I Would Bend for You

[Complete. Next book: Raging Storm, feel free to add it to your reading list~]

Graceful punk girl x refined, wicked young aristocrat

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The first time Zhou Yao met Cheng Ye, it was in an alley at Nan Chuan University. The boy's cap was pulled low, a cigarette held between his fingers.

Through the pale smoke, Zhou Yao could only make out his eyes, wild and defiant, just like a wolf's.

“Want to be my boyfriend?” Her sudden, fierce rush of infatuation left her flustered, and the words slipped out before she could stop them.

The boy laughed, lazy and roguish. “Who are you?”

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Later, a certain rock singer became a sensation and quickly made a name for herself.

Zhou Yao's name stood high upon its pedestal. One smile from her was enough to make countless admirers scramble to offer her the finest treasures in the world.

But whenever her private life came up, she always brushed it off with a casual, “I don't want it to affect my work.”

One day, paparazzi finally caught a video:

The footage was blurry, but you could still make out the newly crowned music queen being stopped from behind by a man in a suit. He seemed to be coaxing her, edging closer with great care, his hand only gently closing around her slender wrist.

As soon as the video went viral, Weibo was overrun with trending topics. Fans vowed to find the man who had made the entire internet green with envy.

The next day, the famously arrogant CEO of the Jiang family suddenly opened an account. His profile was spotless, with only one post.

[This is Mrs. Jiang. She's married. @Zhou Yao]

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Zhou Yao once thought Cheng Ye had been temporarily bewitched by her.

Little did she know that, to Cheng Ye,

she was both the moonlight of his youth and the cinnabar mole in his heart.

Content warnings:

1. This is not a typical groveling-after-the-breakup story. To be clear, no matter how gentle Cheng Ye may be, he's still truly the sort who hides his darkness beneath a good front.

2. The author is only a casual rock band fan, not a student of the subject. I may not know everything there is to know, but I'll try to avoid and minimize inaccuracies.

3. Slow burn.

[Blurb for the next book, Raging Storm]

Possessive, aloof, sickly-sweet yandere x seasoned player and seductive temptress

[One-line summary: It took many years to realize that the ice had been boiling for you all along.]

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The first time Su Daji met Xu Yunzhi, it was the height of summer. He sat in the grandstand at a racetrack, wearing a white shirt, like ice dropped into sparkling water.

Later, on the night of Su Daji's birthday party, she went clubbing with her friends. The club was dimly lit, and her photo was on the big screen.

Beads coiled around her wrist, and her beauty was bewitching. A real-life Su Daji.

After drinking until she was hazy, someone asked, “Why did that aloof beauty from the art department drop out? It caused such a stir. Xu Yunzhi's name seemed more famous than Q University itself.”

Su Daji looped her arm through her boyfriend's and smiled. “Who knows?”

The ice in her glass was giving off a chill, and her gaze wandered back to the screen.

It was a photo taken last year, when she was spending Lunar New Year in Beijing. Their flight had arrived after three in the morning, and snow had been falling thickly over Shichahai. The man they were talking about, Xu Yunzhi, had pressed the shutter from across the table.

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Su Daji and Xu Yunzhi's relationship existed only at night. By day, they were strangers.

Like so many men and women, they drew close with ease, lost themselves in each other for a brief time, then quickly pulled away.

She thought that's all it was.

Until she opened a dark room in the Xu family's old home.

Light spilled in, revealing tens of thousands of paintings. Half a lifetime of obsession, all of them Su Daji.

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