Now Comes the Lying Round

(The pirated version is incomplete and the plot is inaccurate)

* Ambitious Wall Street witch × flirtatious, seemingly innocent mastermind

* Enemies to lovers / two scheming undercover agents at loggerheads / she pursues him, then the aloof beauty gets a taste of his own medicine and chases her

*To avenge herself, Wall Street witch Xie Zhao assumes a false identity and becomes a trusted guest of her enemy.

To steal classified information, she has to pass through the bedroom of a mysterious guest.

She has seen the mixed-race young master brusquely turn down other girls trying to talk to him. His strikingly beautiful face is always expressionless, his manner polite but distant.

She narrows her eyes. “I like him. He’s mine.”

Before long, everyone says she’s bewitched this aloof beauty.

His cool eyes are always secretly following her, and whenever she catches him, he awkwardly looks away.

One night, she knocks on his bedroom door and claims the water heater in her bathroom is broken, asking to borrow his.

His hair is damp, his shirt wet and slightly transparent. He leans lazily against the doorframe, looking down at her.

“Coming to my room this late… is it really just because of the water heater?”

His gaze drifts from her lips to her eyes.

She smiles. “What else were you hoping I came for?”

Their eyes meet. He shyly lowers his gaze and politely lets her in.

But she doesn’t know he’s actually a lie-detection expert hired by her enemy, and he’s getting ready to catch her.

*

Prosecutor’s Office lie detector Jiang Ci has a nemesis.

She’s a suspicious financial tycoon.

To investigate her, he assumes a false identity and deliberately gets close to her, always looking for a chance to expose her lies.

[His phone gallery holds thousands of photos of her, taken from every angle]

[Wherever she goes, he sticks close, but always keeps a polite distance]

[Whenever she speaks, his eyes fix intently on her lips]

Today, she scrutinizes him with her sharp, cold eyes.

“I’ve known your secret for a long time.”

His heart stops.

Then the schemer says confidently,

“You have a crush on me, don’t you?”

Jiang Ci: ???!

The good news: I haven’t been exposed as an undercover agent today, either. The bad news: everyone says I’m my nemesis’s lovesick puppy.

*Financial tycoon × prosecutor’s office lie-detection expert

A woman no one can read × a man who can read anyone’s heart

New money × old money

The schemer falls in love, the self-restrained man falls hard

A battle of wits that rages from the business world to the battlefield of love

[Please, everyone, be sure to read the detailed content warnings! Everyone has different tastes. If it’s not to your liking, drop the novel immediately!]

1. They are each other’s first and only love. A lighthearted, pure-love comedy with a monogamous couple.

2. The male lead is an old-money heir | younger man | chaste and passionate.

3. The leads are both imperfect. The female lead starts out as a cold-blooded capitalist, at times ruthless and at times lost. But she grows and finds herself. This is a story about a dragon slayer who doesn’t become a dragon, not about a purely evil woman, a paragon of virtue, or an omnipotent, perfect, strong female lead.

4. The female lead pursues the male lead first. The self-disciplined, proper man rejects her at first, then gets his comeuppance. Readers who prefer a passive female lead, take note! Most importantly, this is a love story! It’s not a strong-female-lead story with no CP; the male and female leads enjoy flirting and playing cat and mouse.

5. Important!! Readers who dislike Mary Sue stories, feel-good romance, sugary sweetness, and over-the-top comedy should take note! The male lead comes from a wealthy and powerful old-money family. After he falls for the female lead in the second half, he secretly uses his family’s influence to protect her, spends lavishly on her, and gives her satisfying face-slapping moments. If that bothers you, don’t read it!!

6. This novel has lots of twists and foreshadowing, and the characters and story are fairly complex. Please don’t take things out of context and spread rumors!

7. Everyone has different tastes and perspectives; there’s no way we can all like the same things. I’ve done my best to flag potential deal-breakers! Everyone has different pet peeves and favorite tropes. If it’s not for you, drop it. Thank you!!

The novel is complete! I may polish it up from time to time. Any future updates will be bonus chapters. The pirated version is incomplete, so please support the official release. Anti-piracy measures are enabled for 80% of the text.

Theme: Women's growth and self-redemption