A Fondness for Roses

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[Next book: the xianxia novel, Accidentally Winning Over the Ghost King]

[Pre-collection: Skylark Turns the Tables, please add it to your collection. Blurb below~]

Emotionally detached thorny rose x cool, aloof, domineering CEO, married first and falling in love later

On the day Qin Zhi dumped her, Chen Weiyu decided that her condition probably couldn't be cured.

Her boyfriend had only gotten close to her for her money. He had even used her money to build his career and promote the woman he loved.

After Chen Weiyu found out, she simply took a calm sip of coffee.

"All right, then."

With her emotional disorder, she would never get angry or know what it felt like to love someone.

But she could secretly freeze her ex-boyfriend's bank cards behind his back.

-

Later, when Qin Zhi's company went bankrupt and he was left with nowhere to turn, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and seek Chen Weiyu's help.

In winter, with snow blanketing everything, he stood shivering outside a luxurious, elegant villa, screaming in despair.

"Weiyu, it was all my fault, but I had no choice. Could you give me one more chance...?"

After a long while, the intercom on the gate crackled with a lazy, irreverent voice: "My darling says no."

Just a few simple words, yet Qin Zhi found the voice strangely familiar.

It sounded just like... President Lu, the man he had tried every means to curry favor with.

-

The day Lu Yanbie learned Chen Weiyu had been dumped, a cloud of gloom settled over the entire Lu Group.

He could barely hold back the fury inside him.

Why should anyone be allowed to trample on the rose he held so dear?

The fluttering heart she yearned for, he would teach her to feel, little by little.

He wove all the years of secret longing he had accumulated into her very first lesson in love.

Note: [The male lead can control everything, except the female lead]

(Blurb dated August 30, 2022)

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Pre-collection: Skylark Turns the Tables

Blurb:

Mature adults. I'll start writing once it gets enough saves.

[He thought she was his prey. But in the end, everything was the opposite.]

The first time Mu Wenze met Ji Yin, she was naive and inexperienced, like a little skylark with nowhere to turn, tumbling straight into his arms.

The man remained unmoved and tipped back his head to drain his drink. The hazy, dreamlike lights outlined his stern features as Mu Wenze spoke, seemingly in warning.

"You shouldn't have come to me."

He moved in the privileged circles of the upper class, a complicated and chaotic world utterly unsuitable for a little skylark.

Yet Ji Yin answered with complete sincerity: "Please let me stay by your side."

-

Before long, news about the young master of the Mu family spread through their entire circle. The spoiled rich boys egged him on, asking him to bring out his precious little skylark so they could have a look.

Mu Wenze held a cigarette between his fingers and let it burn. "I'm not bringing her."

Someone joked, "Brother Mu, why are you guarding her so closely? It's not like she's your girlfriend."

The man's glance made the whole private room fall silent in an instant.

Mu Wenze casually stubbed out his cigarette. "She's mine anyway."

-

Later, the little skylark left him heartbroken.

Mu Wenze told himself that if she wanted to leave, then let her. It wasn't a big deal. But after countless sleepless nights, he finally realized that he had fallen for her.

He went mad searching for her, but found nothing.

At last, at a gathering of high society, Mu Wenze saw the little skylark he had not seen in so long.

Now Ji Yin was a renowned composer in their circle, worth over a hundred million. Today was her first public appearance.

Mu Wenze was just about to approach her when he heard the woman say lightly,

"Young Master Mu? He was no longer useful, so I threw him away."

The female lead is a composer. She sought out the male lead because she had lost her inspiration.

Fantasy pre-collection: Accidentally Winning Over the Ghost King

Blurb:

Qingxing, a cannon-fodder character from an angst novel, transmigrates into a xianxia novel as everyone's beloved.

As a member of the luanniao clan, she is not only the most adored junior sister in her sect, but also destined to become the center of a love rivalry. The Heavenly Emperor, the Human Emperor, and the Demon Venerable will fight over her, sparking a war among the three realms.

Here, everyone loves her.

The System says: "Host, please follow the original story's prompts and win over the three powerful characters in order. If you succeed, you can return to your original world. If you fail, you will never be able to go back."

Qingxing's eyes light up. Her sect is so wonderful. Why would she want to go back and suffer?

-

To avoid interacting with her targets, Qingxing simply stays indoors, never venturing out.

She spends all her time at the sect. One day she clings to her master and practices swordsmanship; the next, she follows her senior sister up the mountain to gather spirit herbs. The day after that, she makes sweet cakes and happily scurries off to serve them to her visiting martial uncle.

Finally, Qingxing turns her attention to the taciturn senior brother from the Netherworld Sect.

Rumor has it that he has shut his heart to love and is devoted to the Dao. He is merciless in his methods and sounds like someone best avoided. She has also heard he is a star of ill omen, fated to live alone and unworthy of ordinary human affection.

When he looks her way, Qingxing trembles and bows deeply. "Senior Brother! I made these sesame and peach pastries for you. Please try one..."

The man's sharp gaze pauses. After a long while,

"For me...?"

-

Everything had been going smoothly at her sect, but one day a notification suddenly arrives from the System saying that the mission has succeeded.

Qingxing, transported back again: "What on earth??"

She never even met those three powerful characters!

After going to tremendous lengths to return to the cultivation world, she finds that three hundred years have passed.

Her former master, senior sister, and martial uncle are now the Demon Venerable, Human Emperor, and Heavenly Emperor who rule the three realms. Together, they are hunting the notorious Red Serpent Ghost King.

The man stands amid the flames of purgatory, letting their blood-red light envelop him.

They say the Ghost King wants a luanniao that died three hundred years ago.

-

Ying Che, a star of ill omen, has lived a life like one buried beneath an abyss where no light can ever reach.

Until a luanniao descends and comes to rest in his heart.

Ying Che thinks: She is his. She can only ever be his.

P.S. The senior sister is the Human Emperor, and her relationship with the female lead is sisterly. There are no romantic pairings other than boy-girl ones.

Theme: Find someone who truly loves you and treats you well.