The Fog of Beijing Turns Cold

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My next novel is "Offside Entanglement," a story of possessive love and stealing someone else’s partner.

1.

Song Yunzhi first met Ji Tingchuan at an arranged jewelry banquet.

Her father had drugged her. Before anyone could take her away, Song Yunzhi grabbed the leg of a passerby’s ash-gray suit trousers and begged in a thoroughly disheveled state, "Help me..."

Ji Tingchuan looked down at her coldly, the corners of his slightly downturned mouth betraying his impatience.

He stood high above her, while she was as lowly as mud.

No one would be foolish enough to think Ji Tingchuan would step in to help Song Yunzhi. Yet, in full view of everyone, he bent down and carried her away.

2.

Ji Tingchuan was the newly appointed head of a top-tier, powerful family in the capital. Ruthless and decisive, he was no good man, to put it simply.

Song Yunzhi, meanwhile, was an illegitimate daughter everyone in Shanghai looked down on, with an exceptionally sweet and obedient appearance.

When they married, no one in either city thought they would last.

After their wedding, Ji Tingchuan gave her all the power she could want, and Song Yunzhi grew into a bold, imperious woman.

Just as everyone thought the two were a perfect match, Ji Tingchuan's childhood sweetheart returned from abroad.

Rumors that Song Yunzhi was merely a stand-in for his old flame spread like wildfire. She withdrew gracefully and handed him divorce papers.

Ji Tingchuan's low, cold voice scraped across her eardrums like a small knife, stinging painfully. "Song Yunzhi, don't regret this."

The rain fell hard that night, soaking the divorce papers they had both signed.

Ji Tingchuan never imagined that in every sleepless night to come, the one consumed by regret would be him, not Song Yunzhi.

3.

Song Yunzhi had dealt Ji Tingchuan such a blow that everyone thought their divorce was a done deal.

Plenty of people were waiting to watch the drama unfold, until someone noticed

The usually unflappable Ji Tingchuan was forcefully pinning a woman in a red dress against a car and kissing her.

Just as everyone began wondering whether Ji Tingchuan had found a new love, they saw the woman's face.

It was Song Yunzhi.

For the first time, Ji Tingchuan knelt before a woman, humbly begging, "What would it take for you to love me, even just a little?"

"Please, just try to love me..."

-Love is not a comfort, but a nail lodged in the skull.-

A few tips:

1. A possessive, jealous, unhinged man x an icy, elegant black swan who plays sweet and obedient

2. The final line is from Paterson by William Carlos Williams

꙳🦋 ⊹꙳ 🫧 ⊹꙳🦋 ⊹꙳ 🫧

My next novel, "Offside Entanglement," is now open for follows. A story of possessive love and stealing someone's partner.

Blurb:

▲ Stealing someone's love | Age gap | Size difference | Possessive love

▲ Dominant and unhinged man vs. soft on the outside, strong within

Shen Jingqiu first met Pei Yue at her teacher's home.

She was bent over, making tea, when Pei Yue suddenly reached out and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. His fingertips were like the scalding water in a clay teapot, and Shen Jingqiu was caught off guard by the heat.

She looked at Pei Yue through the curling steam. He met her startled gaze and fixed his burning eyes on hers, like a fireball, so direct it was almost offensive.

The next time they met was at an auction. He bid tens of millions for an ancient zither and presented it to her. "It suits you."

Shen Jingqiu took a step back and refused. "It's far too valuable. I can't accept it. Thank you, Mr. Pei."

Pei Yue leaned down, casual as a hunter who had already locked onto his prey. His gaze passed over her shoulder to her boyfriend standing a short distance behind her. "What has your boyfriend given you?"

"Forgive my bluntness, but he's not good enough for you."

"Why not be with me instead?"

Faced with his pointed remarks, Shen Jingqiu's gaze was like a frozen lake, still and unmoved. "If you know it's inappropriate, you shouldn't say it. I have a boyfriend. Please show some respect, Mr. Pei."

Pei Yue laughed low in his throat. "Just because you're his girlfriend means you can't be with me?"

Shen Jingqiu thought he was insane.

After that, everyone around Shen Jingqiu told her to stay away from Pei Yue. He was trouble. Shen Jingqiu wanted no part of it and kept her distance. She only wanted to graduate without a hitch, not invite trouble into her life. But from then on, she could never shake him.

Later, things did not go as she hoped. Her boyfriend's project ran into funding problems, and Shen Jingqiu had no choice but to go to Pei Yue.

He leaned back on a leather sofa, lounging so casually it seemed effortless. But beneath that ease lay the suffocating pressure of a man in power. "You know that from the very beginning, you were all I wanted."

The two of them, separated by a gulf, kept their relationship secret. Shen Jingqiu knew they could never have a future together, so she took a teaching position abroad and ran away.

She thought that if she left the country, he wouldn't be able to reach her. Just as she was celebrating her new life, Pei Yue came after her.

On a stormy night, he pinned her against a floor-to-ceiling window. Sheets of rain crashed down before her, while behind her stood a man whose expression was dark and almost violent.

He pinned the back of her hand to the glass. His palm was hot, the glass cold, and trapped between them, she had nowhere to run.

"Why are you hiding? It's not like I'm going to eat you."

"This city, this whole world, wherever you run, I can find you. So save your strength."

Pei Yue's voice was low, like distant thunder rumbling in through the window. He gripped her chin in the crook of his thumb and forefinger, forcing her to look up at him. "Look at me and say you love me."

She pressed her lips tightly together, refusing to say a single word. She wouldn't even pretend anymore.

Pei Yue lowered his face toward hers, his last shred of patience worn away. "If you won't say it, then I'll make love to you until you want to say it."

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