Plucking Roses

[Weibo: @Xiao Tu Zhiji Zzz. The blurb for *When Day Breaks*, an ongoing dual-strong-lead narcotics undercover reunion romance, is at the end. Please add it to your collection 030] Main blurb: [Lazy, ruthless scion x proud, ambitious heiress] Qing Qiang is the most dazzling rose in high society, with wild, alluring eyes and a capricious temper. The year she first met Jiang Jinfu, Qing Qiang had just graduated from high school. Taking the name Jiang Ciwei, she hid all her wicked intentions and headed straight for the North District to meet the sworn enemy's son she'd heard so much about from her family. At first glance, Jiang Jinfu seemed refined and icy, someone who stood at the center of everyone's attention. Pretty well-behaved, too. Qing Qiang took off her sunglasses and twirled them carelessly around her slender, pale fingers. Maybe I should corrupt him. With that thought in mind, that very night Qing Qiang pretended to be drunk and reached for the red mole on the back of the young master's neck. She curved her lips and gestured to the one between her collarbones. "What a coincidence, Second Brother." "A streak of cinnabar..." Her eyes tilted up, bewitching in the play of light and shadow. "We must be fated to meet." Jiang Jinfu lowered his eyes. When someone else started to approach, he raised his head with casual indifference. "Mm." Qing Qiang hadn't expected the young master on his pedestal to be so easy to lure in. She couldn't be bothered to question what felt off, enjoyed herself to the fullest, then left without a word. "Jiang Jinfu, you're so boring." Her smiling yet merciless words mingled with the blizzard. The next day, news that the Jiang family's young master had gone abroad alone spread across the capital. - When they met again, Qing Qiang was a famously capable schemer, while Jiang Jinfu was a ruthless power player. At a banquet, Qing Qiang gave him a contemptuous smile. "All polished on the outside, rotten within." Jiang Jinfu had just returned to the country. He cut off his friend's indignant retort and called out to her lazily, "Ciwei." People in their circle were glad the two families were at odds and could keep each other in check. But when someone really did use Jiang Jinfu's name to mock Qing Qiang, Jiang Jinfu was the first to speak. Leaning back against the sofa, he lazily lifted his eyelids and gave a scornful laugh. "You think you're worthy?" The next day, that person vanished from the capital without a trace. Later, a video of Qing Qiang poking Jiang Jinfu in the shoulder and sneering at him, word by word, for "never having changed" made the rounds at a banquet. Every curious gaze turned toward them. Jiang Jinfu scoffed, got up, and walked over to Qing Qiang. His prominent knuckles clasped her bare waist, holding her close. With an almost-smile, he said, "Miss Qing and I have been whispering sweet nothings to each other. Would you all like to hear the details?" - [They say the Jiang family has a cellar of fine wine, sealed for generations and never opened, until Jiang Jinfu's time. After he met the Qing family's precious daughter, the century-old wine jar was given a new heart. The young master of the Jiang family wrote on the seal, stroke by stroke: "May I brew rose wine and foolishly obtain all I desire."] *Both are each other's first love, devoted in body and soul. *Sworn enemies become lovers. *The heroine is a self-serving individualist. She puts her own people first, and the hero isn't one of them at the beginning. Blurb for *When Day Breaks*: [Feigns insanity and acts like a delinquent, but is truly a patient undercover agent x brilliant, beautiful, dangerously captivating narcotics officer] In the room next to the crime scene, a man lounged around, finding fault with the hotel staff. His casual words seemed to carry an undercurrent of meaning. Qu Huai, there to assist with the investigation, turned and walked in. Her mind was on the case. She didn't notice that his gaze fixed on her for several seconds as if he'd lost control. Nor did she know that private desire stirred in his clear black-and-white eyes with the draft from the hallway, only to be held back by shadows shifting on the curtains. His feelings surged wildly, and his long, defined fingers trembled slightly. He shoved his hands into his pockets and grinned rakishly. "How could I forget? You're the one I had plans with today." Qu Huai thought nothing of it at first. Then the manager beside her hurriedly began, "Mr. Cen..." At once, she fixed her eyes on him. "Cen?" * Qu Huai, captain of the city police bureau's narcotics squad, is unstoppable and undefeated, admired by her superiors and respected by her subordinates. She charges ahead, growing stronger and stronger, seemingly incapable of being stopped by anything. No one knows that a wanted poster, drawn and redrawn countless times, hangs in her heart. The fugitive pictured on it is her first love, Shen Feicen, who cheated on her. At sixteen, innocent and naive. At eighteen, she fell in love. At nineteen, everything fell apart. Shen Feicen vanished from the world. Qu Huai rarely takes an interest in anyone, and rarely lets anyone go. She will make him confess and face justice. But their online romance had ended without ever meeting face-to-face. Qu Huai could only grit her teeth and resent him for twelve years. In the thirteenth year, she met Cen Chuan. A slick, roguish bastard who reminded her of Shen Feicen. My love is within reach, yet we can never be together in this life. At least unrequited love is a beginning. [At last, day breaks. We gaze out at a bright and shining world. Then we embrace, then we kiss, then we hold on to each other for the rest of our lives.] *Both are alphas, both each other's first love, devoted in body and soul. Happy ending. *The blurb focuses on the romance, while the main story gives equal weight to both plotlines. Both the romance and the case will be explored in detail. *An acting power couple, clashing in public and joining forces to solve cases in secret. *Both protagonists are committed to justice and move forward without hesitation. Any emotions or actions that suggest otherwise are part of their undercover personas. Please add my author page to your collection! Upcoming novels: *Burn to Ashes*, a small-town pseudo-sibling romance: dark moonlight x a completely mad attack dog; *High Tide*, a high school healing romance: free-spirited girl x world-weary boy; *Fishing for Fame and Desire*, a powerful Hong Kong family romance: cold-hearted woman x man in power; *Bear with Me*, a college romance: sweetly clueless girl x young master; *The Sharp-Tongued Elf Lady*, an urban reunion romance: sharp-tongued x shameless flirt. Click through to my author page to read the blurbs! Please, please, please don't hold back on adding them to your collection Theme: If the mountain won't come to me, I'll go to the mountain.