Name: The Aftereffects of Falling in Love
Author: Yi Zhi

Synopsis

(@Yi Zhizhi Na, my next book will be a marriage-first, love-later story. If you're interested, take a look at the blurb and add it to your favorites! And finally, please leave it a rating, mwah~)

[Powerful Man Loses Control | Male Rivals | Slightly Toxic Romance | Age Gap]

Blurb One

When Ye Mingyi was nineteen, her manager drugged her to curry favor with an investor. She barely managed to escape the room, but ran in the wrong direction.

With nowhere left to turn, she met Meng Jinli.

At the time, he was the heir to the biggest entertainment conglomerate, a celebrated young master from the capital.

"Please, help me..."

At the end of the corridor, the man looked down at her with cool, aristocratic indifference. He said nothing, making him seem utterly untouchable.

As the curses from behind drew closer, just when she thought she was done for,

a hand reached out in front of her.

For the next five years, she stayed by his side.

He used his connections to pave the way for her and taught her how to read people and handle situations. He bought out an entire jewelry collection to cheer her up,

and told her in his gentlest voice, "If anyone finds out about us, it's over."

Ye Mingyi always knew Meng Jinli didn't have much affection for her.

After gaining both fame and fortune, she was the one who brought up leaving.

The night she moved out of the villa, snow drifted from the sky.

The suited man lowered his brows indifferently, wiping his glasses with a handkerchief as if it were nothing.

"Mingyi, don't regret this."

Her steps faltered for a moment, but she didn't look back.

Later, they reunited on a dating reality show.

Right in front of him, she chose someone else.

That day, someone forcibly pinned both her hands against a mirror, a tall figure looming over her and trapping her in place.

"You like him?"

The man before her wore a slightly rumpled shirt. His calm features concealed a desperate, crumbling restraint.

"I'm the one who regrets it."

Blurb Two

Everyone knows Ye Mingyi has a wealthy, fiercely protective superfan.

The superfan is great in every way, except for shipping obscure couples on dating reality shows.

The internet's verdict: Mr. Meng has never even smiled at her. How could he possibly be into her?

The paparazzi caught a video of Ye Mingyi kissing a mysterious man.

The footage was blurry. All you could see was someone pinning her against a car window and kissing her over and over.

Some people gleefully went to provoke the superfan in the comments.

While the internet tried guessing the man's name, the superfan posted:

Ba13gf75Hh: [My wife. @Ye Mingyi]

Attached: two marriage certificates.

A few seconds later, the post was reposted.

Meng Jinli: [Sorry, wrong account.]

Netizens: Holy crap???!!!

Striking, resilient superstar & possessive, domineering man in power

Ye Mingyi & Meng Jinli

"I love you, sick beyond saving, beyond all hope"

P.S.

1. Five-year age gap

2. The male lead is truly crazy, crazed by love and hate

3. Not your typical old flame rekindled

4. Includes classic melodramatic tropes

5. Includes a mildly toxic romance

Next up: Lost in the Snowy Mountains

[Marriage First, Love Later | Long-Game Romance | Age Gap]

1.

Mu Ci'en was born into the strict and proper Mu family of the capital, and she loathed its stuffy atmosphere. A romantic hedonist, she decided to make her first bold move against convention.

Unfortunately, she didn't get far before everything went wrong. After one night together, what she handed over before a check was her ID card and household registration booklet.

Zheng Yeshen was the head of the Zheng family, a century-old Hong Kong dynasty. Refined and aloof, he was widely praised for his self-discipline, courtesy, and gentlemanly bearing.

On the first night of their marriage, after reading through house rules thicker than a magazine,

Mu Ci'en held back her anger and pointed at the neatly folded pillows and blankets. "You. Go sleep in the guest room."

The man had just stepped out of the bathroom, water vapor still misting his features. He glanced at her coolly and opened the door to the master bedroom.

Mu Ci'en was secretly pleased when someone suddenly wrapped an arm around her waist and hoisted her up without warning.

"If that's what you want, the guest room works too."

His cool, even voice fell by her ear.

Mu Ci'en: "!?"

2.

Married life was still far too dull.

After being reminded for the thirty-eighth time to sit properly and the forty-second time not to talk while eating, Mu Ci'en decided to get a divorce.

Knowing how much Zheng Yeshen valued rules, she deliberately went wild and crossed every line.

Watching male models walk the runway up close, tipping different handsome streamers seven figures every day for thirty days, throwing a uniform-themed party and inviting handsome men...

The good news: Zheng Yeshen agreed to the divorce.

The bad news: Zheng Yeshen got into a car accident, lost his memory, and reverted to his eighteen-year-old self. He'd forgotten agreeing to the divorce.

"We agreed on this before you lost your memory. Sign it."

In the hospital room, Mu Ci'en dressed flamboyantly in a style Zheng Yeshen hated most, then arrogantly tapped the divorce papers with a pen.

"Things aren't good between us anyway. Let's part on good terms."

Sitting on the hospital bed, the man stared at her for a while before raising an eyebrow. "Is that so?"

The next moment, he unhurriedly undid the buttons of his hospital gown and pointed to a bite mark on his collarbone. "Then whose is this?"

3.

To trick eighteen-year-old Zheng Yeshen into signing the papers,

Mu Ci'en endured the humiliation, though somehow things took a wrong turn.

Dawn broke.

A scorching kiss landed once more on her damp lashes.

"Between me and him, who's better?"

She answered instinctively, "You..."