Crimson Longing

[Complete~ If you've read the whole thing, please leave a five-star review, cuties qwq~] [Cool and aloof on the surface, but actually a beautiful, crazy black-hearted angel x domineering, calculating, scheming CEO older sister] [Check out my upcoming novel, They All Love Me Until They Go Mad, 1vN/all female villains/blurb at the very bottom!] -- Fourteen years ago, the Lu family adopted a little girl. Eight-year-old Bai Jinqing was cool and aloof, like solitary snow. But she was the person Lu Huan hated most. Because she took half of everything that had once belonged solely to Lu Huan: her room, her toys, and her mother's affection. Fourteen years later, Lu Huan inherited the family business. With her long black hair and domineering, high-handed ways, she hadn't changed at all. When they met again, Bai Jinqing had grown into a stunning young woman, like a cold flower blooming on a high, inaccessible peak. When Bai Jinqing threatened to fight her for something once again, Lu Huan didn't reject her with the same disgust she'd shown as a child. Instead, she changed tactics. She would reel her in, love her, and spend the nights entwined with her in intimate, ambiguous embraces, teasing and deceiving her. She would make Bai Jinqing trust her, depend on her, and even fall in love with her. Then, once she had finally achieved her goal, she would sever all ties. That night, outside a karaoke lounge beneath the torrential rain... The woman crouched on the ground, curled in on herself, her eyes red. She looked like an abandoned stray cat. Lu Huan came over with an umbrella and crouched in front of her. Seeing the red mark beneath her snow-white neck, Bai Jinqing grabbed Lu Huan's clothes in a disheveled panic. “You said you wouldn't fall for anyone else.” Lu Huan gripped the umbrella handle and steeled herself. With a cold sneer, she said, “Don't you understand yet? That was all a trick to deceive you.” Bai Jinqing's voice trembled. “But I believed you...” Lu Huan stood up and moved the umbrella aside, letting the icy rain fall on Bai Jinqing. Her voice was cold, full of ridicule and sarcasm. “But I didn't.” 2. Bai Jinqing had loved someone for fourteen years. Whatever Lu Huan did to her, Bai Jinqing accepted. Anything at all, if it came from Lu Huan, was a joy to her. Bai Jinqing could accept Lu Huan bullying her, deceiving her, and even using her. But there was one thing she could never accept: Lu Huan falling for someone else. When she saw the person she longed for holding someone else in her arms, Bai Jinqing could no longer keep up the act. She laid a trap, lured Lu Huan in, then deceived her into a secluded house. It was another cold, damp night of rain. In a room thick with desire, Lu Huan's hands were bound, and darkness shrouded her vision. The vivid red ribbons winding around her body made her skin look even paler. “What are you going to do?” In response, Bai Jinqing pinched one end of a ribbon and leaned over her. “Don't you understand yet, Sis?” Between their sweat-soaked bodies and ragged breaths, Bai Jinqing's words were bewitching and crazed, winding around Lu Huan like tangled threads. “I want you to love me forever.” “Forever, love only me, ” -- Reading guide: 1. They take turns in the relationship. Both have a pursuit arc. Happy ending, both are each other's first and only, and neither falls for anyone else. 2. Sex before love (important). 3. Imperfect characters (important). 4. Read at your own discretion~ Note: They were never listed on the same household registration. Blurb screenshotted on April 17~ ◎Upcoming novel: They All Love Me Until They Go Mad ◎1vN, all female villains. Please add it to your favorites!!! Dark + twisted + exciting + a little melodramatic (?) I'm working on the chapters now, and it'll be out soon. If you like it, please add it to your favorites~ Blurb: [Sweet on the outside, dark within vs. ???] -- Xu Shuang was beautiful, with an innocent, charming smile. People had adored her ever since she was a child. The neighbor who had watched her grow up was a famous up-and-coming actress, kind and considerate. She was always there as a confidante, helping Xu Shuang work through her troubles. Her high school chemistry teacher was tall and slender, with long black hair. She seemed cool and dashing, but she would patiently point Xu Shuang in the right direction whenever she felt lost. Her mother's girlfriend, a kind and gentle stepmother, would tenderly apply medicine to the wounds on Xu Shuang's back, blowing warm, delicate breaths over the pain. And the fallen beauty she met during a one-night stand was Xu Shuang's ideal partner. After their first night together, Xu Shuang became her sugar mama, and the two of them planned their future together. But when the masks came off, everything changed The gentle actress suffered from a severe psychological illness. The day she could no longer hold back the sickness, she would press a bloodied knife against her own chest and beg Xu Shuang to promise never to leave her. The chemistry teacher carefully guided her every moment, but under the guise of offering advice, she would trick Xu Shuang into a dark basement. Her stepmother soothed her to sleep, but when Xu Shuang was lost in a tender dream, her hand would slither toward her neck like a venomous snake... The fallen beauty who had shared her bed night after night vanished without a trace. When she appeared before Xu Shuang again, it was as the richest woman in Lin City. That day, Xu Shuang could never have imagined that the beauty she once kept would stand before her with an air of superiority, throw down a thick stack of cash, and force Xu Shuang to become one of her many lovers. Tenderness, guidance, care, love... They were all illusions on the surface. Beneath those seemingly beautiful shells lurked filth that could never be brought into the light. One night, Xu Shuang packed her bags, determined to flee this city full of deception and danger at every turn. But she didn't know that danger was closing in step by step. Late that night, on an empty road, a car came speeding toward her and forcibly stopped her escape. Covered in blood, Xu Shuang crawled out of the car. She struggled to open her eyes through her hazy consciousness and saw red-soled high heels slowly approaching, with several figures overlapping behind them. “You can't run away yet, little one.” The woman's teasing voice drifted through the night, full of meaning. At that moment, a flash of lightning illuminated the people behind her. The woman crouched down and lifted Xu Shuang's chin with her slender fingertips. A sick smile flickered in her beautiful eyes. “We're... not done playing yet.” “...” Reading notes: 1. All the women are villains. They love power and themselves more than sincere affection, including the protagonist. 2. Modern alternate setting, same-sex marriage is legal. 3. This novel is not recommended for reading with your brain or moral compass switched on. 4. Not all characters are virgins. If that's important to you, don't read. 5. Every character will have her own storyline~ Everyone, please add it to your favorites!!!! . Theme: Love is careful, one step at a time.