The woman Qi Lanqing has loved all his life belongs to someone else.
He has never had her for even a second, yet he thinks of her day and night, consumed by an obsession he cannot escape.
So he took her.
*
Eight years ago, Qi Lanqing was a mad dog everyone avoided.
With no parents and not a penny to his name, he scraped by in filthy alleys.
Then Jiang Menghuai appeared. With raven hair and cherry-red lips, she possessed a natural radiance and was the purest presence in the school.
Eight years later, Qi Lanqing has become a powerful man everyone flatters.
He feigns refinement and plots with painstaking care, finally getting his wish: turning another man's fiancee into his wife.
Dusk falls beneath a darkening sky, and the moon shines as bright as snow.
The man's white shirt is buttoned up meticulously, his appearance restrained and austere, his brilliance kept under wraps.
The woman extends a leg and kicks him off the bed, her voice sweet and innocent: "You bastard. Don't touch me."
He kisses her ankle, dark currents stirring in his eyes. "If getting you means being a dog, then a dog I'll be."
"Woof."
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Qi Lanqing's words:
I am your dog.
The more you beat me, the more I fawn on you.
Kick me, be cold to me, ignore me if you like, just let me follow you.
I'm so worthless. In your heart, can I really be worth less than a dog?
Reader's guide:
* Shameless little ray of sunshine x a walking eighteen-plus mad dog. Both are virgins, and both have been secretly in love.
Content warning: The male lead really is an obsessive dog. The female lead is in a marriage of convenience.
* The quote is from A Midsummer Night's Dream. The blurb is provisional as of 9/11 and has been archived.
Theme: Haven't decided yet
