The Allure of Romance

[New story in my author collection: So She's a Nine-Tailed Fox. Please add it to your reading list.] The rising power He Lianyu is all the rage in the capital. He is tall, strong, and distinguished by his family background and military achievements. A man like him is destined to be an untamed hawk. However outstanding he may be, few would dare entertain romantic thoughts about him. His family is too powerful, his nature too wild. He is no suitable match. Then, on a snowy winter night, a young woman arrived alone at the Wuji Residence. Her beauty was utterly incomparable, like an immortal fallen into the mortal world. She begged the nobleman to give her a chance to turn her life around. He Lianyu was in high spirits. The very person he had been hoping for had delivered herself to his door. The man soothed her, stroking her cheek. "Don't be afraid. Since you've come to me, I'll take care of all of this for you." Later, this woman became the apple of He Lianyu's eye, and he fell so deeply that he could not pull himself free. Rumors flew through the capital. Many knew that a woman was being kept in luxury at the Wuji Residence by the young Prince He Lian. She was so capable that she had managed to tame such a renowned playboy and make him willingly fall at her feet. He even began to consider going through the full marriage rites and bringing her home to the Wuji Residence as his bride. But the woman refused to appreciate his feelings, avoiding his sincerity as if it were a viper. "We agreed on two years. After that, you'd set me free." Qin Leyao had loved freedom all her life. She did not want to be bound by conventional rules and etiquette, much less end up like those women confined to their household compounds. So when the two years were up, she planned to leave the capital and let the lovestruck He Lianyu cool off first. They could figure out the rest later. Her former mentor, Xiao Jingzhou, hurried over when he heard the news, offering advice and helping her make arrangements. But not long after she boarded the boat, He Lianyu intercepted her. The young, imposing general strode over with a dark look in his eyes, staring at the man of unusual status sitting beside her. "You rejected my feelings and refused to marry me. Now you're leaving with him?" "Yaoyao, come back with me. I'll let you have your way in everything else." [Clear-eyed canary, powerful man going mad over a love he can't have] [Both leads are unconventional and evenly matched, a wolf with a leopard] Please add So She's a Nine-Tailed Fox to your reading list. The foremost of the cultivation world's Five Taboos: if a cultivator dies and their soul does not enter reincarnation, but instead is reborn into a living creature of the mortal world, they defy the laws of heaven and violate the Dao. Anyone who encounters them must kill them without mercy. Wen Ying, the senior sister of the Piaomiao Sect, spent her life vanquishing demons and defending the Dao. She never imagined that one day she would become an abomination reborn in the body of a demon beast. She had no time to dwell on it. Demon energy surged through the depths of the forest, and an ancient great demon with golden vertical pupils was slowly approaching. A massive lion's head emerged from the shadows. Wen Ying's fur stood on end, and she knew she could not escape. Those cold golden eyes looked down upon her, bringing an overwhelming sense of oppression. "Every demon beast born in the Exile Realm must give everything to the King's arrival, including its life." - Wen Ying first met Ran Ming in a forest in the Exiled Wastes. She had been reborn in the body of a newborn demon beast. The strange celestial phenomena and surging spiritual energy at her birth attracted many demon beasts, who came hoping to devour her. As the demons gathered, the fearsome ancient demon, the Cage-Emperor Lion-Griffin, subdued them all, intending to claim the flesh for itself. But a Venerable, appearing out of nowhere, snatched her away. The True Person Cijing, master of the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers on the Bohai coast. Wen Ying had already heard that this man had a volatile temperament and was prone to unpredictable moods. His only love in life was raising demon beasts. Rare birds and beasts roamed his valley, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers was also known as the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts. No matter how arrogant the Cage-Emperor Lion-Griffin was, it was only in the Exiled Wastes. The Bohai coast belonged to cultivators, and as long as she remained under the protection of the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, it would never dare force its way in. But later, after a long dream one night, the endless mist cleared, and the lion's cold vertical pupils approached with slow, graceful steps. Its thick paws held her firmly down by the back, forcing the scarlet fox to crouch on the ground. She thought her time had come, but a tingling shiver that reached deep into her soul ran along the back of her neck. The lion's thick tongue was covered in barbs. Wen Ying instinctively narrowed her eyes, unable to resist the red fox's natural pleasure at having its fur groomed. She heard a bewitching, dangerous voice say: "You were born with the bloodline of an emperor. My wife should not be tamed by mere humans. Come back. Return to my side." Later, when the tribulation of life and death descended, the world's sole Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox passed the threshold of the Profound Gate and took human form, commanding all beasts to submit. In the fire lotus throne that accompanied the empress, she grabbed Ran Ming firmly around his taut waist and belly "I heard you shouldn't rub a cat's belly. Is that true?" #Love-triangle melodrama, two men pursuing one woman. A shameless romance warning.# #The heroine is a fox at first, and the hero is a mighty lion.# #There is a second male lead's redemption arc, but the male lead won't change.# Theme: Keep striving for self-improvement