A Secret Invitation

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Isolated and helpless x a man at the top

A pretty, obedient, flirtatious schemer x a possessive, controlling, fatherly man

Pseudo-incest / age gap / rekindled love

1.

When Shu Er was seventeen, she followed her mother to the Ning family home.

Ning Yanchi regarded the mother and daughter as if they were invisible, his gaze cold and indifferent.

Ning Zexu, about Shu Er's age, was furious, making a scene and insisting that they be thrown out.

Everyone thought that even though Shu Er was living in the Ning household, she and Ning Yanchi would never have anything to do with each other.

After all, their status gap was like a chasm.

But in a hot, hazy corner, a uniquely cool scent drew closer and closer, trapping Shu Er in a tiny space.

Ning Yanchi held the back of her neck. His voice was low and compelling, and the possessiveness in his eyes could no longer be hidden.

"Be good. Let me hold you for a while."

His tall, lean frame cast a deep shadow, shattering every pretense that they were strangers. Forbidden vines grew wildly.

2.

Shu Er knew perfectly well that Ning Yanchi was the one who held real authority in the Ning family, so she did everything she could to win him over.

Later, Ning Yanchi lifted her chin, his dark eyes gleaming with an inscrutable light. "You tempted me. Did you ever think about the consequences?"

Everyone said Ning Yanchi was aloof and self-possessed. Only Shu Er had seen him without his defenses: gloomy, obsessive, and fiercely possessive and controlling.

When their relationship was discovered, Shu Er left the country without looking back.

Ning Zexu shook his head. "That little deadweight has no conscience. And you treated her like the apple of your eye."

"Shut up. If I hear you call her that again, you'll regret it." Ning Yanchi suppressed the darkness swirling in his eyes and forced down the violent urge to lock Shu Er up. "She'll come back eventually."

Since his little rose wanted to go out and see the world, he would let her.

3.

Four years later, Shu Er was stopped as soon as she left the airport.

Inside the car, Ning Yanchi looked up and fixed his gaze on her. His thin lips curved into a smile. "Darling, it's time to come back and be Mrs. Ning."

Shu Er looked innocent. "But you're my brother."

Ning Yanchi pulled her onto his lap, his burning breath brushing her ear. "What kind of brother am I? We're going straight to the marriage registry to get our license."

/Shu Er was the little rose growing in Ning Yanchi's heart, nourished by his most passionate love./

* Ning Yanchi welcomed this love with open arms.

[Reader's Guide / Content Warnings]

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced and remain faithful to each other, with an eight-year age gap.

2. The heroine's mother is only the hero's father's mistress. They never married and aren't registered on the same household record. There is no romance between them while the family relationship exists.

3. Please don't compare this novel to others. If it's not for you, move on.

♥

==My next novel, Extreme Devotion, is coming soon! Please add it to your favorites!==

Dazzling, headstrong heroine x powerful man / age gap

Little princess x influential Beijing power player

1.

Ming Xi, the little princess of the Ming family, posted a photo of her marriage license on her social media.

But the man she'd married wasn't Qin Yiming, the man she'd been involved with for nearly two years.

That day, Qin Yiming was abroad with his ex-girlfriend.

Many people thought Ming Xi had done it to spite Qin Yiming. Even Qin Yiming himself believed it. Deeply regretful, he called her. "Xixi, let's make up..."

He hadn't finished speaking when a lazy, satisfied male voice cut in. "My wife can't come to the phone right now."

2.

Ming Xi disappeared after announcing that she'd registered her marriage. Worried, her childhood friend went to her home, only to find Qin Yan answering the door.

Qin Yan was the head of the Qin family, a discreet and mysterious man known for decisive ruthlessness, someone everyone considered beyond reach.

Of course, he also had another identity: Qin Yiming's uncle.

Her childhood friend was dumbstruck at the sight of Qin Yan's cool, dignified face.

The next second, a pair of pale, delicate hands wrapped around Qin Yan's waist from behind. His wide sleeves slipped down to his elbows, revealing slender white forearms dotted with red marks.

"Who's there?" The voice was sweet and soft, still a little groggy.

A large, well-defined hand covered hers and gently caressed it. Qin Yan's voice was full of affection. "Darling, your friend is here."

Her childhood friend was shocked. "You actually used President Qin as a stand-in! If he finds out the truth, even Uncle Ming won't be able to protect you!"

Ming Xi glanced at the man busy in the kitchen. "What if Qin Yiming is the stand-in?"

3.

On the day she came of age, Ming Xi confessed her feelings to Qin Yan, but he rejected her.

He said, "Xixi, you're still young. Maybe what you feel for me is just admiration."

After that, the proud little princess never spoke to him again.

Later, seeing Ming Xi hold Qin Yiming's arm and sweetly call him "Uncle Qin," Qin Yan, who had always been cool and self-controlled, experienced a storm of jealousy for the first time.

Qin Yan thought that even if Ming Xi only admired him, it didn't matter. He would teach her how to love him himself.

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What he raised with love should belong to him.

Core theme: Love means protecting her freedom to grow.