Take My Heart

[Next story: Sweet Green Tea] Jing Qing and Tan Xuyan have been together for five years. His friends mock her: "A useless vase propped up by President Tan." Later, Tan Xuyan gives someone else the honor that should have belonged to Jing Qing, all to appease his new sweetheart. * One day, Jing Qing sneaks off to travel in Tibet, where she meets a quiet man with an irresistible masculine charm. Song Chen keeps her company, comforts her, and makes her feel safe. He tells her, "In my eyes, you shine brighter than anyone." * The most rebellious thing Jing Qing has ever done is stake everything on getting away from Tan Xuyan. Once, he hooks a finger into her hair and gives it a sharp tug, then laughs carelessly. "Baby, do you really think you can leave me?" "If I can't have it, why should anyone else?" As the pain spreads, Jing Qing closes her eyes, and Song Chen's face appears in her mind. That night, they part ways in Tibet. The Gesang flowers bloom all around them, especially romantic Song Chen formally introduces himself for the first time. He says, "My name is Song Chen. The Chen means 'subject,' as in 'to submit.'" [Content warnings] 1. The heroine has a past; the hero does not. The male lead is Song Chen. 2. Stealing someone else's partner + the second male lead's groveling redemption arc. Coming soon 1: Sweet Green Tea Blurb: [1] That night, Meng Zhen arrives at his sister's house with a suitcase. A party is underway in the luxurious hall. The lighting is dim and dazzling, and Song Zhiyi, wearing a black spaghetti-strap dress, looks alluring and glamorous as she tugs her boyfriend's tie and kisses him. The decadent atmosphere is filled with cheers and teasing. Like a little lamb fallen among wolves, Meng Zhen walks up to Song Zhiyi and obediently calls her, "Sis." Song Zhiyi smiles seductively. "Didn't you say you'd be here in a few days?" Newly of age, Meng Zhen is lean and tall. He discreetly glances at his sister's boyfriend, his eyes dark with turbulent emotions. "I missed you," he says. [2] Ever since Meng Zhen moved in, Song Zhiyi has been out having fun every day and often doesn't come home. Until one day, she gets a call from Meng Zhen and hears his plaintive complaint: "Does Sis hate me? Why are you never home?" "If you don't like having me here, I'll move out right now." [3] Song Zhiyi loves novelty and changes men as often as she changes clothes. Meng Zhen hates every boyfriend she dates and is always so cloyingly picky about them. She jokes, "If you keep this up, I'll never have a boyfriend." Meng Zhen smiles innocently. "Then let me be your boyfriend, Sis." After they get together, everyone is shocked. Someone asks Song Zhiyi, "What's so great about Meng Zhen that you're so crazy about him?" Song Zhiyi rests her chin on her hand. Her long, thick lashes curl and flutter, her red lips curve slightly, and every movement is seductive and glamorous. She says lazily, "He's sweet enough and calculating enough." "Anything else?" "He's got what it takes." Coming soon 2: A Beautiful Dream Blurb: Tao Meng first meets Gu Chen at the most famous opera house in Hong Kong. At the time, he is seated in the center of the front row, leaning over to whisper to the woman beside him. In the half-lit gloom, he exudes an insouciant charm. * The eldest son of the Gu family is passionate and charming, a perfect lover who frequents flower-filled circles but never speaks of love. When Tao Meng and he are together, at the height of their relationship, Gu Chen falls out with his family over her. "I don't fear going to hell. I only want to marry her." * Tao Meng has a beautiful dream. Unfortunately, a playboy is always a playboy, and Gu Chen's rotten nature is ingrained in his bones. The day they break up, Gu Chen writes her a check for a huge sum. "I like novelty. You're too well-behaved for me." With money, he severs her hopes, prevents her from clinging to him, and wins back his freedom. * Later, as they drift through the world and their feelings grow tangled, a heartless man falls in love, while a fickle man becomes devoted. He searches for her again and again, but all she says is, "That's all in the past." Theme: True love helps her become a better person.