Deeply Ensnared

[The two-volume print edition under the same title is now available, with a new 10,000-word bonus story. You can buy it on Dangdang, Xixi, Baobao, Dongdong, and other major platforms!] [The neighboring novel, Princess's Fate, is complete. Come check it out! (^з^)] [Arrogant, jealous young master x easygoing beauty Nong Nong] *Updated daily at 9 a.m.* Zong Yan, heir to the Zong family, is so devastatingly handsome it's almost aggressive. He's also famous for being arrogant and capricious, and has never had an ounce of patience for women. At a banquet, the Feng family brought up their arranged marriage agreement again. Zong Yan pointed impatiently. "Fine. Her." Everyone erupted. He wasn't pointing at a legitimate Feng heiress, but at Feng Yao, the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Feng family and an actress, who had only recently been acknowledged by the family. Feng Yao, ostracized by the heiresses' circle and leisurely snacking in a corner: Oh, wow. A childhood friend privately advised Zong Yan, "That woman has bewitching eyes and a willowy waist. She's too much trouble. Keeping her as a lover is one thing, but there's no need to marry an illegitimate daughter..." Zong Yan toyed with his lighter, his expression languid and carefree. "It's just for fun. Who'd take it seriously?" Rumors in their circle claimed Feng Yao was a seductive vixen who clung to Young Master Zong. The heiresses were certain Zong Yan would soon tire of her, and waited to see her become a laughingstock. The next day, a black luxury car stopped outside a charity auction. The door opened, and a soft, lazy female voice said, "I don't feel like moving. Can't I wait for you in the car?" Zong Yan's rich, low voice rang out coldly. "No." The people around them secretly laughed, thinking Feng Yao was far too presumptuous. Young Master Zong wouldn't indulge her. The next moment, the handsome, dignified man stepped out of the car, bent down, reached inside, and lifted Feng Yao out. He held her close and whispered in her ear. "You promised to keep me company. You think you can stop at the entrance? Trying to fob me off again? Seems like I didn't punish you enough last night..." 2. Her wealthy, high-status fiance dropped into her lap, and Feng Yao went along with the young master's every whim, placating him and stringing him along. Until one day, while Zong Yan was angry, he mentioned breaking off their engagement. Feng Yao went along with it. "Sure." Delighted to hear that Feng Yao had been dumped, the heiresses came as a group to mock her, sneering that she'd ended up with nothing. The next day, outside the school gates, Zong Yan kicked away a man who was harassing Feng Yao in full view of everyone. He gripped her wrist tightly, his eyes bloodshot and his voice hoarse. "Yao Yao, placate me again." ◎ The chase-your-wife-to-the-crematorium trope ◎ Weibo: @Yi Duo Su Fu Lei The ongoing novel Princess's Fate is complete and ready to binge ^^ [Money-loving drama queen dance student x obscenely wealthy tycoon / marriage before love / sweet romance] Si Shaoting, head of the Si family, is possessive and ruthless. In just a few years, he drove his longtime rival, the Cen family, to the brink. Ji Tao had been poor for 20 years. Just after she was acknowledged by the Cen family as a wealthy heiress, they sent her to marry into the Si family as an offering of peace, to the man countless society ladies coveted and dreamed of marrying. On their first day of marriage, Si Shaoting's handsome face was cold as he tossed her a bank card. "My secretary will put your living expenses on it every month. Don't show up in front of me unless you have to. And even if you do, don't." Ji Tao accepted the card with tears of grievance in her eyes, then clenched her fist behind her back, afraid she'd accidentally burst out laughing. Rumors circulated that Ji Tao had been rejected by her new husband, and that though she had the title of Mrs. Si, she was destined to spend lonely nights alone. There were plenty of people eager to laugh at her. The women who admired President Si were itching to make a move, trying every trick to throw themselves at him. Not long afterward, a popular online post asked: Your husband gives you 50,000 a month, but spends all his time out with other women and never comes home. Could you accept that? An account called "Princess Peach" replied: 50,000 is too little. My husband gives me 5 million a month. I don't care whether he comes home or not. I travel the world and make my home wherever I please. He has to make an appointment just to see me. The post was so over-the-top that netizens turned it into a meme, piling on thousands of comments to mock it. That night, Ji Tao was cornered on the bed in a five-star hotel. The handsome man nipped at her ear, his rich, low voice languid and seductive. "Little Peach, I come home every night to fulfill my duties as your husband. Isn't it too much trouble to make an appointment every time?" Basically, it's a story about #WeHadNoFate,SoIHadToThrowMoneyAtYou# The upcoming novel Moonlight Trembles Lightly is open for preorders. Please add it to your library! (*^▽^*) [Beautiful, pampered little peacock x stern, abstinent paternal tycoon / marriage before love / age gap + size difference] As the youngest daughter of a textile magnate, Lu Yiyue had enjoyed a life of ease since childhood, spending extravagantly without a second thought. Who knew that halfway through college, her family would go bankrupt and cut off her allowance? The once carefree Miss Lu, who used to shop without blinking, had no choice but to sell her beloved Hermes, Dior, and Chanel items, tears in her eyes. Someone bought everything as soon as she listed it. Lu Yiyue looked up the buyer and discovered it was Zhou Xunzhi, the cold-hearted, unsentimental man with a military background. A long luxury car stopped in front of her shabby apartment building. Through the half-open rear window, she saw the man's sharply defined, stern face. Lu Yiyue hugged her beloved bag, reluctant to let go, and shamelessly said, "Actually, I'm an accessory to the bag. Why not bundle me up and take me too?" * Zhou Xunzhi, head of the century-old Zhou family, was famous for his cold and rigid nature. He had self-discipline and propriety engraved in his bones, and could not stand spoiled, pampered behavior. When word got out that he had married Lu Yiyue, everyone in their circle declared: That fallen little peacock, the very embodiment of spoiled and pampered, would be thrown out by him within three days. One day, an old friend dropped by late in the morning. Instead, they found Zhou Xunzhi, who was always up at dawn without fail, looking sleepy and languid, his shirt collar open and disheveled, with several fresh scratch marks faintly visible on his chest. They had barely exchanged a few words when the man tilted his head and listened for a couple of seconds, then got up and headed toward the master bedroom. A soft, alluring female voice drifted out, her coquettish complaint enough to make anyone's bones melt. "You bad man. You tore another one of my silk nightgowns first thing in the morning..." The woman's petite figure was completely enveloped by the man's tall frame. His deep voice gently coaxed her. "I was wrong. I've already bought the private island you wanted. I'll take you on vacation tomorrow, okay?" ※ The young lady is 155 centimeters tall. She only wants sweetness, never hardship! Theme: Equality between men and women