Addiction

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1.

Pei Yan's father sponsors a poor student. The girl is very clever, gets into the best university in Yanjing, and moves into the Pei household. On the surface, she's Pei Yan's housekeeper, but in reality, she's a candidate for his stepmother.

When they first meet, Chen Jiayue has her hair in two little braids. She's dressed in old-fashioned, shabby clothes, washed and wrinkled, and her small, bare face is pale. She looks timidly at Pei Yan.

So ugly, Pei Yan thinks.

A little tagalong appears at Pei Yan's side. No matter how much he bullies her, he can't get rid of the clingy girl.

Just to watch her make a fool of herself and annoy his father, he starts pursuing Chen Jiayue. To his surprise, he wins her over with ease.

He originally plans to dump her once he's tired of playing with her. But she's obedient and well-behaved, and her eyes are always full of tender affection as she looks at him with dependence and admiration. She even makes silly, foolish attempts to please him.

How much must she like him? Pei Yan suddenly doesn't want to break up.

2.

Chen Jiayue sees Pei Yan give his ex-girlfriend ten million yuan as a breakup fee, and she's stunned.

When Pei Yan pursues her, all she can think about is that ten-million-yuan check, so she agrees to date him right away. Once they're together, she does her best to be a considerate girlfriend.

She thinks that since she's so good to Pei Yan, he'll surely give her ten million yuan when they break up.

But she waits and hopes, and Pei Yan never brings up breaking up.

Everyone waits to see Chen Jiayue get dumped.

But in the blink of an eye, Chen Jiayue goes from a poor student relying on the Pei family to a daughter of the Duan family, who went missing sixteen years ago.

The Duan family plans to arrange an engagement for their beloved daughter, now returned to them.

The day before the engagement banquet, someone sees Pei Yan, his face dark, blocking Chen Jiayue outside the student dormitory.

The once rebellious, hot-tempered young master of the Pei family lowers his head and clings tightly to Chen Jiayue's waist.

His voice is hoarse and pleading: "Yueyue, are you leaving me?"

Chen Jiayue, who was just about to ask if, now that they'd broken up, he could give her the ten-million-yuan breakup fee: "...?"

Is he trying to welsh on the deal and not give her the ten million?

★ Each other's first love / a childish romance. Hot-tempered, arrogant, jealous rich heir × gentle, obedient, money-minded girl

★ The male lead treats the female lead badly at first, and she is slow to realize her feelings.

Completed novels in my profile: Mr. Shen, Please Sign the Divorce Papers; Captivated by Her; Rising to the Top; She Always Wants a Divorce [Reborn]; The Supporting Female Lead Regrets Breaking Off the Engagement After Being Reborn, and more.

-Preorders: Please add them to your collection-

1. The Little Wife [Marriage Before Love], timid, insecure beauty × powerful older man

Blurb:

Yu Qin, the eldest daughter of the Yu family in Yanjing, is aloof, proud, and breathtakingly beautiful.

Yu Qingyan, the second daughter, was only brought home a year ago. She's timid and cowardly, with a thoroughly common air. She always keeps her head down and stays silent, barely making her presence felt.

When her younger half-brother gets into trouble, Yu Qingyan has nowhere to turn for help. In the end, she goes to Shao Huaijin.

Looking tense, she cautiously asks, "Uncle Shao, could you do me a favor?"

Shao Huaijin replies carelessly, "Sure. But I'm a businessman. I never make a deal at a loss."

Yu Qingyan lets out a sigh of relief. Her eyes soften, and a faint smile appears. "I'll write you an IOU and pay you back on time every month."

Shao Huaijin pours a cup of tea and hands it to her, smiling casually. "I don't want money. I want you."

2.

Shao Huaijin can't stand weak, indecisive women who depend on men to survive.

And Yu Qingyan is exactly that kind of woman.

At first, he looks down on her. Later, he carefully plots things out, cutting off every escape route until he has her firmly trapped by his side.

The second time Yu Qingyan comes to Shao Huaijin,

her eyes are red, and she holds back a sob as she begs quietly, "Uncle Shao, I'll pay you double... triple. Can we please not get married?"

Hearing the girl's soft, obedient voice and seeing her innocent, pitiful face, Shao Huaijin replies in his cool, matter-of-fact voice, "No."

He's a businessman who puts profit above all else. When he sets his sights on something, he has to have it.

2. First Snow, gentle, quiet, bookish beauty × polished, depraved old fox

Blurb:

Chu Xue is a mute single mother raising her son alone. Life has been hard over the years, but little by little, things have gotten back on track.

Until one day, she gets a call from her son's kindergarten teacher. Her well-behaved, sensible boy has gotten into a fight.

She rushes over, full of worry, only to run into her former lover in the office.

The man is dressed in a suit, with a steady, reserved bearing and gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose. Just like when they first met, he radiates the authority of a man at the top.

The difference is that there's now a four-year-old child by his side.

After the dispute is settled, Chu Xue leaves with her son in her arms. He's married with a child; she was no more than a diversion in his love life back then. Their relationship ended long ago.

A few days later, an extended Rolls-Royce Phantom drives into the old neighborhood.

2.

At thirty-two, He Tingzhou returns to his alma mater and runs into Chu Xue in the library.

At eighteen, the young girl is a blank page, unmarked by anything, young, beautiful, and pure. She awakens his most primal desires.

The girl from the ivory tower can't withstand his intense, calculating pursuit, and falls for him with ease.

He Tingzhou's interest in Chu Xue begins with lust at first sight.

Then he falls completely in love.

[Extra Scene]

Late at night.

Chu Xue is held in He Tingzhou's arms, her eyes red and glistening with tears, her expression hurt.

She takes out her phone, types a message in her notes, and hands it to him.

He Tingzhou turns the phone face down on the bed and kisses her eyelashes. "I want to hear you say it yourself."

He speaks as if casually, his voice a little huskier. "Baby, hurry up and get better. The first time we did it... you sounded so sweet."

Chu Xue blushes.

Theme: Face everything with optimism.