The Macau Pursuit

Please add the sequel to "Gentleman" and "Chasing Macau" to your reading list w [Macau-Hong Kong romance | Age gap | Fake uncle and niece | Powerful mogul brought down from his pedestal] [Brooding, refined Mr. Meng x sweet, coquettish Miss Shen] On the surface, Shen Handai is an alluring rose in Hong Kong's elite circles, admired from afar and disdaining everyone. But some young heirs privately sneer and speak the truth plainly: "She's just a canary the Shen family raised to marry off. What does she have to be so proud of?" Meng Xingzhi is the head of the Meng family in Macau. His eyes look tender no matter whom he sees, but his methods are extremely ruthless, and he is renowned for his cold, heartless nature. Even after an accident left him unable to walk, no one dared to criticize him behind his back. And Meng Xingzhi's legs became a taboo everyone silently observed. Until one evening at a banquet, the Shen family's pampered canary, emboldened by alcohol, sat on Meng Xingzhi's lap in full view of everyone. Shen Handai wrapped both arms around Meng Xingzhi's neck and cooed, "I'm sleepy..." As everyone silently prayed that Miss Shen wouldn't be thrown out on the spot by Meng Xingzhi's bodyguards, Meng Xingzhi soothingly stroked her back. The tenderness in his affectionate eyes seemed ready to spill over. "Then sleep in my arms." To achieve her goal, Shen Handai set aside her pride and pursued the head of the Meng family, a man feared by everyone in their circle. But as she kept pursuing him, she suddenly realized that Mr. Meng seemed to have developed genuine feelings for her. Afraid he would discover the real reason she'd deliberately approached him, she used buying his birthday present as an excuse to make her escape. In the underground parking garage, the silver metal wheelchair reflected a cold, harsh gleam on the ground. Just like the man sitting in it. His affectionate eyes held a doting smile, yet they sent a chill through Shen Handai. He asked softly, "Where are you going, Dadai?" Shen Handai stammered, "H-happy birthday..." The smile finally faded from Meng Xingzhi's eyes. His hand gripping the wheelchair armrest tensed until the veins stood out. "What a wonderful 'birthday surprise.'" [Reading Guide] 1. The hero has a leg injury, not a disability, and will recover later. The hero is older than the heroine. 2. The heroine isn't a typical flirt, and the hero isn't a typical father figure. 3. This story has countless original worldbuilding details. No comparisons or idea-mining, please. I'm not your source material. 4. Thanks to Jiuyan for commissioning the artwork. Upcoming Hong Kong-style romance "He Came to Watch My Movie," please add it to your reading list [Devoted young heir vs. unfaithful actress] Hong Kong star Gu Manzi has been known as a pretty face for years. Her acting is so terrible it's painful to watch, and mainland entertainment news has written her off: "The last pure, innocent beauty of Hong Kong entertainment, but a wooden doll of a beauty." It wasn't until Gu Manzi won Best Actress for her role as an unfaithful woman in a Hong Kong art film that she finally shed her pretty-face label. On the day her award-winning film premiered, Xu Yanzhou, head of the Xu Group, happened to return from overseas. Mr. Xu was always low-key and mysterious. His first public appearance back in the country drew a frenzy of attention from Hong Kong media, leaving no one interested in Gu Manzi's premiere. But no one expected the young heir to the Xu family to head straight from the airport to Gu Manzi's premiere, rent out the theater, and watch the new Best Actress's award-winning film alone. Waiting outside, the Hong Kong media speculated that the young heir had taken an interest in Miss Gu. But after he watched the film, a group of reporters asked him what he thought of Gu Manzi's acting. He answered offhandedly with four words: "She played herself." Everyone in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau circle knew that years ago, Xu Yanzhou, the young heir of the Xu family, had voluntarily given up his position as the family's successor for a girl he'd raised himself. He'd loved her deeply, but she'd only used him. Later, Hong Kong media uncovered the story, and people learned that the girl who had betrayed Xu Yanzhou was actress Gu Manzi. Now that the young heir had returned from overseas and set his sights on Gu Manzi, everyone in the industry guessed she would soon be blacklisted and her career crushed. Even Gu Manzi thought so herself. To protect her career, she did everything she could to curry favor with Xu Yanzhou. Just when she thought things between them had improved, she pleaded with him in a meek voice: "Can you let me go?" Instead, Xu Yanzhou locked her in the car and kissed her as punishment. After the kiss, he gripped her chin, his eyes full of mockery. "You and I are enemies to the death." Upcoming sequel "Before the Curtain Falls in Hong Kong and Macau," please add it to your reading list [Clingy mixed-race princess x doting young gentleman] Meng Xia'er is Macau's brightest jewel. Her parents dote on her, her family protects her, and she's been pampered since childhood. Even her fiance is one of the most outstanding men in Hong Kong's elite circles. During summer vacation when she was eighteen, she went to Hong Kong Island for an appointment and accidentally rescued a boy. From then on, she had a little follower named Meng Huai, who obeyed her every command. At first, everyone thought Miss Meng was simply being kind. But later, when they saw that she and Meng Huai were inseparable, the upper circles of Hong Kong and Macau realized that the marriage between the Meng and Nian families was surely doomed. Nian Junjing was a born winner, always proper and composed. At a young age, he was already a leading talent among Hong Kong's elite gentlemen. But he had been engaged since childhood to the daughter of Macau's Meng family. The two had grown up together, and Miss Meng was famous for being spoiled. Countless society ladies could only watch from afar, longing for him. As rumors of the Meng and Nian families breaking off the engagement spread further and further, they finally reached Nian Junjing's ears. The distinguished young gentleman had lost face, and everyone thought the engagement was over. But Nian Junjing went to Macau in the middle of the night and had the villa where Meng Huai lived sealed off. Meng Xia'er rushed over in her pajamas to save the situation. Her fiance, always so courteous to her, forcefully kissed her in front of Meng Huai. After the kiss, Nian Junjing held her face and spoke with a mocking edge. "Meng Xia'er, have I spoiled you too much all these years?" Everyone said Meng Xia'er was impossibly spoiled and that sooner or later Nian Junjing would have enough. All of Hong Kong and Macau waited to see her make a fool of herself, but no one knew that Nian Junjing himself had spoiled her into being this way. Theme: Sincerity deserves sincerity.