Deeply Ensnared

[New novel Wild Birds is now available] Once a celebrated musical theater actor, Gu Yuan is a “mute” who can't speak. Onstage, the spotlight shines. The cold-faced man lowers his long lashes, his eyes dark and inscrutable. His deep, detached voice sets Weibo ablaze in an instant. Offstage, Gu Yuan is arrogant, aloof, and conceited. He has never said a word in public. But gossip has it that Gu Yuan has a pure and innocent first love in his heart, someone he met when he was young and down on his luck. He's never forgotten her over all these years. * Chi Ying, a scandal-ridden actress famous for her beauty and spoiled ways, releases a new photo shoot. Amid a blizzard, the girl wears a backless red dress, burning with passion. Her foxlike eyes turn up at the corners. Her lips part slightly, and her seductive smile makes her the very picture of a temptress. Not long after the photos are released, Gu Yuan, whose Weibo account has been dormant for years, likes the post. The internet explodes. Fans and bystanders flood Chi Ying's Weibo, accusing her of shamelessly trying to ride his coattails. #ChiYingStudioBoughtLikes# and #GuYuanAccusesChiYingOfCloutChasing# shoot to the top of the trending list. A few hours later, the gossip-hungry crowd is still waiting for Chi Ying to respond when an explosive video appears instead. On a late-night street beneath the dim yellow streetlights, Gu Yuan, who has always looked down on everyone, stands silent for a long time. At last, his eyes redden and his hands tremble as he tries to pull Chi Ying into his arms: “Don't leave me. I'll go with you.” The gossip-hungry crowd is stunned: What happened to that pure and innocent first love? * When he was sixteen, Gu Yuan lay in the mud and reached out, trying to catch the hem of the girl's pristine white skirt. Ten years later, under the spotlight, she finally, truly belongs to him. -You are the faint firefly in the forest, and the bright moonlight in my heart- [1v1 first love] A gorgeous, spoiled heiress who gets away with anything x a possessive genius musical theater actor A recommendation for my new novel: Wild Birds On New Year's Eve, after failing her exams, Xu Yuan is kicked out of her home by her parents, barefoot and dressed in thin pajamas. After wandering alone for four hours, she stands outside an abandoned building and sees a boy on the rooftop, teetering on the edge, one step away from the sky. In the bitter cold, the north wind billows his ill-fitting clothes. Like a lone bird perched on a bare branch in the depths of winter, about to lose its balance and fall. At that moment, she's still wearing the old jacket he casually tossed to her by the roadside an hour earlier. * On New Year's Eve, thirteen-year-old Qi Ye takes a beating, then flees down the street, covered in bruises, with his drunken father chasing him and swinging a belt. After escaping, he stands on the roof of the old building. Before he can even catch his breath, the strange girl he saw just once that evening gently takes his hand, then slaps him hard. * “Xu Yuan, I have two wishes that involve you.” “When we grow up, let's never become adults like them.” “What about the second one?” Someday, we'll leave behind the hurt and pain we had no choice but to endure, forgive the helpless selves we once were, pass through the heavy gray clouds, and fly to the highest, farthest sky, where the sun always shines. Theme: Courageously pursuing love