The Queen and Her Sea

(Revising...)

[Career-driven heroine x philosophical fox-like hero]

[Sapiosexual romance: kindred souls, the love story of two kings]

Zhou Ye has it all: Harvard, a director's position, power, and wealth.

And yet...

"It would have been better if you'd been a boy."

Her mother's words became a lifelong curse. From then on, she pursued nothing but power, while her emotions grew numb and cold.

Her ex said: She can't love. It's a flaw.

But what is a flaw? Isn't being powerful enough?

To explore her emotions, she hired a man.

Jiang Xinyu: a master's degree from a prestigious university, young, handsome, and exceptionally clever.

And his profile... looks remarkably like the person in her heart.

Zhou Ye begins to "keep" him, trying to love another person and, more importantly, to love herself.

He plays his part perfectly: considerate, gentle, charming, and clever.

He guides her step by step, letting her taste the fruit of love for the first time, like a faithful believer.

He says, "A god's divine power comes from the faith of its followers."

His company, time, sex, and love: everything he gives her is divine power.

In his heart, she is Athena.

Reading guide:

[1. The hero is a genius who falls for Zhou Ye first. They are kindred spirits.]

[2. The hero has never been with anyone. The heroine is devoted to her career, so romance is sparse.]

[3. They are both kings: the heroine rules the world of power, and the hero rules the world of the mind.]

[4. A woman's growth, kindred souls, and mutual salvation.]

Coming soon: "Island." Please add it to your favorites!

Somewhere in the Pacific lies an island that belongs to no country, yet brings the world's powerful to their knees

Every year, heirs to prominent families around the world who are between twenty and twenty-eight, exceptionally intelligent, and possess perfect genetic profiles receive a gold-embossed invitation.

The reason for coming to the island is simple:

[Survive a mental simulation game. The winning family's descendants will inherit genius genes.]

Bai Yao, the heroine, is the island's owner. She has an exceptionally powerful brain, and every generation of her family has been made up of geniuses, including herself.

The mental world she controls is an absolute domain that makes even AI tremble.

On this island, Bai Yao is the law.

Whenever the bell rings, the island's visitors are forced into the mental world inside Bai Yao's mind. A desperate fight for survival is about to begin.

Zhou Silu, the hero, is an heir to the Zhou family, who made their fortune monopolizing Southeast Asian shipping routes. He is the family's latest sacrifice, ordered to board the island.

In the mental world within Bai Yao's mind, Zhou Silu repeatedly pushes past the limits of what's possible and survives one peril after another, eventually becoming a seed gene that Bai Yao singles out.

Bai Yao discovers that he can't bring himself to kill the little girl Bai Yao after she turns evil in the game world. Jealous of Bai Yao's frequent interactions with the other visitors, he also refuses to speak with her inside her mind.

[Eliminate him.] Bai Yao gives the order coldly. [Kindness and jealousy are defective products of the evolutionary chain.]

Then a red light suddenly flashes across the screen:

[99.9% genetic match!]

[Under Article 23 of the Marriage Act, immediate exchange of bodily fluids is recommended!]

Please note:

1. The leads are evenly matched, and both are strong.

2. The heroine is a genius with a genetic defect.

3. Don't nitpick the details. The author made it all up.

4. The blurb and premise came to me on April 29, 2025.

Theme: How can women break the shackles imposed from within and without, free themselves from the "male gaze," and establish an unwavering sense of self?