Hooked

[Any bonus chapters added later will be posted for free~] 1. On the night Sheng Tan broke up with her wealthy boyfriend after he betrayed her, her father brought home a handsome college student with fair skin, a slim waist, and long legs. He even told her, "From now on, you'll be living under the same roof. Treat him like your own little brother." On a bitterly cold winter night, the young man stood tall and straight, dusted with frost and snow. Beneath his dark, thick lashes, his eyes were clear and gleaming, drawing people in when they met his gaze. He looked obedient and utterly innocent. Sheng Tan knew the easiest way to get rid of an intruder who seemed as harmless as a little lamb, to drive him out of the house and make him leave of his own accord, was to have her fun with him and then dump him. 2. To get him hooked, Sheng Tan put a lot of thought into her approach. She let their touches grow flirtatious and gradually grew closer to him. She favored him in public, then encouraged him to cross the line in private, letting him grow addicted to her embraces and kiss her with his ears burning red. Sheng Tan thought she had everything in hand and controlled every step. When the time came, she would dump him without hesitation, make him hate her to the bone, and ensure they never crossed paths again. But at some point, things began to spiral beyond her control. He became the only leading man in her camera's view, filling her inspiration and her time. He bewitched her until she was lovestruck and dazzled, her heart pounding, unable to pull herself free. Sheng Tan suddenly realized that their positions had long since been reversed. She had fallen into the whirlpool he had created and could no longer escape. Their relationship had crossed every line. She quickly regained her composure and moved up her breakup plan. 3. Sheng Tan lied, claiming she had fallen for an exciting, hedonistic racing driver. She didn't love a well-behaved top student like him and wanted to end things with him as soon as possible. On the night she tricked him into meeting her at the racetrack to break up, Sheng Tan had paid off the champion to play along. But an unfamiliar black car hurtled across the finish line first, recklessly defying death. The crowd screamed in feverish excitement. No one recognized the reckless intruder wearing a helmet in the driver's seat. Only Sheng Tan's heart stumbled out of rhythm. She knew it was the young man who had always given her anything she wanted. He shed every trace of his feigned gentleness and cornered her in a deserted spot. His deeply buried wild and aggressive nature finally came out without restraint. His feverish gaze locked onto her, and the kiss he pressed on her was brazen and depraved. "Got tired of the obedient type, did you? Then if I become like this, can you love me for real, Sis?" His innocent, easy-to-bully act was nothing but bait. He had hidden his sharp edges and suppressed his burning desire and possessiveness, all to lure her in. [Clearheaded, independent, goddess-like older sister X devoted, dark-hearted, flirtatious puppy] 1. The heroine is a director, and the hero is a genius from a top university. He has his own studies, career, and money. He crosses over into acting solely to be her personal actor and does not join the entertainment industry. 2. They are not related by blood or registered as family. She has a special reason for wanting to kick him out of the house. 3. The best hunters often appear as prey. The hero is sweet on the outside, dark underneath, and an incredible actor, ovo. Coming soon: Bow Before Me Blurb: 1. Xu Wantang never expected to be pursued by Sheng Zhuo, the notorious young master of the Sheng family, let alone for him to insist on marrying her. Sheng Zhuo was a notorious playboy, so Xu Wantang wanted nothing to do with him. But the Xu family's business was in trouble and desperately needed support, so the elders pressured her to marry into the Sheng family. To get away from Sheng Zhuo, Xu Wantang decisively set her sights on the one person he feared most: Sheng Huaiqin, the reclusive, cold-blooded head of the Sheng family who lived like a figure from legend and whom Sheng Zhuo respectfully called his younger uncle. Only by winning over this uncle, whose difficulty level was ten stars, did she have any chance of escaping the Sheng family. At the Sheng family's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet a few days later, Xu Wantang took the initiative to stay by Sheng Zhuo's side. He brought her into the family home to meet his uncle. In an elegant hall scented with a faint trace of sandalwood, Xu Wantang passed behind a folding screen and happened to meet the man's dark eyes as he looked her way. Cool and sharp, disciplined and restrained. Xu Wantang, who was usually unflappable, couldn't help sweating in her palms. For an impossibly handsome young uncle like this, she was willing to go all in. 2. Avoiding Sheng Zhuo, Xu Wantang tried every way she could to deliberately flirt with the aloof Sheng Huaiqin. She watched with her own eyes as this man, as distant as a snow-covered mountain, gradually descended from his lofty perch, his eyes filling with an irresistible desire. Until one day, amid the clamor of the crowded hall, Sheng Zhuo stood in the middle of the throng, while only a few steps away, in a shadowy corner, Sheng Huaiqin lost control and gripped her by the throat. He leaned close to her ear and asked, "What is it you want?" Xu Wantang smiled sweetly. "You." Not long afterward, an unbelievable rumor spread through their social circle. Sheng Huaiqin, the Sheng family's head who had always kept his distance from women, was openly competing with his nephew for the same woman and claiming her as his own. 3. Xu Wantang successfully escaped the scumbag's pursuit and planned to end things with Sheng Huaiqin as soon as the opportunity arose, so she could be free again. She assumed Mr. Sheng was too proud and far too levelheaded to become lost in love. She was only a passing novelty to him, so they would soon break up amicably and spare her any further trouble. Xu Wantang waited and waited to be dumped, until she realized that Sheng Huaiqin's possessiveness had completely slipped out of her control. At last, she panicked and plotted her escape. When Sheng Huaiqin cornered Xu Wantang at the airport, his collar was disheveled and the wound on his hand was soaked with blood. He stared into the depths of her eyes without blinking and asked, "Wantang, you don't want me anymore?" She finally understood that her schemes had never escaped Sheng Huaiqin's notice. He had simply walked into her trap willingly, hoping to win a little of her affection. 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