A Little Infatuation

[Signed for simplified Chinese publication. Follow progress on Weibo: @Jiuyi]

Blurb 1:

When Jiang Lian was fifteen, she met Chen Zhiyan for the first time.

The handsome young man sat on the sofa, quietly watching her as she woke up.

His dark eyes were unfathomable, and their long, sharp corners, like the tails of a swallow, instantly captured the young girl's heart.

Jiang Lian was afraid of him, yet she couldn't help wanting to get close to him.

She just didn't know yet how dangerous this man was.

Years later, the drunk man shed his mask of calm restraint. He slowly tugged off his tie and unfastened his cufflinks, his unfathomable dark eyes fixed firmly on her. His voice was husky:

"Manman, come here."

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Blurb 2:

Jiang Lian thought she was only attracted to Chen Zhiyan's looks, and that she couldn't forget him because she simply hadn't seen enough of the world.

After he turned her down, she took the lesson to heart, resolved to broaden her horizons, and decided to see more of the world.

After dancing with the coolest, most dazzling guy in the bar, she felt much better and added him on WeChat right there.

Her best friend teased her, "So, you really don't want your uncle anymore?"

Jiang Lian's eyes were bleary with drink, but she still insisted, "I stopped wanting him ages ago!"

The two of them burst out laughing.

At the table next door, the man narrowed his dark eyes and smiled coldly around his cigarette.

I was going to let you off easy, but you just had to court death. Fine.

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For many years afterward, the vindictive man would tilt his head and kiss the girl in his arms, pressing her again and again, his voice dangerous yet captivating:

"Do you want me? Hmm?"

* An abstinent, domineering CEO x a pampered troublemaker who loves to act cute

* Ten-year age gap

* Sweet romance

---Coming up next---

Willingly

Blurb:

When Lu Ru was seventeen, both her parents died, and she lost the ability to speak. Her world fell apart.

At the funeral, she met her fiancé, Yan Sijiu, for the first time.

The man wore a black suit and had an air of noble, imposing elegance. His captivating peach-blossom eyes were carefully held in check as he gazed steadily at the girl kneeling before him.

"Will you come with me?" His voice was utterly beguiling. "If you don't answer, I'll take that as a yes."

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Lu Ru never spoke to anyone about her relationship with Yan Sijiu.

Before her mother died, she entrusted Lu Ru to the Yan family with an old family betrothal token. She had no choice, but Yan Sijiu did.

The only son of the Yan family of Jiangcheng, a man who had stood at the top of the pyramid since birth and could have anything he wanted, how could he willingly accept such a constraint?

Lu Ru knew that even if she could speak, he might not have chosen her.

She lived with the Yan family for three years. Yan Sijiu treated her very well, but his actions made it clear that he had no intention of marrying her.

She had seen more of the women around him than she could count on both hands.

Lu Ru had planned to end their reluctant engagement after graduating from university, leave the Yan family, and set him free.

But she never expected Yan Sijiu to take her to register their marriage on her twentieth birthday.

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"Little mute, you came with me of your own free will back then. Are you trying to take it back now?"

The man gently kissed the girl's trembling lashes and whispered softly.

Theme: Be brave enough to pursue what you want. Even a secret love can come true.