You've Kept Me Entangled for So Long

Gorgeous and takes what she wants x outlaw who operates within the law Second chance at love, she runs and he chases, together from the start, no flashbacks In the fifth year of her relationship with Chen Tian, Li Ai ran away from him and accepted the seventy million her mother-in-law offered her. She went to a small island abroad, eight thousand kilometers from Qinggang, thinking she'd never cross paths with Chen Tian again. But just over twenty days later, Chen Tian found her. "Am I only worth seventy million?" That was the first thing Chen Tian said after finding her. Seventy million was a bit insulting to him. The jewelry he'd given her over the years was worth at least ten times that much. "Li Ai, do you have a conscience?" "Just assume I don't." After spending a short while trying to keep him at bay on the island, she ran away again. That same day, she received a text: [It's eight thousand kilometers from Qinggang to Suli Island, and it took me just twenty-five days to find you. Guess how long it'll take me this time?] - Sure enough, he found her again soon. But by then, she had become his sister-in-law. When they met again, Li Ai didn't plan to run. She used his older brother, Chen Qiyun, as a shield, but she'd overestimated Chen Tian's sense of decency. He simply took her by force, as brazen and arrogant as ever, without a care for anyone else. "Chen Tian, are you out of your damn mind? You think you're still in China? This is Thailand! This is my turf!" Chen Qiyun warned him. Chen Tian just said, "Even on your turf, I'm still a step above you." Chen Qiyun thought he was just putting on a show. "And what are you going to use to get the better of me?" "No matter where we are, money comes first. If I want to, I can always stay one step ahead of you." Chen Qiyun clenched his fists, unable to refute him. "If you want to fight me for Li Ai, you'd better be ready to spend," Chen Tian said, lifting his chin and raising the corners of his eyes. "But are you willing to spend ten or a hundred billion on her?" Chen Qiyun froze for a moment. While he was still stunned, Chen Tian answered the question himself. "I am." - Chen Qiyun was no help. Li Ai still couldn't get away from Chen Tian. After Chen Tian forcibly dragged her away from Chen Qiyun, she yelled at him, "Chen Tian, you can't damn well live without me, can you?!" She was cursing him, not asking him a question, but he answered anyway. "That's right. I can't live without you." "Go to hell! You think you're some kind of lovesick saint? You're a lunatic! A psycho! A pervert!" Though she was cursing him out, Chen Tian smiled instead of getting angry, as if lost in memories that were wild, thrilling, and almost unbearably pleasurable. He curled his lips, looking delighted. "Keep going." Li Ai seemed to remember something too, and froze in shock. "Go on," he said, leaning closer with a wicked smile. "Baby." P.S.: 1. Both are virgins, and both are Alphas. 2. The entertainment industry only comes up at the very beginning. 3. Not realistic. Outrageously extravagant, indulgent, and exhilarating, extremely strong, extremely unhinged. It's neither a sweet romance nor an angst fest. It's just thrilling. If this isn't your thing, please move on. Next up: another novel about the Chen family boy band, The Rules of the Upper Class Career-focused, powerful woman x obsessive, lovesick, emotionally unstable man They say you should never meet someone too dazzling when you're young. For nine years, nine whole years, Ran Ran couldn't forget Chen Qisheng. Chen Qisheng came from a prominent family. Nine years ago, his parents opposed their relationship. With nothing but love for each other and no power to fight back, they had no choice but to part ways. At twenty-seven, Ran Ran finally put Chen Qisheng behind her and started a new relationship. But that was exactly when the man who had disappeared for nine years, whom she'd worked so hard to forget, showed up in front of her again. He was no longer the carefree, smiling young man she remembered. Now he wore a suit, with a composed air and metal-framed glasses perched on the bridge of his nose. The glasses made his sharply defined features look even more refined and aloof, like a gentleman. But his actions were anything but gentlemanly. He wasn't refined or composed, either. On the contrary, he was forceful, arrogant, and ruthless, stopping at nothing to get what he wanted. One night, rain poured down in sheets. Thunder roared outside as lightning ripped through the sky. Inside, Chen Qisheng pinned Ran Ran in a corner and kissed her like a madman. "Chen Qisheng!" Ran Ran shoved him away with all her strength and slapped him hard. "I have a boyfriend!" Chen Qisheng pressed his tongue against the inside of his cheek and gave a faint smile. "Dump him. Be with me." "Why should I?" "Because I love you more." He pressed close again, emotions surging in his dark eyes. "Because I've thought about you every moment of these past nine years. Because I gave up physics, and, just so I could be with you, fought tooth and nail against those people every day, becoming the inhuman, shameless man you say I am now!" "Chen Qisheng, do you really love me? Or are you just resentful?" "I'm not resentful. I just want to tell you," he said, looking deep into her eyes, "I can give up all of it: my dreams, my character, my principles. I only want you." Premise: Long live freedom