XHS @Erchuan Chuan
Playboy x Good Girl
Whenever the older generation mentions the Fang family of the compound, they sigh and say the family had fallen on hard times years ago. When disaster struck the Fangs, even their collateral branch was dragged down with them, and they'd never recovered.
They also say it's fortunate that the Fang family's daughter turned out so well: beautiful, well-behaved, and sensible from childhood, she graduated from a prestigious university and smoothly married the young master of the Shang family, one of the compound's wealthy families.
But on their wedding day, Shang Congjing didn't look at her once.
That wasn't a surprise.
Fang Yiqiu had known for a long time that his heart belonged to their mutual friend, Yu Xiaomai.
Unrequited love from the heroine / walk away after tossing the ball / coercive love
Content warning: The male lead used to love someone else.
Note:
This story is set in a fictional world. Some real place names are used only to create atmosphere. All characters and events are fictional. The main characters are ordinary businesspeople or office workers, and no scene or plot point reflects real life.
Next book: East of the Undercurrent ↓
Cool and prickly x refined scoundrel
Eight-year age gap, older man
Lin Wu once saw Zhou Du in Bincheng.
It was an April night, with the fragrance of flowers all around. The tall man stood beneath a camphor tree, looking up, while someone fussed over him attentively. It only made him seem more languid and arrogant.
At the time, she thought only that he was handsome, with sharp brows, bright eyes, and an air of unfathomable nobility.
After a sudden upheaval, Lin Wu was taken to live with the Zhou family in the capital.
The Zhous were a discreetly wealthy, distinguished family. Within their high walls and deep courtyards, she understood her position and was always obedient and sensible, careful in everything she did.
At first, everything was perfectly normal. Then one day, Zhou Du decided that from then on, he would personally pick her up from school every Friday.
After that, Friday became the day she dreaded most.
Later, the Zhou matriarch tried to arrange a match between Lin Wu and her grandson, Zhou Qingyue.
After Lin Wu and Zhou Qingyue went on a date, Zhou Qingyue came knocking at her door that night. When she didn't answer after several knocks, he called her.
On the other side of the door, a phone kept vibrating on a mist-blue armchair.
Zhou Du held Lin Wu trapped in his arms, his tall frame hemming her in. His breath brushed her nose as he asked with deliberate cruelty, “Why aren't you answering?”
Lin Wu slapped him and cursed, “You beast.”
She didn't know that the first time she'd called him that, three years earlier, he'd savored it all night.
Theme: Some people are born to love deeply
Is this the Four Loves text? Female or male?