The Forged God

[Innocent white-haired girl] x [Greedy, devoted CEO]

The Xia family was once illustrious and prosperous, but its grand estate collapsed overnight. The master and mistress fled overseas in a panic with their eldest daughter, leaving only their younger daughter, regarded as an ill omen, behind in the vast manor.

It's said that the second daughter, Xia Zhiying, was born with severe pigmentation deficiency and a strange appearance. She also bears an uncanny resemblance to the evil god whom the Xia elders say will bring disaster upon the family. No wonder she's been shut away in a remote attic, hidden from the sun and ignored.

*

Tonight, as usual, the underground auction is packed with greedy, thrill-seeking heirs from wealthy families.

"Ladies and gentlemen, behold. This item is a truly rare treasure." The auctioneer smiled as he pulled away the black curtain.

Inside a silver cage, a pure-white girl curled up silently. Her hair was like snow, her skin like porcelain. She was a flawless jade flower blooming in this dark land of desire.

The bidders went wild.

"Fifty million!" "Eighty million!" "A hundred million!"

"Who dares?"

A man spoke calmly from the corner, though a dark, profound obsession and desire flashed through his eyes.

*

The news that Gong Xunque, chairman of the Gong Group, had joined forces with the police to quietly crush the underground auction run by the wealthy elite, then taken away the Xia family's second daughter, soon spread throughout Huawu City.

As people clicked their tongues in amazement, they couldn't help worrying about Xia Zhiying's fate.

Everyone knew Gong Xunque was not only cold-blooded and ruthless, but terrifyingly so. He was also a madman who never let a slight go unpunished.

As a child, caught in the Gong family's power struggles, he was driven away from home and lived like a stray dog, fighting for scraps.

After the Xia family took him in, he was bullied in every way imaginable. Even the servants could trample on him with impunity.

Now, the second branch of the Gong family, responsible for his parents' deaths, had been dealt with. Xia Zhiying, the last surviving member of the Xia family, had fallen into his hands. No one could even bear to imagine what kind of torment awaited her.

*

The Gong family's banquet was filled with dignitaries, but Gong Xunque was nowhere to be seen.

Amid the clinking of glasses, someone whispered that Gong Xunque had apparently flown into a rage over something and stormed off toward Xia Zhiying's residence.

Everyone shook their heads in sympathy. Being kept by a madman like that as an outlet for his anger was the most miserable fate imaginable.

*

At that very moment, the man the outside world called a devil was kneeling on the floor. He lifted the hem of the girl's nightgown, trailing on the ground, and kissed it gently, with reverence and obsession.

"A Ying, I was wrong that night. Does it still hurt?"

"A Ying, don't stay silent. I'm most afraid when you ignore me."

"A Ying, come out with me and make an appearance. At least give me a title."

"Xunque, be good." Xia Zhiying lowered her hand and stroked his black hair as if granting him a favor.

"If you want to be my believer, you have to do as I say." Her translucent-white fingertips caught his sharply defined chin and lifted it gently.

"Otherwise, the deity will hate you and never speak to you again."

*

The stray dog had never seen any color beyond darkness.

Until the girl leaned out of the ivy-covered attic window, and silver stars began to fall across his world.

(Human trafficking is a grave violation of people's personal rights and freedom, and is strictly prohibited by law.)

Pre-release 1: The Swan's Cage

[The swan princess made of sugar and spice x the unscrupulous, vile vulture]

Fu Lanyou was once the city's proudest and most headstrong heiress, a glass-sugar figurine lovingly raised in a jar of honey, a swan princess dancing atop a music box.

But the dreamland built for her crumbled when the Fu family went bankrupt. The aloof beauty fell into the gutter overnight, and was even forced to marry an old, poor man.

*

On their wedding night, in the cramped rental apartment, Song Ming held her and said he'd sold the old house his parents left him. Soon, he'd have enough to pay for her mother's surgery.

Listening to the man whisper sweet nothings in her ear, Fu Lanyou felt nothing but disgust and irritation, yet she had to feign affection. After all, he was the only person she could depend on in this world.

*

After they married, Song Ming catered to Fu Lanyou's every whim. He worked hard, leaving early and coming home late each day, just to earn enough to make life better for his young wife. But Fu Lanyou remained unhappy, growing more haggard by the day.

One day, Fu Lanyou learned that the top-tier Yuan family was holding a banquet. She begged Song Ming, who worked odd jobs for the Yuan family, to take her so she could see it, even if only for a little while. Just briefly reliving her old dream would be enough to make her happy.

*

Unfortunately, on the day of the banquet, Fu Lanyou was discovered hiding behind a Roman column. Her former close friends suddenly turned on her, surrounding her and mocking her mercilessly. Just as she was at her most humiliated, the head of the Yuan family appeared, and the whole commotion fell silent in an instant. As everyone watched, the man walked toward Fu Lanyou, who had fallen to the ground, and held out his hand.

Fu Lanyou looked up, smiling through a face full of tears.

The haughty, elegant head of the Yuan family, Yuan Songming, looked exactly like the old, poor good-for-nothing husband she'd had until recently.

*

Long ago, the vile, gloomy vulture fell in love with the swan at first sight. But the swan had countless admirers and disdained him. So he could only hide in the darkness for a while, waiting quietly until the swan fell from the clouds and landed in the mud.

"Youyou, where do you think you're going?"

Yuan Songming smiled at his pale-faced young wife as a group of bodyguards blocked every escape route.

"Look, I can give you everything you want." He pulled the trembling Fu Lanyou into his arms. "What more could you possibly want?"

Pre-release 2: When I Moved Into a Bird's Eyes

[Beautiful, lonely little sparrow x arrogant, obsessive young master]

At fifteen, Rong Daixiao went to an island to take some photos of wild birds.

Slaty-backed gulls, seagulls, black-tailed gulls... Then a girl stepped into his lens. Her bare white feet crossed the black rocks, her arms spread wide, her long hair streaming behind her. A bird about to take flight.

Rong Daixiao's hand trembled. He had photographed the most beautiful little bird.

*

The island was the private property of the Ting family. The Ting and Rong families had been close for generations, and Rong Daixiao visited the Ting family every summer vacation. But the elders never let him go near that island.

"There's something unlucky on that island." "That place is cursed. Even the adults are afraid to go there."

The servants' gossip was even more ridiculous. Some said a monster lived on the island, others said it was home to a fairy.

Rong Daixiao stood in the darkroom, looking at the developed photo under the dark red light, a faint smile on his lips.

There were no monsters or fairies. The only thing on that island was his little bird.

A little bird with wings that couldn't fly away.

*

Until she was twelve, A Que wished for the same thing every year on her birthday: to leave the island and live like the girls in the city.

After meeting Rong Daixiao, A Que secretly added another wish:

Let summer come soon, so I can be with him.

On a midsummer day when A Que turned fifteen, Rong Daixiao promised that he would come get her the following year, and they would never be apart again.

A Que nodded obediently, then waited and waited for three whole years. But what she got in the end was a glimpse on TV of Rong Daixiao traveling alongside Ting Lin, the eldest daughter of the Ting family.

The young man smiled, warm and refined. He seemed like a completely different person from the one who had kissed her with red-rimmed eyes and kept demanding, over and over, "Whose little bird is A Que?"

*

Something unusual had happened recently at the Rong Group.

A country girl had barged in, claiming to be Rong Daixiao's lover and demanding to see him.

The onlookers burst into laughter. Everyone knew Rong Daixiao and Ting Lin were childhood sweethearts, deeply devoted to each other, and would soon be engaged. Was this mysterious country girl out of her mind?

But something even stranger happened on the day of the engagement. After seeing an old photo someone had left behind, Rong Daixiao suddenly flew into a rage and lost control. The two-meter-tall champagne tower crashed to the floor.

*

Under the night sky, the sea churned with dark waves. Rong Daixiao stood at the bow, watching the island draw closer. His bloodstained face slowly broke into a radiant smile.

A Que, A Que, his little monster, the most beautiful bird in the world.

He knew A Que was angry with him, but that was all right. He was sure he could coax her into smiling through her tears.

By any means necessary.

Theme: Love believes all things, hopes all things, and dares all things. Love is the very essence of the soul, and it never ends