The Heir Apparent Is Sick Again Today

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Here is the blurb for this novel: The Heir Apparent Is Sick Again Today

Yu Jin ends up inside a book, as a short-lived cannon-fodder passerby.

She has neither the stunning beauty of the book's heroine nor the vast fortune of its second female lead.

But Yu Jin isn't worried at all.

She glances at the face-changing System that comes with her, and can't stop the corners of her mouth from rising.

With all the functions of the face-changing System at her disposal, she eagerly rolls up her sleeves and sketches out an ambitious plan.

But before she can get started, she's told that the System needs to be activated, the script is all jumbled, and its functions won't work until they're unlocked...

Yu Jin: "..." Better make a run for it!

So she secretly saves up silver behind everyone's backs, eagerly looking forward to the day she can escape.

But one man in fine clothes and black robes always blocks her path. His expression is cool and indifferent, but his words are gritted out through clenched teeth: "Don't even think about leaving me."

No matter how much he carries on, Yu Jin remains unmoved.

At last, one day, she seizes her chance and escapes his grasp. From then on, the world is wide open, and she can fly wherever she likes.

She thinks she'll never see the man again.

Until one day, in the height of April, when peach blossoms are in full bloom.

The corners of the man's eyes are as bloodred as fading clouds and fallen flowers. His iron-hard arms hold her captive, and his once arrogant, overbearing voice breaks apart as he says in despair, "A Jin, I give up. You win."

Yu Jin thinks that this man is so shamelessly persistent, there's no point trying to compete with him. So she might as well give in.

Content warnings:

[1] There will be a substitute trope; the male lead will suffer later on.

[2] The male lead's temperament changes drastically later in the story.

[3] There will be classic scenes of him groveling to win her back; it also touches on forced possession.

[4] Older woman-younger man romance. The leads are four years apart. The female lead is neither naive nor silly, and she doesn't act spoiled.

[5] Set in a fictional world, with many original details. Don't overanalyze the historical accuracy. The first three chapters are a slow burn, so please be patient if you're interested. The story gets more exciting afterward.

Here is the blurb for the other novel:

[Female Lead's Blurb]

Xiang Shan's name was given to her by her grandmother.

Her grandmother hoped she would always be like the colorful coral beneath the sea:

Growing on the seabed, with a heart turned toward the sun, moving forward against the light.

[Male Lead's Blurb]

At twenty-eight, Fu Jinyu is a renowned aristocrat in Ancheng. Not only did he take charge of the Fu Group at a young age, he is also the son-in-law of the leading figure in Ancheng's political circles.

At a press conference, the man wears a sharp, impeccably tailored suit that accentuates his tall, straight figure. He doesn't smile. His features are chiseled and refined, his nose high and sharp, and his whole bearing is aloof and noble...

Two compliments about him are well known among the city's elite: Young Master Fu is as handsome as Pan An, and he is young and accomplished.

Only one girl knows how very wrong those two descriptions are...

He should be called cold-hearted and despicable instead.

That night.

The air is thick with a heady, sensual atmosphere. She has lost count of how many times it's happened. Xiang Shan wonders, if she hadn't said yes to Professor Tao that day, would things have...

The man's hand around her waist suddenly tightens. His breath brushes the back of her neck, hot and dry, just like the dried tear tracks at the corners of her eyes...

"One day, later on"

When Xiang Shan wakes up in the morning, she sees a bouquet on the counter: a bunch of coral flowers that no florist sells.

In the middle is a black velvet box, tied with a ribbon, shaped like a piece of coral.

She looks at the calendar on her phone. June 22. It's not their wedding anniversary or any other special occasion.

When the man comes home that evening, Xiang Shan asks him, "Is today a special day?"

He doesn't answer. He simply takes a coral pendant out of the box and puts it on her, handling it with the utmost care, as if she were a treasure.

// June 22. The first time I saw you. From then on, you made a home in my heart.

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