Falling into the Night

Shi Ruoling was gentle and quiet, an unremarkable heiress among Hong Kong City's elite families.

Xie Wenci was cold and ruthless, a top power broker whom no one in Hong Kong City dared offend.

No one ever connected these two people, so different from each other.

Who could have guessed that Xie Wenci would not only shower Shi Ruoling with endless affection, but also give her a marriage everyone envied?

Everyone said Shi Ruoling was lucky, and even she thought so.

But then Shi Ruoling unexpectedly regained her memories and realized that the two years of marriage and her family's love had all been nothing but a bubble, an illusion.

She wasn't "Shi Ruoling" at all, but her twin younger sister, Si Ruoning.

Shi Ruoling disappeared before her wedding; Si Ruoning lost her memory in a car accident.

After discussing it among themselves, the Shi family sent her to the Xie family as her older sister. She enjoyed everything that should have belonged to her sister, including the man who made her intoxicated with desire and unable to quell her love.

Si Ruoning knew all too well what kind of man Xie Wenci was.

When he loved someone, he wanted them to live; when he hated them, he wanted them dead. Everyone could be a pawn in his power struggles. Naturally, that included her.

From the moment she learned she was just an impostor, only two voices filled Si Ruoning's head:

One berated her drunken self for daring to cry and insist on being Xie Wenci's little empress, riding on top of him.

The other racked its brains, plotting how to slip away unnoticed from under the watchful eyes of this ruthless big shot.

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Later, Xie Wenci got into the habit of having phone sex with his beloved kitty every night he was away on business, just to lull her to sleep.

But today, more than a dozen calls in a row went unanswered.

He sensed something was wrong and hurried back to Hong Kong, only to discover that his kitty had run away.

He searched all of Hong Kong City and finally found her in a village blooming with wildflowers.

As he approached with a cold gaze and a chilling presence, Si Ruoning stumbled backward in fright and stammered, "B-brother-in-law, what are you doing here?"

Brother-in-law?

Not big brother, not Daddy, not darling husband.

Well, the man found that novel.

He grabbed Si Ruoning's hand tightly. Though furious, he smiled warmly. "Baby, I've finally caught you."

(Blurb written on February 25, 2026)

Theme: Saving her from the edge of fate