Falling Prey

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Blurb: The male substitute rises to the top, then the tables turn and he has to win his husband back.

Yu Li, the finance department's campus beauty, comes from a wealthy family. Radiant and bold, she always has a new partner by her side.

No one knows she has secretly loved Meng Xuanzhi for years. She carefully stays by his side as a friend, never daring to cross the line.

Every relationship Yu Li has ever had bears Meng Xuanzhi's shadow, until she meets Lin Jingsi.

Sometimes Yu Li feels that Lin Jingsi doesn't fit the role of a substitute at all. After all, Meng Xuanzhi changes female companions as often as he likes and lives carefree. Lin Jingsi, on the other hand, is chaste, restrained, and rational.

The only thing the two have in common is the way their eyes look when they smile.

The day Meng Xuanzhi decides to go abroad, Yu Li finally lets go. She deletes every way of contacting Lin Jingsi. In the dim living room, only the television flickers.

Outside, rain pours down. Someone knocks. She sees Lin Jingsi standing there, soaked through by the storm, his hair hanging over his forehead and leaving only his tear-bright eyes visible.

He asks, "Could you choose me, just once?"

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Lin Jingsi has always thought that Yu Li agreeing to date him was the greatest stroke of luck in his life.

Whenever she stood up for him, he thought it meant she loved him deeply.

So the sensitive, suspicious Lin Jingsi tried hard to hold back, giving his partner plenty of personal space. Only now and then did he dare show how clingy he could be, making himself as meek as possible.

He never expected it to end with a message saying she had deleted him.

He couldn't bear to let her go and couldn't accept it, so he tried desperately to win her back, pleading with her.

Then one day, he saw another man with eyes that looked just like his own smiling eyes, blown up on a projection screen.

It was the first time Yu Li had seen Lin Jingsi's eyes turn red as tears fell in big drops.

Flirtatious little enchantress x pure-hearted clingy puppy

Content warnings:

1. The heroine and her unrequited love will never be flirtatious. They are just friends.

2. The heroine has several ex-boyfriends, but their relationships never went beyond hand-holding and hugging. The hero is her first love.

3. He really is a substitute; the hero is hopelessly in love, and the main theme is putting him through the wringer.

4. Written for my own enjoyment, with a touch of melodrama.

Upcoming novel: Drink Her to Quench Your Thirst (Reborn)

A story of chasing one's wife after losing her

Qin Qianxue was once the beloved legitimate daughter of the prime minister's household.

To marry Xie Ci, she willingly took on the reputation of a nation-destroying beauty and stepped over mountains of corpses. She removed every obstacle, all so she could send the man she loved to the throne with a spotless name.

After scheming and plotting, Qin Qianxue finally got her wish.

But the day before the wedding, she was framed and thrown into prison. She had made too many enemies over the years, and everyone was waiting to laugh at her.

Qin Qianxue even saw the man she loved among them.

By then, Xie Ci was a celebrated regent. He merely cast her a cold glance and sighed.

"Why bother?"

Qin Qianxue's mind reeled. She died unexpectedly in a prison fire. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back at eighteen.

Her parents were alive, and her friend had not yet been implicated for pleading on her behalf and left dead without a complete corpse.

Qin Qianxue came to her senses and tore up the marriage contract that had been weighing on her father's mind.

Then she grabbed her sword and left.

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Xie Ci had been cold-hearted since childhood. The only person to make him fall in love was the daughter of the Qin family, who had always met him with swords drawn.

Later, when memories of his past life returned, he came down with a sudden fever that night and nearly failed to recover.

Xie Ci caught the sword Qin Qianxue thrust at him. His eyes were redder than the blood in his palm. "The one who stood by and did nothing was him, not me."

"...Don't treat me like this."

*

The day Qin Qianxue died, a rare heavy snow fell on the capital. Everyone said that the demon had been vanquished and heaven had sent down its blessing.

Only Xie Ci sat on the white jade steps Qin Qianxue had once spent a fortune renovating for him, and did not blink for a very long time.

-She was like an alluring cup of poisoned wine.

P.S. The heroine was lovesick in her previous life. After being reborn, she turns dark and kills her husband.

Upcoming novel: After Discovering My Ex-Boyfriend's Secret [Entertainment Industry]

Years later, Shi An and Zhou Cir ran into each other in the rain as night began to fall. Surrounded by people, she headed toward her van. As she glanced back, she met the gaze of a man holding an umbrella ten meters away.

They saw each other again at a charity gala.

By then, Zhou Cir was a renowned tycoon in W City, while she was merely a rising young actress.

Reunited with an old flame, he looked at her coldly from above and asked, "Have you ever regretted dumping me back then?"

Despite his provocation, Shi An kept smiling. "No."

Zhou Cir stormed out.

By chance, Shi An discovered Zhou Cir's Weibo account. He didn't seem to hate her nearly as much as he claimed.

She pinned him against the door and pressed him for an answer.

He lowered his eyes, doing his best to remain restrained and polite. "Miss Shi, I'm just doing my job."

"Oh?" Shi An slowly scrolled all the way to the bottom of his Weibo. "You mean helping me fight the antis, clear up rumors, boost my stats, and guide my fans? That sort of work?"

Zhou Cir: "..."

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Rising star Shi An has won countless fans with her alluring eyes.

Tabloid gossip reveals that she once broke a man's heart when she was young.

People dig into his identity and discover that he is none other than top tycoon Zhou Cir, a man who can send the entire stock market into turmoil with a wave of his hand.

Everyone is waiting to laugh at Shi An and watch her get suppressed and blacklisted.

Then one day, a major fan account known throughout the industry for posting idol photos every day suddenly changes its name, gets verified, and posts an update.

[Zhou Cir V]: .

The entire entertainment industry is stunned.

Heartbreaker x haughty knight

No real-life inspirations

Theme: Everyone is an individual, with a unique light of their own.