Burning Addiction

[The main story is complete. The bonus chapters will be updated later!]

[Both are each other's first love, and they save each other in a second-chance romance.

Male lead Shen Bie: His unrequited love becomes reality in the early story, then he becomes an obsessive, domineering CEO who dotes on her alone.]

When she was seventeen, Shu Yin had no choice but to stay with the Lu family.

Alone, she dragged her suitcase through the villa gates, her face covered in an allergy rash.

She ran into Lu Xinglin as he was heading out.

He looked her up and down with contempt and sneered,

"Ugly girl, stay away from me."

Knowing that Lu Xinglin hated Shu Yin, his friends "kindly" helped him get back at her.

In the early autumn, they shoved Shu Yin into the pool, and one night they locked her alone in a classroom.

A little over a month later, the rash on the girl's face faded, revealing breathtaking beauty.

Lu Xinglin's friends stared at her in amazement. Even he found himself secretly attracted to her, and from then on he often tried to win her favor.

"Wasn't it just a bet? Brother Lin, did you really fall for her?" a friend teased.

Too proud to admit it, Lu Xinglin denied it. "I'm just chasing her for fun for a few days."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Shen Bie, who had always been practically invisible at home, kicked the door open, charged in, and beat him within an inch of his life.

-

Shen Bie had always lived in the Lu household with an unclear status.

Not only was he low in standing, but his throat had also been scalded, leaving a horrifying scar and making his voice hoarse and unpleasant.

He lived like a mute. Later, he even had trouble speaking, and endured endless neglect and contempt.

Then one day, a girl as beautiful as a goddess came to the damp, cramped servants' room on the lower ground floor where he lived.

Her bright, smiling eyes met his, and her soft voice was full of encouragement.

"You can't stay silent forever. Let me read this passage with you."

Later, that same girl took away all the light that had ever illuminated his life.

She pried open his trembling, tightly clenched hands.

In that same soft voice, she said words as sharp as a blade piercing his heart: "Shen Bie, I only feel sorry for you. Stop clinging to me."

-

They meet again years later.

Shu Yin is a lawyer newly returned from abroad, while Shen Bie is now head of the Shen family.

People say he is ruthless and domineering. Countless people, both openly and behind his back, hope to see him fall, but he only secures his position more firmly.

She thinks they will never cross paths again.

But that very night, the headlights of a Bentley cut through the pitch-black, ink-dark night as rain poured down.

A man who had been waiting for who knows how long approaches her step by step beneath an umbrella.

In the shifting light and shadow, his features are handsome, and his sharp, dark eyes stay fixed on her. "Do you like that guy from this afternoon?"

Under the force of his imposing presence, Shu Yin honestly shakes her head.

The next moment, Shen Bie steps closer. His tall figure leaves her nowhere to run, and his voice rings out clearly above the patter of the rain.

"You're looking for someone to marry anyway. So marry me."

*His world is corrupt, mad, and chaotic, while she remains gentle, pure, and spotless.

The last line of the blurb is adapted from a love letter by Francoise Sagan.

Coming next: Secret Infatuation

Wen Dai and Fu Yanli grew up together. He is aloof and cold, but has always been gentle and caring toward her.

When Wen Dai was nineteen, the Fu family fell into a crisis. Fu Yanli and Wen Dai became engaged, and with the Wen family's support, Fu Yanli stabilized the situation at the shareholders' meeting.

Not long afterward, he went abroad to expand into international markets.

Two years later, Fu Yanli returned and took complete control of the Fu family.

The media were all waiting for the wedding of the century between the Fu and Wen families, but instead, news of their broken engagement spread everywhere.

Rumor had it that Fu Yanli was willing to offend the Wen family for a poor girl with no family background. The news instantly exploded on social media, with everyone supporting the couple.

"This real-life Cinderella story is so good, sob! President Fu is such a man!"

"What true love could there be in a marriage between wealthy families? I've heard Miss Wen is really quite ordinary-looking."

On a cold winter night, Wen Dai watched with her own eyes as Fu Yanli kissed another girl passionately in a car.

She had never seen such ardor in his eyes before.

Jealousy welled up in her reddened eyes, and a tall, slender figure suddenly stepped in front of her.

The most rebellious young man in Beicheng had his head bowed now. He carefully wiped the corner of her eye, his low, husky voice filled with restrained heartache.

"Sis, he's not worth your tears."

-

At a world-class F1 race, Duan Lin won the championship again after a four-year gap and set a new record.

In less than an hour, a casual photo snapped by a fan sent the whole internet into a frenzy.

In the picture, the man wears a bright red racing suit and has a devilishly handsome, reckless face. Even the way he tilts his head to drink water looks like it could bewitch someone to death.

Amid all the cries of "Ahhh, so handsome! Marry me!" someone noticed a ring on his sharply defined ring finger.

It was a matching couple's ring, too.

Everyone started speculating what kind of woman could win over this man, who looked every bit like a playboy.

The online discussion was raging, but ever since he received his trophy, Duan Lin's phone had been switched off.

The next morning, his teammates arrived with reporters to interview him. Duan Lin opened the door, his narrow eyes filled with impatience.

Before he could say anything, a woman came down the stairs. She was so beautiful she seemed otherworldly, and her gentle grace made her look as though she had stepped out of a classical painting.

Her almond-shaped eyes were still misty with sleep, and her voice was deeply displeased.

"Duan Lin, if you ruin my dance skirt again, I won't wear it for you anymore."

Everyone watched as the man who had seemed to care nothing for anyone a moment earlier immediately went over and meekly coaxed her. "Baby, I'm sorry."

"..."

Elite racing driver vs. gentle, classical-dance fairy

The male lead is two years younger than the female lead, and they are not related by blood.

Theme: Don't judge people by their appearance