Snow Is in the Forecast Tonight

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Shen Jingxue was sent to live with the Zhou family at the age of eight. The Zhou family's young master, Zhou Jiye, grew up alongside her.

At the same time, Shen Jingxue was given a secret mission: act as a mobile surveillance device to keep an eye on Zhou Jiye, in exchange for living expenses.

In the reports she sent every three days, she recorded:

[He just finished his exams today. He went to an internet cafe and played games all night, only coming home at dawn.]

[I think he's dating someone. I smelled a strong perfume on him.]

Shen Jingxue reported everything, then put away her phone and prepared to go back to her room.

She turned around. Zhou Jiye stood in the dark with his upper body bare, water droplets from his recent shower still glistening on his skin.

Startled, she stumbled backward as he approached, until she was pressed against the cold wall.

He reached out and rubbed his fingertips over her red lips, again and again. His low voice lingered by her ear. "How come you never reported what happened between us to the old man?"

Pinned against the wall, Shen Jingxue felt Zhou Jiye's greedy breath wash over her. "Kiss me. It's compensation for using me to get your living expenses."

Shen Jingxue was speechless.

Her "compensation" to Zhou Jiye continued until the blizzard was about to arrive and she set off to study abroad.

She left him only one sentence: "I've paid back what I owed you."

Years later, Shen Jingxue returned to her hometown. The Zhou family tried to arrange a match for her in the name of their elders. As always, she was obedient and never fought or said a word.

By then, Zhou Jiye had become a rising star in business and the sole head of the Zhou family. He came in from the heavy snow, casually brushing snow from his shoulders, his picturesque eyes filled with amusement.

"Grandpa, Shen Jingxue and I grew up together, after all. Did you ask for my approval before arranging a match for her?"

That night, Zhou Jiye pinned her behind the door, his heavy breathing spilling over her neck as he claimed her intimately. "Shen Jingxue, who told you that you'd paid back what you owed me?"

Pure romance / both are each other's only one

Mad-dog male lead / all main characters are adults

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Su Huaiwan saw Lu Jingbai again at her fiance's celebration banquet. He was rumored to be skilled in both politics and business, a decisive man of action, the eldest son of the Lu family, and her fiance's older brother.

Dressed in a black suit, Lu Jingbai sat on the sofa with an air of refined authority that made him impossible to ignore.

Her fiance respectfully introduced himself to him.

Lu Jingbai stared at her. Su Huaiwan felt as though flames were burning her, and timidly lowered her head.

Lu Jingbai suddenly gave a scornful laugh and drawled, "Your future... sister-in-law?"

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That night, behind the lively banquet hall, the two of them shared a second bed for intimacy.

Lu Jingbai gripped her waist and repeated the note she'd left him the night before: "You don't want to lose your place in Shengjing, do you?"

His mocking laughter filled her ears. His hand moved upward as he mimicked her threat. "Are you going to behave and listen to me, or should I let everyone find out about what happened last night... between you and me?"

With tears in her eyes, Su Huaiwan had no choice but to become Lu Jingbai's secret lover, their affair lasting for years.

At last, Su Huaiwan could take it no longer and asked to break up.

In the office, the more flustered she became, the more Lu Jingbai enjoyed it.

He breathed in her familiar scent affectionately, then opened the door a crack. Voices murmured outside. He said, "Want them all to see you like this?"

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On the day Su Huaiwan broke off her engagement, she thought Lu Jingbai had finally lost his leverage over her. But one exquisite designer wedding dress after another still arrived in her room right on schedule.

Lu Jingbai held her by the shoulders and pulled down the zipper at her back. His warm breath washed over her as he leaned in, covering her neck with countless kisses.

He dressed her in the wedding gown and murmured, "Wanwan, you're finally going to marry me."

Both virgins / five-year age gap / obsessive male lead, forced love

Theme: Love and freedom