Taking the Bait

[Rekindled Romance After Marriage] [Wealthy Families] [Age Gap] [Goofy Comedy] A gorgeous, mischievous heiress who loves to ham it up and play the field x a cold, celibate-looking heartthrob who says one thing and means another Also: king of terrible puns x a CEO who surfs the internet at 5G speed Zhou Wangshu had her eye on a man: Chen Chiyu, president of Shanglin Capital. He was on the other side of her family's feud. But that wasn't a big deal. She was only playing around. Rumor had it that Chen Chiyu hated women and never touched them. Still not a big deal. Zhou Wangshu liked men who posed a challenge. Another rumor said that anyone who tried to seduce him came to a terrible end. Still no big deal. Zhou Wangshu was born rebellious and wanted to see for herself just how terribly he could make things end for her. Later, Zhou Wangshu succeeded in winning Chen Chiyu over. Remembering those rumors, she looked at the man pressed so close to her that there wasn't even a sliver of space between them and teased, "I heard you hated women and never got close to them?" The aloof heartthrob replied with a saucy line: "I don't get close to women. I only get close to you." But then a problem arose. Not long after saying that, Chen Chiyu discovered he was a stand-in and resolutely broke up with her. (The heroine has no one she secretly loves. She uses every man as a tool.) Now that was a big problem. But right then, the Chen and Zhou families made peace and prepared to form a business alliance through marriage. Zhou Wangshu decided on the spot that she'd lost her man, so she'd just have to win him back. Chen Chiyu was completely bewildered. The woman he'd just broken up with was now going to marry him??? When they met again, Chen Chiyu said, "Zhou Wangshu, are you trying to drive me to my death?" "You're giving me too much credit. Our marriage was arranged by our elders, and the old man should have told you that I'm fine with a marriage in name only. After we're married, we won't need to see each other outside of necessary occasions, unless..." Zhou Wangshu paused, then said, "You want to see me." "I'd rather die than want to see you." The man who said he'd rather die than see her later became the one who called her "Baby" at every turn. Zhou Wangshu: "See? I told you it wasn't a big deal." P.S.: 1. Both leads are each other's only partners. 2. The male lead is mistakenly thought to hate women. 3. The heroine plays the fool to catch the tiger. She seems love-struck, but is actually all about her career. 4. Don't jump to conclusions about any character or plot point. There are lots of twists. Next up, a story from the Chen family boyband series: A Long Time Tangled with Me Please add it to your reading list~ In the fifth year of her relationship with Chen Tian, Li Ai ran away from him. Before leaving, she even took seven million yuan in severance pay from Chen Tian's mother. She went to a small island overseas, eight thousand kilometers from Qinggang, thinking she'd never have anything to do with Chen Tian again. But just over twenty days later, he found her. "Am I only worth seven million?" That was the first thing Chen Tian said after finding her. Seven million was a bit insulting to him. The jewelry he'd given her over the years alone was worth at least seventy million. "Li Ai, do you have a conscience?" "Just pretend I don't." She hadn't been there long before she gave him the slip again. That day, she received a text: [It's eight thousand kilometers from Qinggang to Suli Island. It took me only twenty-five days to find you. Guess how many days it'll take me this time?] He did find her again soon, but by then she had become his sister-in-law. When they met again, Li Ai didn't plan to run. She used his brother as a shield, but she had overestimated Chen Tian's moral scruples. He simply snatched her away, as brazenly as ever, caring nothing for anyone. After he forcibly dragged her away from yet another one of his brothers, Li Ai yelled at him, "Chen Tian, you can't fucking live without me, can you?!" She was cursing at him, not asking a question, but he answered anyway: "That's right. I can't live without you." "Fuck off! You think you're some kind of devoted lover? You're a lunatic! A psychopath! A pervert!" After being cursed out like that, Chen Tian didn't get angry. He laughed instead, as if lost in memories that were wild, thrilling, and almost unbearably pleasurable. His lips curled, his expression delighted. "Keep cursing." Li Ai seemed to remember something too, and suddenly froze. "Go on," he said, leaning closer with a wicked smile. "Baby." P.S.: 1. Both leads are each other's only partners. 2. The story opens in the entertainment industry, but it isn't an entertainment-industry novel. The heroine plans to retire from showbiz right from the start. 3. If you have very high moral standards for the leads, proceed with caution. Theme: Cross the darkness and reach the stars