Slowly Luring You In

[Two wealthy families] [Mutual devotion]

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When Gu Yixu met Cheng Yi, it was the first time in her nineteen years that her heart had skipped a beat.

That face, that figure...

He was practically the ideal lover, made to match her tastes.

She poured all her passion into Cheng Yi, carefully plotting at every step to keep him by her side.

*

Rumor has it that the country's top university is filled with brilliant minds, every one of them looking down on the world.

Yet among these favored children of heaven, one stands out above the rest. With both looks and brains, he commands admiration.

But he is extremely, incredibly low-key, aloof as a flower on a mountaintop.

Cheng Yi turns down every declaration of affection from his admirers, without so much as a spark of flirtation.

Everyone sighs: He's great, but what a block of wood!

*

At the annual intercollegiate tournament, the gymnasium is buzzing with excitement.

On the volleyball court in the southwest corner, a young man so handsome he hardly seems real has drawn nearly every eye in the gym.

During the break between sets, Cheng Yi lifts his arm to wipe away his sweat, then suddenly stops and stares at a spot in the stands.

His teammates and the spectators are baffled, their faces blank.

A moment later, he walks toward the audience seats, and every eye on the court follows him.

Until he stops

In the second row near the lounge area sits a girl with a dazzling smile.

Beautiful features and a warm, welcoming smile.

The crowd freezes for a second: Wait, look closely! That's the other school's cheering section!

Before anyone can react, the usually aloof beauty takes the hand of a girl from another school of his own accord.

He leans close and plants a kiss on her cheek in full view of everyone.

The onlookers gasp

So much for keeping strangers at a distance?

**

A cool, gifted math major x a wealthy heiress who's refined but not spoiled

Mutual devotion, slow burn.

1v1 / first love for both / lighthearted happy ending.

[Note]

- The first ten chapters feature a company internship; the rest is set on campus.

The heroine is a beautiful, wealthy heiress with a gentle, easygoing personality. (There's a twist in the first few chapters, pay attention!!!) But she's brave about pursuing the person she likes and never gives up easily.

The hero comes from a powerful family. Because of childhood trauma, he has severed ties with his family; there are hints about this early on.

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[Sweet and obedient on the surface, a true flirtatious schemer beneath x a carefree young noble who sees through it but says nothing]

◎Corporate dynasty and campus life | International high school | High-stakes games | Extreme push and pull◎

Jinxi International High School is a battlefield of wealth and status without the smoke of gunpowder.

Fang Yaocen is the most harmless person here.

She always wears a perfectly fitted snow-white blouse and neatly tied deep-red uniform ribbon. Her untouched black hair is pulled into a high ponytail. Cool and composed, she is the model student who never tries to stand out.

But nobody knows

that what Yaocen is truly good at is setting the most ingenious traps with the most obedient-looking face.

*

A family upheaval forces her to take half a year off school. Her family falls into poverty, and her mother takes her along when she remarries. But her stepfather reveals his heartless side and secretly keeps pressuring her.

To protect herself, Fang Yaocen returns to school and packages herself as the most exquisite bait,

setting her sights on the one person at Jinxi who is most impossible to reach: Ying Xuan.

Ying Xuan is the quintessential young noble from an established family.

His family is distinguished, he does as he pleases, and he is always completely at ease in everything he does.

He is used to watching from the sidelines as people scheme and toil over every word he says.

Fang Yaocen thinks she has disguised herself perfectly.

She plans each step carefully, plays hard to get, and performs a flawless act as a seductive beauty.

Little does she know that Ying Xuan saw through her intentions long ago.

This ambiguous game, with identities shrouded in mystery from the start, is really a high-stakes battle of wits.

She deliberately teases him; he counters every move.

Whoever falls in love first loses everything.

*

One day, warm water fogs the mirror in the washroom.

Yaocen lowers her eyes and complains as if sighing, "Because of you, everyone says I'm fake and always putting on an act."

"What else?"

"They say I'm one person in public and another in private, and that I'm too calculating."

"Are they wrong?" Ying Xuan gives her no room to wriggle out. He turns her flushed face toward him with his thumb, wipes the fog from the mirror, revealing two figures intertwined in the reflection, and says leisurely, "Like how you approached me with an ulterior motive."

The title was inspired by: "More addictive than pure romance is an ambiguous relationship held back by extreme restraint."

- Deliberately getting close on the surface / having seen it coming all along

- High-IQ push and pull / double disguises / hunter and prey / evenly matched

- You willingly take the bait; I willingly fall into your trap

Theme: Hold on to your original ideals, no matter what hardships you face.