A Dangerous Relationship

Yun Yao is a painter from an ordinary background, but exceptionally beautiful. His pale, slender hands look too delicate even to hold a paintbrush. He has left countless young masters in the capital aching with desire, saying he was born with the looks of a kept lover.

Yet this tempting beauty who seems made to be a lover is about to marry, and not just anyone: the second young master of the most powerful family in Jingzhou. On the day of the engagement, everyone in Jingzhou watched the Jin family. They weren't hoping the newly engaged couple would be happy. They wanted to see what the Jin family patriarch would do.

Everyone knew that the patriarch of the Jin family was exacting and utterly heartless. Someone like Yun Yao was beneath his notice. And sure enough, the engagement banquet ended in failure.

That night, inside a car.

Jin Ze's voice was low. "You dumped me, then went after my younger brother."

He looked at Yun Yao in the back seat, his brows sharp. "My old lover, do you like playing with fire?"

·

Jin Ze was the head of the Jin family, cold-hearted and ruthless, famous for his decisive methods. Everyone knew he moved on from one lover to the next in no time, and threw them away as easily as trash.

People said no one could hold on to his heart. But nobody knew that three years ago, on a rainy night, he had begged with red-rimmed eyes for his lover not to break up with him. He had tried every trick, only to be heartlessly cast aside all the same.

After developing a serious psychological disorder, he spent three years getting his condition under control, only to see the person responsible at the engagement banquet.

He arrived holding his younger brother's hand, as beautiful as ever.

A wineglass shattered in his hand, soaking it in vivid red.

·

Yun Yao thought everything was behind him. But one night, he ran into Jin Ze in a corridor.

He saw Jin Ze's arm, covered in needle marks, and an injection lying on the floor.

Without expression, Jin Ze picked it up and stuck the psychological comfort shot into his bloodied flesh. His voice was hoarse. "Stop showing up in front of me..."

Jin Ze breathed heavily. "You know I'm obsessed with you."

◎ The blurb features a psychological disorder; the condition is fictionalized.

◎ A seemingly cold, troubled top × a seemingly gentle, ruthless bottom.

◎ The bottom is ruthless, knows how to string people along, and is calculating. His motto is: if you have no morals, nobody can morally blackmail you. (There are many scummy side characters in this story.)

◎ Cover art used with permission from K.

The next book will be Everyone at School Likes the Notorious Him.

A University has a famous, beautiful professor who has used his looks to turn countless male students gay.

But the beautiful professor is surrounded by scandal. His private life is a mess: he's kept by someone, flirts with students, is a mistress, gets divorced, cheats...

Song Yun Jian has taught at A University for years, and there's no end to the gossip about him.

But that doesn't stop admirers from coming after his looks and figure.

Song Yun Jian goes on blind dates, but every date shakes their head when they hear about him, saying that no matter how beautiful he is, they couldn't stomach it.

Until one day, a man in a sharp suit sits down across from him.

"I'd love to hear all about your exploits."

Song Yun Jian: "Promiscuity, being kept, being a mistress. Which version would you like to hear, sir?"

"All of them."

After Song Yun Jian finishes, the man says, "That's it?"

-

Fu Jingchen is the golden bachelor among his friends and family. He's highly educated and handsome, and his name has become a force to be reckoned with in business in just a few short years. Countless people have pursued him, but he has never been moved. Rumor has it he's asexual.

But when he goes on a blind date in his friend's place, he can't take his eyes off the beautiful man sitting across from him.

The other man says, "I've seen it all, while Mr. Fu is asexual. We're obviously not right for each other."

He pays for the coffee and leaves with a swagger.

-

A few days later, a new professor arrives at A University.

Hearing about the professor's impressive accomplishments, Song Yun Jian is full of admiration. At the welcome ceremony, he realizes the new professor is the man he went on a blind date with.

Fu Jingchen: "We meet again."

Song Yun Jian stares at him, completely dumbfounded.

-

Song Yun Jian is notorious.

Fu Jingchen is widely acclaimed.

The faculty and students at A University often compare them. The worse the former seems, the more impressive the latter appears.

But one night in a classroom, Fu Jingchen sits in a chair with long-haired Song Yun Jian on his lap.

Song Yun Jian whispers, "Someone's here..."

Fu Jingchen turns his head, his sharp gaze falling on the shadow by the window. "Student, are you sure you want to keep watching?"

Later, the misunderstanding is cleared up, and Song Yun Jian's classes are packed.

Student: "Professor Song, would you date a student?"

Teacher: "Professor Song, are you thinking of getting married?"

Principal: "Yun Jian, my daughter is quite lovely..."

Fu Jingchen, scowling in the doorway and gripping the frame: "Shouldn't you ask me before trying to set my wife up with a girlfriend?"

Song Yun Jian is always left drenched in sweat, his waist too weak to lift him up. He looks back at the man and no longer believes the rumors that he's asexual.

Fu Jingchen leans over him and chuckles. "My asexuality is just like Professor Song's experience: neither can withstand the slightest test."

◎ A notorious, aloof bottom × a calculating top who trades on his reputation.

Theme: Passion and sincerity