I Fall for All Your Tricks [Showbiz]

◎ Lin Yueran is a disabled omega. He can neither actively receive an alpha's pheromones nor release his own.

The day after his younger brother presented as an omega, he became the unwanted son of the Lin family.

His half-brother became the publicly acknowledged rightful heir, and even tried to steal the person Lin Yueran had a crush on, Qiao Qingyuan.

His younger brother said, "I know you're upset, Brother, but Uncle Qiao would never let a disabled omega marry into his family. The entertainment industry is so messy, and you're older than Brother Qiao, too. You should stop liking him."

His stepmother said, "I know how hard you work, dear. It's all right if you miss your brother's engagement banquet. I won't mind."

Lin Yueran showed them his marriage certificate, blinking his beautiful, innocent-looking downturned eyes as he said sweetly, "Qingyuan and I just got married. I went early on purpose and got the very first appointment. Aren't you happy for me?"

◎ Ten hours earlier, at a coffee shop.

Qiao Qingyuan: "I won't marry someone I don't love. Let's work together and get a fake marriage."

Lin Yueran: "!!!"

◎ Three hours earlier, at the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Qiao Qingyuan and Lin Yueran: I have to make him fall in love with me.

Qiao Qingyuan x Lin Yueran: [A devoted top who switches effortlessly between wolfish and gentle x A gorgeous, scheming bottom who only sets his sights on one person]

◆ Reader's Guide ◆

1. They have a crush on each other, but neither knows how the other feels.

2. They are each other's first love, and will be together for life.

3. A fake marriage that looks like falling in love after marriage, but is really a story of being devoted to one person.

4. The bottom will recover, and his pheromones smell incredibly good.

5. A nontraditional take on ABO, with lots of original worldbuilding.

(First drafted on 2020.09.10. There may be minor revisions before the novel begins, but the central premise won't change. A screenshot has been saved.)

↓↓↓ Upcoming Novel 1: An ABO story in the same series, This Alpha Is Mine

Couple: Gentle top x Obsessive bottom

◎ Mai Ya is an omega unlike any other. He's dazzling and passionate, with nothing meek or soft about him. Everyone says that because he presented late, he still has some beta habits and is only a half-made omega, so no alpha could ever like him.

And it's true. Mai Ya has plenty of admirers. He's the rising star of the entertainment industry, used to being loved and idolized, but there isn't an alpha among them.

Those strong-willed, stubborn guys can't stand Mai Ya. They think he's not soft or cute at all, and that feeling of being unable to control him is awful. No alpha would stay for him, except Shen Yao.

◎ Shen Yao is the sole heir to the Shen Group, a discerning investor in the industry, and an S-rank alpha with an enviable pedigree and unfathomable wealth.

Two years ago, Shen Yao rescued Mai Ya when someone tried to get him drunk. Two years later, they met again amid a glittering crowd. Across the lively throng, Mai Ya raised his glass to Shen Yao from afar, then drained it.

Shen Yao frowned when he saw the pheromone-blocking patch on the back of Mai Ya's neck.

He clearly remembered that Mai Ya was a beta.

◎ Mai Ya had met all kinds of people growing up. Alphas and omegas were controlled by their pheromones, unable to command their own senses or emotions, so he was perfectly happy to be an ordinary beta.

But after getting drunk and being set up, he was forcibly made to present.

He remembered the person who helped him. He heard that the man's name was Shen Yao.

Mai Ya thought, I want him.

↓↓↓ Upcoming Novel 2: Historical Danmei, A Marriage by Imperial Decree

Arrogant, domineering prince top x Clever, sickly beauty bottom, with an age gap

◎ Ling Xiao is the eldest son of the Yong'an Earl's household, a gifted scholar with a wealth of talent, handsome looks, and a brilliant way with words. A bout of chills from last winter lingered into the present. His refined good looks were now touched with an air of illness, making him all the more endearing.

After placing first in this autumn's imperial examinations, Ling Xiao expected to wait until the spring examinations the following year and then pursue a promising future. But instead, the emperor issued a decree betrothing him to his younger brother, Prince Yi, with the wedding to take place on a chosen day next spring.

To protect the Yong'an Earl's household and the entire Ling clan, Ling Xiao married, despite all his reluctance and resentment.

◎ Outsiders said Prince Yi was blessed by fate. He had been raised by the late empress dowager since childhood and was exceptionally favored. His elder brother was the current emperor, and the two brothers were close. He was The Outcast, second only to the emperor.

The only pity was that Prince Yi, Xiao Qi, had been spoiled since childhood. He was domineering, willful, and bad-tempered. Who knew which young lady would become Princess Yi? Living with the prince would be like keeping company with a tiger, and life in the inner residence was sure to be difficult.

Xiao Qi knew all the rumors, but paid them no mind. He just hadn't expected the emperor to choose Ling Xiao of the Yong'an Earl's household, the bookish fool he had disliked since childhood.

◎ Later, after Ling Xiao married into Prince Yi's household, his health steadily improved, and Prince Yi was all smiles around his consort.

The people in the capital who had been waiting for a joke to enjoy were left speechless. This unconventional marriage had turned out to be a happy union.

Prince Yi, Xiao Qi, told his consort the latest gossip from below as a joke. Ling Xiao looked up, his eyes full of affection.

"I'm sleepy. Be quiet."

Theme: Love is pure and sincere, arising naturally from mutual attraction. Love is inherently noble, not a commodity to be traded for added value. Love has causes and consequences, comes in its own time, and has principles. Anyone who tries to exploit love, challenge it, or betray it will only trap themselves in the end.