Night in Lu City

[Completed. Please read the content warnings before opening this novel.] [If side stories are updated occasionally, the novel will still not be marked complete once the side stories are finished. This is a free novel, and I don't want to accept any one-star reviews.] The unexpected death of the person in charge of the Li family gave the wealthy wives' circle plenty of new gossip. “His little lover has really kept her head down all these years. She never had children of her own, but treated his son like her own. Now that he's dead, she must have finally made it through.” “Not necessarily.” “Why not?” “Doesn't he still have an eldest son who's been abroad all this time? He's a few years older than her, too. I hear he came back a few days ago. Who knows whether he'll put up with her?” Just imagining them clashing was entertaining. They'd wait and see. But no one knew that, in the cold cracks between morality and convention, the love he had developed for her, hidden from the light, disgusted him even as it enthralled him. White rabbit x smiling fox The heroine is weak, very weak, and has no chance against the hero. Please don't expect a wish-fulfillment story told from the heroine's perspective. The hero is a scheming, sly old fox, a well-mannered gentlemanly puppy. Little mom story, everyone is a terrible person. - *Content warnings: This is a kink-focused story and very far from mainstream values. The combined triggers could circle the earth 10,086 times. These include, but are not limited to, coercive possession, forced sex, a powerful man and weak woman, brothers turning against each other, and other major triggers that may cause physical discomfort. *This is a labor of love. I didn't start writing this novel to use a free story to drive traffic to my other work. Even if it did, I wouldn't earn a cent. I wrote it because I couldn't find a stepmother story that perfectly matched my kinks, so I made my own. I've been reported way too many times, and just barely managed to keep the story up. Please be understanding. *This is not a traditional happy ending. If you're unsure, you can skim the ending first to see if you're okay with it. *This is the first installment in the series [We Crossed the Boundaries of Morality and Walked into Love's Forbidden Zone]. The whole story is a collection of the author's kinks, and writing it was incredibly, incredibly, incredibly satisfying. Theme: Build sound values and maintain social stability