu Ying ultimately won the plagiarism case. It was the only case Shen Xubai had ever lost in his career. *Gentle, reserved designer x proud, up-and-coming lawyer *Both are virgins, but neither is the other's first love. A secret crush comes true. The complete manuscript is finished and won't be revised. *Imperfect characters, with plenty of flashbacks. Sixty percent of the story is angst, including a groveling-pursuit arc. If you like sweet stories, read with caution. Theme: