Devour

Now published and available for preorder. The signed-copy event will be on Weibo~ Reader’s guide | Main story: forced possession, happy ending | IF route: sleeping fiancé, scheming powerful man, and broken heroine [Important: To be absolutely clear, Zhao Xiting and Meng Qiu are one of a kind, as are the experiences they go through. Whether in the main story, extras, or IF route, stop translating my work back into Chinese and copying my dialogue or plot structure. And stop filing off the serial numbers or borrowing Zhao Xiting and Meng Qiu’s characterizations. Otherwise, see you in court.] [Powerful Beijing socialite x ordinary college student] [Possessive pursuit] The first time Meng Qiu met Zhao Xiting was in his private gallery, where every piece was priceless. She joked quietly to her friend, “Even if a bracelet this beautiful belonged to me, I wouldn’t dare wear it.” A few days later, on her birthday, that very bracelet was delivered to her. Meng Qiu entered the circle of the capital’s rich young men by pure chance. Zhao Xiting was the most popular one there, and also the most low-key. No one dared bring up his parents or family background, and people outside the circle assumed he came from an ordinary family. But Meng Qiu knew one of his residences was close enough to hear the morning bells beyond the red walls and yellow-tiled roofs. Still, she didn’t want to get entangled with him. Later, her long-distance boyfriend ran into serious trouble. Zhao Xiting listened, took a drag of his cigarette, stubbed it out, then smiled at her. His expression was as easygoing as ever, but there was a hint of menace in his voice. “Break up with him.” ◆“Loving you is my indictment.”, Zhao Xiting - Reader’s tips: 1. Happy ending, both leads sexually inexperienced, seven-year age gap 2. Old-school flavor, with plenty of melodrama. Includes possessive pursuit, which inevitably leads to conflict between the characters [Important]. The male lead is no good person [guaranteed]. This is not a sweet romance and won’t suit everyone. 3. The plot serves the story. The characters’ values do not represent the author’s. 4. A little bittersweet in every sense, with a touch of sweetness. The male lead is a model of fidelity, devoted to her from beginning to end. 5. Lots of fictional details. The leads’ backgrounds and characterizations are there to create the atmosphere, so don’t apply them to real life. You can treat this as an alternate setting. My other book, Domination, is now underway: delicate darling x gentlemanly madman For a similar story, see my author page for Commonplace [Beijing Circle] [Possessive pursuit] Ordinary college student x powerful Beijing socialite A few years ago, there was a running joke in the capital’s social circles. Tan Zhengming had spent three hundred million yuan on a mansion in Yancheng, turning it into a gilded cage for his lover. He had built it to keep her there, but she still left. A few years later, someone asked, “Why are you leaving that mansion empty instead of selling it?” Tan Zhengming raised his eyelids and glanced at them. He took a drag of his cigarette with a half-smile. “She still needs a place to live.” There was something telling about the way he said “needs.” - When Zhong Yue was a student at Yanda, she got herself into a messy situation. Circumstances forced her to get together with Tan Zhengming. She didn’t exactly make a graceful exit, either. When she went abroad as an exchange student, she got a boyfriend. One day, her boyfriend got drunk in her apartment. And Tan Zhengming, whom she hadn’t seen in a while, showed up in front of her, looking carefree as ever, his eyes fixed on her with a fierce intensity. - For a story in the same series and setting, set in Hong Kong’s social scene, see Corrupt Alliance on my author page. [Possessive pursuit] [Forbidden romance] Check out the blurb~ Theme: You are my tides and moonlight, and the earth shaking beneath my feet