A flirtatious, calculating older woman vs. a loyal, love-starved wolfdog
Younger man
1. Miss Ruan, heir to the Ruan Group, has a string of lovers. It is hardly a secret in their circle.
Her lovers are replaced on a fixed schedule, and when their time is up, they disappear without a trace.
Sometimes after just three days, sometimes after as long as a year.
But this time, the unassuming man by her side stayed for four whole years.
When her young lover disappeared after four years, a busybody asked if she had kept him around so long because she had fallen for him.
She scoffed.
"Fallen for him? How could a word like that ever suit me?"
"I raised that wolf with my own hands, then let him go myself. If I had fallen for him, why wouldn't I have kept a tight grip on his leash?"
2. The first time Bo Yi met Ruan Ting, he was in a crowded nightclub, lost as a lone boat adrift at sea.
Ruan Ting approached him, holding up the blood-red hem of her dress, and quietly asked if he wanted to be her lover.
No commitment, no love, just nights of pleasure.
Bewitched, he said yes. From then on, he was the Ruan Group heiress's regular lover.
When Ruan Ting was happy, she would take him out to have fun.
They kissed aboard a boat at night.
They held hands by the sea and wrote the most childish things.
When she was unhappy, she would pull him into bed and take from him again and again,
until she was exhausted, the corners of her eyes red, her teeth leaving deep marks on his shoulder.
She warned him over and over:
Don't fall for her. She didn't need love.
But when she finally discovered that every time he lost control at night was because she had grown a little closer to someone else during the day,
Ruan Ting decisively ended their contract.
"I told you, you're just my lover. Nothing more."
3. The first time Bo Yi kissed her, he asked what he should call her.
She said it didn't matter. Amid a flurry of kisses, he called her "Big Sister."
In the years after he left, Ruan Ting found plenty of new lovers as young as Bo Yi had been.
When a new lover kissed her neck and called her "Big Sister," she covered his mouth.
"Don't call me that."
Reading Guide:
1. The female lead has had previous partners, while the male lead belongs to her in body and heart from beginning to end. That may not be true for her, but after she gets her HE with him, she'll cut ties with her previous lovers.
2. The female lead likes sex without emotional attachment. Even later, her love for the male lead won't surpass his love for her, but he really will be the most special one.
3. The female lead only dates one person at a time. She never cheats and always ends things cleanly.
4. This is probably a gender-swapped version of early domineering CEO romances, but everyone gets enough agency. If you can't accept that, please don't click. I beg you.
5. I'm so into this setup that I really wanted to write my own. I wrote it while studying for exams to lift my spirits, so feel free to read it, but don't take it too seriously.
Coming Soon: Watching the Summer
A somewhat reserved qipao tailor vs. a handsome young master who's warm on the surface, cold and ruthless underneath
The hardest part of Jiangnan's rainy season is enduring the endless rain.
On the day Song Aixing arrived, Ling Lan was leaning against the wooden window,
watching the old street blur beneath the drizzle, listening to rain patter endlessly against the banana leaves.
The old wooden door creaked as it opened.
She turned and saw a young man shake the raindrops from his umbrella.
His voice was light and easy:
"Hello, I'm here to pick up my clothes."
That day, she listened to the neighbors' chatter for a long time before finally catching his name:
Song Aixing.
He was a young master from the east side of town who had fallen out with his family and moved in with his grandmother,
and also the top student at the best high school in the city.
They spent three years at the affiliated high school, but were classmates for only one.
When he left, he took everyone's envy and cheers with him. His reputation was still going strong even after she left.
Cutting, sewing, taking measurements, understanding the heart: the old Ling family's craft all fell to her.
When her mother showed off her embroidery of the misty old street to the neighbors,
no one knew that on the back, she had stitched three characters: Song Aixing.
A secret crush is like embroidery done on one side:
calm and beautiful on the surface, all loose threads underneath.
He loved to have fun and make a scene, and was a natural among people, as warm and radiant as summer.
His companions came in all shapes and sizes, but none stayed long.
She saw his shining side, and had glimpsed his coldness, too.
No matter what, they were nothing more than acquaintances who nodded to each other.
But later...
She was brought to a gathering where Song Aixing was present. With strong liquor in front of her, he stepped in to help.
And from then on, one thing after another gradually went beyond anything she had expected.
The wind chime in front of the Ling family's shop rang thousands of times,
before finally welcoming a gentle knock at the wooden door.
"Hello..."
"Here to pick up your clothes?"
"I'm here to see you."
Theme: Face your desires
