Cat and Mouse

This novel is complete. Life is hard, and even little piggies sigh. The full series costs only around 5.3 yuan. Thanks so much to all the lovely readers who support the official release~ You’re also welcome to check out my upcoming road-trip novel, At the End of the Ship, and my upcoming campus novel, The Witch’s True Face~ It took Qiao Nan just three days to go from a celebrated adventurer to having nothing left. After paying off her mountain of debt, she returned to the place where her nightmare began, intending to reflect on her life. Just as she finished her cigarette, a young woman emerged from the bushes. Arrogance practically radiated from her as she looked Qiao Nan over. With bright, striking features and a dazzling smile, she said, “Why are you in such a hurry to die? Want to play a game with me?” “If you win, you get a hundred million. If you lose, we both go down together.” Looking at the face that often appeared in the headlines of financial news, Qiao Nan flicked away her ashes and, for the first time, felt that there might still be a way out. * Fei Jiao was a notorious force of nature in Shanghai. With a fortune worth tens of billions, she sat at the very top of the wealth ladder, where the air was thin. Every day bored her, and she felt that money was all she had. Then one day, she was kidnapped. After escaping her captors, she met a fascinating beauty by the edge of a cliff. Swayed by the woman’s looks, she struck a deal with her: they would flee while the kidnappers pursued them, and see which of them would leave the other with no way out. * Ever since Fei Jiao teamed up with Qiao Nan to travel through northern Tibet, she had not been living the life she wanted. Day one of their escape: Fei Jiao, who had only ever ridden in Rolls-Royces, climbed into a Santana from the early 2000s that bounced like popping candy. Day two of their escape: Fei Jiao, who had only ever worn couture, put on a gaudy, twenty- or thirty-yuan sundress from a roadside stall. Day three of their escape: Fei Jiao, who had never been short of money, and Qiao Nan ran out of food and water. Through diligent performances of exaggerated expressions, they earned a 250-yuan Alipay transfer. Day N of their escape: At last, Fei Jiao could take it no longer and tackled Qiao Nan. Qiao Nan remained calm, lighting a cigarette as she told Fei Jiao that would cost extra. Fei Jiao: ???? The super-rich runaway young CEO x the broke, bankrupt adventurer The arrogant force of nature x the dispirited, aloof, and swaggering beauty *Most locations in this story are entirely fictional. + The kidnappers will be brought to justice and punished according to the law. * Age gap: Fei Jiao is six years younger than Qiao Nan, and Fei Jiao is the pursuer. * Neither woman is perfect, and both have flaws. Read with care if that bothers you. Upcoming Novel At the End of the Ship. You’re welcome to add it to your reading list~ Su Qingyan is fabulously wealthy and joined the entertainment industry mainly for fun. Her fans know she’s a complete mess, and that the best place to run into her is at one of the many bars she frequents. One day, Su Qingyan was on the prowl at a bar as usual when she spotted a pretty young woman. Gentle and quiet, she seemed utterly different amid the swaying, multicolored lights. That night, Su Qingyan, a veteran of the glamorous social scene, suffered a crushing defeat. The other woman outdrank her, one polite glass after another. In her haze, Su Qingyan could only remember sharing a drink with her. She didn’t even get her contact information. She saw Shen Chuyue again at the foot of the Andes. Su Qingyan had decided that China was boring and signed up for an exploration reality show, planning to trek across South America. The production team hired the best local Chinese guide. Long hair, gold-rimmed glasses, a gentle manner, and a hint of distance. She seemed not to recognize Su Qingyan and calmly greeted everyone on the production team. Su Qingyan’s spoiled-rich-girl attitude resurfaced as soon as she arrived, and she was once again bewitched by the guide’s beauty. In the middle of the night, she secretly offered Shen Chuyue a drink. Shen Chuyue accepted the unmistakable hint. From north to south, the two got up to all sorts of wild things where the cameras couldn’t see. A month into their trip in South America, Su Qingyan discovered that Shen Chuyue had a startlingly different side. She could say the gentlest things in the mildest voice while doing the most ruthless, outrageous deeds. People said that was how she had established herself here and earned the respectful title of Ms. Shen. The mysterious woman had a fatal allure for Su Qingyan, even though Su Qingyan always thought she was just playing a temporary game while traveling. But when Shen Chuyue calmly whispered of her obsessive, mad devotion into Su Qingyan’s ear, it sent a thrill through her from head to toe. Su Qingyan decided she was probably going crazy too. The dazzling rich-girl actress x the mysterious guide Wild and uninhibited x a refined degenerate Upcoming Campus Novel The Witch’s True Face Sheng Jia had a miserable childhood and had known little sweetness. There was only one time in her life when she felt the purest kindness: it came from Song Ji’an, the beloved pride of their school. Song Ji’an was an almost impossibly innocent and radiant girl. Ignoring the rumors at school, she reached out to Sheng Jia time and again. Even after Sheng Jia coldly rejected her many times, she never held back a friendly smile. Sheng Jia had wanted her for a long time, but Song Ji’an was like the moon, too distant to touch. Then one day, the truth came out: Song Ji’an was the fake heiress, and Sheng Jia was the real one. All the suffering Sheng Jia had endured came from the selfishness of the Sheng family’s father. Song Ji’an had taken her place for seventeen years. Furious, the Song family threw Song Ji’an out of the house, while treating Sheng Jia with every tenderness and care. Yet one day, Sheng Jia, now transformed, brought the miserable Song Ji’an she found by the roadside back home. When her mother asked what was going on, Sheng Jia hid the surging emotions in her eyes and said flatly, “I felt sorry for her.” But in truth, Song Ji’an was her moon, now smudged with dust. Sheng Jia had merely picked her up and washed her clean, then Kept her, and made her her own. That was all. The cold-blooded capitalist x the dazzling, broken funeral director First campus, then city life The sunshine-like heroine falls from her pedestal, only to have the love interest wipe the dust from her and lift her back up. Dramatic, a little unhinged, and reassuring. Theme: Let’s all be civilized ambassadors for tourism, for the sake of ourselves and others.