Folding the Beauty Into My Embrace

[The sweet, age-gap romance Marriage Brings Blessings is now being serialized. Please add it to your reading list!]

Fiercely competitive x sweet on the inside, timid when it counts

The month Hua Shu was trapped in a bandit den, she carefully charmed the scarred man to stay alive.

Inside the thatched hut, she forced a smile and tremblingly loosened her sash again and again, letting the moonlight fall across her graceful figure.

At last, she lulled him into lowering his guard and escaped.

Not long after Hua Shu returned home, Fourth Master Huo, missing for many years, suddenly came back victorious at the head of a great army.

She joined everyone in welcoming him, then saw the familiar scar on his brow. Her face went deathly pale, as if struck by lightning.

The bandit had been the fourth uncle she'd never met!

*

Huo Ting commands the armies of the realm and wants only lasting peace for the land. He has never cared for love.

Until he was badly wounded and went into hiding in the mountains, where he met a gentle, considerate young woman.

"I truly love you."

"I want to stay by your side and sew your clothes and cook for you every day."

"And warm your bed every night..."

After she repeatedly showered him with tenderness, he began to think about taking a wife.

But she turned out to be a silver-tongued little liar!

Well... then she can't blame him.

*

While Huo Ting was away on campaign, Hua Shu hurried to arrange a marriage.

On a snowy, windy night, the man appeared by her bed like a ghost. His expression was cold and his voice icy. "You've given me your virtue. Do you still intend to marry another man?"

Hua Shu wept in panic and begged shyly, "We were intimate, but it never went all the way. Fourth Uncle, please pretend it never happened."

In the next instant, he suddenly pushed her onto the bed. The red curtains were warm, and the night passed in passion.

The man brushed the damp hair from her cheek with his fingertips and lightly touched the red mark on her snowy neck. "And now, Shu'er, who do you want to marry?"

Reader's Guide:

1. Bittersweet romance, possessive pursuit + forbidden tension + an old flame reignited

2. Old-school melodrama. The male lead is 28, the female lead is 16. One-on-one, both leads' firsts, happy ending.

3. The male lead is the heroine's adoptive father, and she is staying with him. They are not related by blood! Their uncle-and-niece relationship will be dissolved.

Marriage Brings Blessings is now being serialized. Please add it to your reading list!

Yun You first met Bo Sinian at an engagement party.

The man wore a white Zhongshan suit embroidered with green bamboo. Refined and gentle, he walked in beside her aunt.

They were a perfect match, and congratulations poured in.

At the time, someone had pushed her into the swimming pool, leaving her in a sorry state. He ordered a servant to bring her a blanket.

Under the bright sun, she looked up at the raised platform. Among all those people, only he seemed to glow with a warm golden light.

*

They met again five years later at a hilltop club.

The man wore a black Zhongshan suit embroidered with a dark dragon. Thin and stern, he now carried a black-and-gold cane in his left hand.

He passed her at the entrance, got into a Maybach, and disappeared into the thick rain and mist.

Because her old motorcycle wasn't allowed inside, she was five minutes late to park, and their blind date ended badly.

Yun You smiled without a word. The gap between their social classes was too great, and she hadn't expected much in the first place.

*

Bo Sinian didn't announce his marriage until nine months after registering it, and the bride turned out to be an illegitimate daughter.

Everyone in their circle was in an uproar. Rumor had it he was only appeasing his family, and that the marriage wouldn't last.

Especially after they heard that Yun You was a laid-back street artist.

After all, Bo Sinian was an extremely meticulous man who scheduled his time down to the second.

But everyone waited in vain for news of a divorce. Instead, they heard that Bo Sinian had spent a fortune putting on an art exhibition for Yun You.

A childhood friend was curious and asked him about it. As usual, Bo Sinian was too busy to pay attention.

But if someone asked, "Why is the last line of your schedule covered in cartoon animals?"

Bo Sinian would briefly put his work aside and answer with warmth in his eyes, "My wife gets to decide what I do after work."

*

[All my life, I've followed the rules. You're the one late rebellion of my youth.]

Sweet-and-sour You x clingy Sinian

Marriage first, love later + an old flame reignited + unrequited love comes true

Reader's Guide:

1. The male lead is 29 and the female lead is 23. A sweet-and-sour love story.

2. His engagement to her aunt was purely business. One-on-one, both leads' firsts, happy ending.

3. The male lead has a minor, noninvasive procedure on his right leg. He can walk without a cane. (He's got great stamina, ahem.)

Theme: Sensible girls deserve the very best.