Let Me Spoil You

[The same dark, obsessive vibes as Withdrawal Symptoms, the author’s second-generation romance. Please bookmark!] Years later, on a chaotic, chilly night of rain, Zhao Wuling sees Jiang Ye again. The torrential downpour makes the roads treacherous, and their two cars accidentally collide. Her friend, who came along with her, notices her strange expression and presses her with nosy questions. Zhao Wuling furrows her brow and answers distractedly, “My ex.” The kind she had toyed with and abandoned when they were young. Zhao Wuling gathers up her skirt and gets out of the car, her smile tinged with guilt as she pretends to be perfectly composed. “Jiang Ye, long time no see.” Rain splashes against the ground. His secretary holds an umbrella, and Zhao Wuling sees Jiang Ye in a perfectly tailored suit, his gold-rimmed glasses lending him a scholarly air. Distinguished yet distant in the dim light, he says without a flicker of emotion, “Miss Zhao, you can contact my secretary about compensation.” * Jiang Ye’s secretary has worked for him for many years. The one thing he has never been able to understand is what happened on that rainy night. Jiang Ye, who had been dozing in the back seat, spoke as he straightened his shirt cuffs. “See that car?” The secretary looked up from the steering wheel and spotted a vague figure inside a car not far away. Jiang Ye had seen her too. His eyes darkened slightly as he gave an order. The secretary looked bewildered. “What?” The rain was so loud that he worried he had misheard his boss. Jiang Ye calmly adjusted his shirt cuffs and repeated, “I said, see that car? Run into it.” * The skilled hunter has entered the game again, this time to claim the rose completely. Polite scoundrel × dazzling heiress Rekindled romance / Mainly urban, with school-day flashbacks / Both leads are sexually inexperienced The same dark, obsessive vibes as Withdrawal Symptoms. Please bookmark! Blurb below: When Jiang Yi’an first meets Jiang Ruocheng, he is still engaged to someone else: born into a prominent family, cold and handsome. He has little regard for a man’s virtue, however. After seeing her only a few times, he starts courting her. Eventually, he lets down his fiancée and pursues Jiang Yi’an instead. Jiang Yi’an finds it strange but doesn’t think much of it. Plenty of engaged couples in wealthy circles are together in name only, so there’s no telling whether Jiang Ruocheng is one of them. But while he was humble and polite as another woman’s fiancé, as her boyfriend he seems like an entirely different person. He blows hot and cold, calls to check up on her at the slightest excuse, and picks fights whenever Jiang Yi’an spends time with another man, threatening to break up with her. Jiang Yi’an is at her wit’s end. Accompanied by a bodyguard, she sees Jiang Ruocheng enjoying a candlelit dinner with his former fiancée, chatting and laughing. He has become the thoughtful gentleman again. By now, the truth is crystal clear. Those two are the star-crossed lovers, the ill-fated pair. Jiang Ruocheng is using her as a distraction in his relationship, making his true love jealous. - Jiang Ruocheng tells a different version of the story. He knows full well that he has a psychological disorder. The more he loves Jiang Yi’an, the more tightly he needs to keep her close. No one else can take her away. After Jiang Yi’an breaks up with him unilaterally, he is still in a daze. Even in his despair, he keeps thinking about how to get back together with her, trying every possible way to please her. Affection that comes too late is worth less than grass. Jiang Yi’an remains unmoved, until one day she wakes to find gauzy curtains hanging beside the bed, shielding her from the sunlight. A chain around her ankle keeps her movements within a carefully measured range. Jiang Ruocheng sits coldly to one side, his gaze never leaving her face. “Jiang Ruocheng,” Jiang Yi’an repeats in despair, “I don’t love you anymore.” “Liar.” The man with a checkered past is the first to tear up. Jiang Ruocheng’s calm voice barely contains his madness. He kisses her until she is short of breath, then softens a little and corrects her: “You love me most of all.” *You are the bitter fruit I can never withdraw from. *Obsessive fiancé × peacock-like heiress Theme: Love life and embrace love