Heartless

[Free to read, not contracted. A tragic BE story that hurts both men and women, with a high degree of forced love. If you're a heroine-focused reader, don't read this!]

Cheng Jiao is a famously spoiled young lady whom no one dares to cross. She only meant to have a little fun when she provoked Wen Zheng, but she let the wolf into her home and fell into an abyss.

She never imagined that one day he would strip away every ounce of her dignity and pride, turning her into a treasured jewel in the palm of his hand, belonging to him alone.

*Life is a grand journey, and only the heartless can reach the end.

Dark revenge | Tortured romance

Reading Guide

1. Illegitimate son x young heiress. Tragic romance, BE.

2. The male lead is devoted to the heroine in both body and heart, but the heroine has dated before, and there is a second male lead.

3. Old-school melodrama, over-the-top angst. Not recommended for anyone with hard limits.

Upcoming story in the same vein: Moonlight in the Abyss

Shen Nian loved Shen Yan for ten years.

From the day he entered the Shen family with his stepmother at age fifteen, he became her light.

He was the model student everyone praised: cool and refined, with all his tenderness reserved for her.

When she got into trouble, he would take the blame and endure their father's scolding. When she came down with a fever in the middle of the night, he would carry her to the hospital. He even remembered every one of her birthdays.

It wasn't until the Shen family went bankrupt and her beloved father died that she learned the truth.

Beneath that refined, handsome exterior was the heart of a demon.

Shen Yan spent ten years spoiling Shen Nian, making her the apple of his eye.

Then, in a single night, he pushed her into the abyss.

Later, he reclaimed the family fortune, and all his enemies were dead.

Yet he knelt at her feet, his eyes red, and said:

"Niannian, why don't you... hate me?"

"As long as you'll still look at me, it's all right if you hate me."

Only then did she realize he had hated her for ten years.

Only then did he understand he had loved her for ten years, too.

But the moment moonlight falls into the abyss, it can never shine into their eyes again.

Please enjoy the author's completed works:

The Camellia and the Cat-Ear Grass (A ditzy girl who plays Go x a cool, refined TCM heartthrob, she pursues him)

Come Catch Me, My Nemesis (A beautiful race-car driver x a sharp-tongued Go champion, childhood friends)

On the Lasting Friendship Between Math and PE Teachers (A silly, adorable little girl x a pure-hearted older man, bickering couple, both teachers)

After Flirting with the Wrong Guy, I Became the CEO's Wife (A shy sweetheart x a gentle, goofy CEO, male lead wins himself over, fast-track business startup)

Professor Cen's Childhood Friend (A well-behaved childhood friend x a cold childhood sweetheart, groveling-for-forgiveness romance)

Bound by Love (Designer x CEO, groveling-for-forgiveness romance, male lead gets put through the wringer)

Heartless (Heiress x illegitimate son, coercive possessive love, tragic BE story)

Twin Stars (One woman, two men, love-triangle showdown)

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