Why Is My Boss Treating Me Like This?

The story is complete. Please read the content warnings below the blurb or in Chapter One before deciding whether to read.

CEO x secretary

Powerful man bows to love / man pursues her / coercive romance

Influential young heir from Beijing x beautiful and capable secretary

27 x 24; 191 cm x 171 cm

[1]

The day Guan Mi was framed and fired by her company, rain poured down in sheets.

She crouched on the street with her backpack in her arms. Just as she was about to call her boyfriend, a black Maybach suddenly pulled up in front of her.

The door opened, and a tall man held an umbrella over her, shielding her from the wind and rain.

After that, she became his secretary.

[2]

Guan Mi has a loving boyfriend, and she's certain they'll go from campus to the altar together.

On a business trip to Paris, her boss, Shen Yanfeng, takes her to a luxury boutique to pick out a bag for his fiancée at his family's request.

Suddenly, he points at the display window. "Pick one. I'll buy it for you."

She takes a step back. "Mr. Shen, I have a boyfriend."

Shen Yanfeng pauses, then smiles nonchalantly. "So what?"

[3]

Guan Mi doesn't know how things began between her and Shen Yanfeng. He knows she still has Wen Li on her mind, yet he keeps flirting with her again and again.

By the time Wen Li comes back to her, she and Shen Yanfeng have already reached the point where she spends two days out of every half-month without leaving his home.

Content warnings:

1. The heroine is not a virgin; the hero is, and he has never had feelings for the fiancée chosen by his family, nor has he ever had any physical contact with her. He had already broken off the engagement when he became involved with the heroine. The heroine only became intimate with him after breaking up with her boyfriend.

2. Important, important, important!!! The hero is a bad person: unstable, cruel, and insane, with very little sense of morality!!! He'll stop at nothing!!! If this isn't your thing, please don't read this book. Fiction is fiction, so please don't apply it to real life!!! The hero only becomes a little more normal later, after winning the heroine's love. In the early and middle parts of the story, he's a complete psychopath. If you meet someone like him in real life, get away immediately or call the police!!!

3. The story doesn't progress especially quickly, and the second male lead has a role.

4. The heroine does whatever she wants. If you think she lacks boundaries, or have high expectations for her heart and body, or feel sorry for the second male lead, this book isn't for you.

Blurb screenshotted on July 3, 2025.

Next novel: Secret Crush in the Rain

"I like the moon. The moon doesn't know."

Zhao Xiyu, This Little Thing Called a Crush

Secret crush comes true / reunion after years apart / pursuing his wife

Blurb:

The first time Lin Shuqing met Wei Linsui, she was fifteen. The young, handsome man wore a simple white shirt and black pants. He stood beneath the national flag, smiling warmly.

The principal said his father had donated a library to the school, and he was there to oversee the work.

One day, she found herself sitting on the back of his bicycle.

He said, "Shuqing, this road is a little hard to ride. If you don't mind, you can hold on to my waist."

That evening's sunset, the rosy clouds, the breeze, and the falling leaves all witnessed her cheeks turning bright red.

Lin Shuqing never imagined that this dazzling young man, so far beyond her reach, would become the secret crush that lasted throughout her youth.

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Lin Shuqing sees Wei Linsui again during her junior year of college.

Five years have passed, and she thinks he might remember her.

But the man who once seemed as gentle as a clear breeze and bright moon has long since lost his former warmth. When his friends deliberately make things difficult for her, Wei Linsui merely lifts his eyelids with indifference, as if she's a stranger.

Lin Shuqing thinks the grand secret crush in her heart will finally fade away without a sound. But one day, Wei Linsui suddenly appears at the corner where she finishes work at her part-time job.

On a stormy night, he holds an umbrella over her and takes her hand. "Don't go with him. Be with me. I'll treat you well."

Later, this man leaves everything behind in Beijing and comes to the small city where she lives. He waits at the corner she always passes, just hoping she'll look at him one more time.

Content warning:

1. Both leads are virgins. The hero has only ever loved the heroine.

Theme: You deserve all the best things in life.