After I Flirted with the Puppy-Like Heir

The blurb for my next novel, "The Playboy and the Beauty," is below.

A cool, gentle beauty × a clingy, puppy-like heir

Xie Chen rescued a boy from drowning. He had no money or prospects and could only tug at people's heartstrings by calling her "big sister."

For a moment, she lost her principles and doted on him all the way into her bed.

When they met again after he disappeared without a word, the Prince of Yan's heir exclaimed with delight, "Big sister, it's me!"

She thought for a moment. "Who are you?"

When she finally stopped pretending not to know him, she said, "If it was just for fun, it doesn't count."

He made a fierce declaration: "Even if it doesn't count, it still counts. Even if our horoscopes don't match, I'm yours now."

Later, he too grew shrewd and temperamental. He carried her straight back to his residence. "Fine if you won't marry me, but don't think you'll ever leave through this door again."

Xie Chen tossed a pillow at him and snapped, "Lin Changxing, all the prospects you've got these days are being put to use on me."

#Xie Chen#

Before she was even born, Xie Chen was given her fate: she must never marry, lest she bring misfortune upon herself and her husband.

Her brothers planned to support her for the rest of her life, and she too expected to live out her days alone. She never imagined that, at twenty, she'd meet a hopeless nuisance who wouldn't take no for an answer and wasn't afraid of being cursed by her fate.

#Lin Changxing#

The first time he saw Xie Chen, he was dumbstruck. How could there be a girl so perfectly suited to him?

He went to great lengths to win her over. She could be fated to bring her husband misfortune; she could even kill him with her own hands. He'd accept it all.

Coming soon: "The Beauty and the Playboy"

Liu Xunyan is notorious for refusing to settle down or make something of himself. His parents finally reach their limit and bring into their household the girl he once rescued, intending her to become his wife.

Before the wedding, the playboy climbs into Tao Zhi's bedroom. "You can't repay kindness with cruelty and end up hurting us both."

Tao Zhi bites her lip and looks up. A tear trembles off her lashes, and her voice is soft and tender. "A-Zhi understands. Don't worry, benefactor."

"Wait! I've seen the error of my ways. I can't disobey my parents' command or the matchmaker's arrangement." Liu Xunyan stares blankly at the breathtaking beauty before him and reforms on the spot. "Could you put the knife down first?"

Tao Zhi's grandmother suffers from a terrible illness, and renowned doctors and medicine cost a fortune. When the wealthy local Liu family asks her to become their daughter-in-law, she readily agrees and stages a scene in which she falls into the water.

If she's going to marry someone, why not Liu the Playboy? He's rich and handsome, after all.

After the wedding, Liu Xunyan stays out all night. Tao Zhi seizes her chance and throws herself into his arms, weeping in a way that would melt anyone's heart. "If my husband can't stand me, I'll leave. Why spend the night outside instead of coming home?"

Her tears turn his heart of iron to cotton. "Who said I can't stand you? I... I'll change, all right? Please stop crying!"

Before he can get rid of the bride he's taken home, Liu Xunyan realizes he's gradually losing control.

One night, as he greedily studies the person beside him, she suddenly opens her eyes and meets his scorching gaze, unaware of how alluring she looks.

He looks away from her jade-white shoulder. "There was a bug crawling over you."

Tao Zhi fights down her embarrassment and, with her clothes in disarray, hides in the arms of the man whose thoughts are wandering. "Waaah, where's the bug? I'm scared."

She thinks to herself: That costs extra.

Liu Xunyan: It's over. She's fallen in love with me!

Beauty: I'm sweet and delicate. I just pretend.

Playboy: She's so wicked. I love it.

Theme: Don't believe in fate. Believe only in every step we've taken together.