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The blurb for my next book, Echoes of Jinggang [Rekindled Love], is at the very bottom.

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Hong Kong circle | Marriage before love | Age gap | Size difference

Chinese-Italian mixed-race daddy x beauty who performs Nanyin, an intangible cultural heritage

"Love isn't a game of wits, or a weighing of pros and cons. I love you, so I'm willing."

Rumor has it that Huo Tingzhou, the new head of the Huo family, the foremost of Hong Kong's four great houses, is aloof and ascetic, with ruthless methods. He is the person the entire Hong Kong elite fears most.

Lin Qiwu never thought she would have anything to do with someone so powerful, until that rainy night.

The man was aristocratic and cold. Without a word, he stubbed out his cigar and glanced at her with an inscrutable look.

With nowhere else to turn, the helpless girl clung to his neck like a fawn seeking help. Her soft lips brushed his earlobe. "Sir, I have nowhere left to go. You're the only one who can help me..."

Before everyone's eyes, the man bent down and carried her away himself.

-

Everyone else thought Lin Qiwu was wasting her efforts trying to latch onto Huo Tingzhou.

Until word spread through Hong Kong's elite that Huo Tingzhou had spent over a hundred million to commission top-tier jewelry for her, reserved a royal guard of honor and an entire castle for her, and even bought a private satellite named after her without hesitation...

Even more shocking, the bride at Hong Kong's widely publicized wedding of the century was none other than Lin Qiwu.

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No one knew that her marriage to Huo Tingzhou began when he saved the Lin family from ruin.

Late one night.

The room was dappled with light and shadow, the air thick with intimacy, yet Lin Qiwu pulled out the divorce agreement she had prepared long ago.

"Mr. Huo, thank you for taking care of me..."

Before she could finish, his arm closed tightly around her waist. Lin Qiwu fell onto his lap, and his burning lips captured hers.

As her heart raced, the man panted and murmured against her ear. What he tore to pieces on the floor wasn't just the agreement...

"Baby, answer me..."

"Do you still want more, hmm?"

Reader's note:

1. The male lead is completely devoted in both body and heart, and has only ever loved the female lead.

2. I'm bad at writing blurbs, and this is a new author's work. Please don't offer writing advice in any form.

3. Some plot details are fictionalized. If anything involving professional knowledge is incorrect, please point it out kindly.

4. *Source: the internet.

Coming soon in my author profile: Echoes of Jinggang, my next book.

Top-tier drama queen x repressed, unhinged man

Marriage alliance between wealthy families | Age gap | Old flames rekindled | Rekindled love | Equals in power

The Huo family of Hong Kong Island is a well-known prestigious clan.

As the Huo family's only daughter, Huo Xintong is not only stunningly beautiful, but also uniquely elegant in temperament. She is known as the Rose of Hong Kong Island.

She has countless suitors at her feet, but has never once deigned to give any of them a second look.

When news of her arranged marriage broke, the social circles on both sides of the strait were in an uproar.

The reason was that her intended was the new head of the Meng family, a top mainland conglomerate.

Rumor has it that Meng Yunian has the delicate bones of a beauty and an air of refined nobility. Yet he stands at the pinnacle of wealth and power, making him an even more untouchable figure than the fabled aloof beauty.

A business marriage with no love involved in exchange for the freedom she had enjoyed for the past four years.

Huo Xintong, who had always put her family's interests first, agreed without hesitation.

That is, until the wedding date was set and they finally met in person.

They faced each other across a curtain of crystal lights. Meng Yunian wore a solemn expression, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose. His cool eyes behind the lenses seemed to smile, yet not quite.

Huo Xintong's heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively wanted to run.

The man suddenly grabbed her slender wrist. His tall, imposing figure loomed over her, completely enveloping her.

"What, pretending you don't know me?"

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No one knew that when Huo Xintong was studying in California, she had personally plucked this untouchable flower from its lofty perch.

In public, beneath Meng Yunian's gentle exterior was a coldness that ran to the bone.

In private, he gave her anything she wanted, indulging her without limit.

She enjoyed his exclusive devotion without a care, yet remained clear-eyed.

It was nothing more than a brief, unspoken affair.

So she left without a second thought, flying back to Hong Kong Island that very night and cutting off all ties.

Three years passed with no word between them.

When they met again, Huo Xintong gazed at him as if looking across a lifetime.

She shed the ladylike mask she had long grown tired of, her eyes showing not a trace of lingering attachment. "Wouldn't it be better to forget the past?"

The next moment, the man lifted a strand of her hair and kissed it, speaking in the familiar gentle tone she remembered:

"But Rongrong, I can't forget."

He knew how spoiled, willful, and carefree she was beneath that pretty exterior,

yet he willingly bowed his head and went mad for her.

He did then, and he does now.

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[Post-marriage bonus scene]

Huo Xintong had to admit that she and Meng Yunian were a perfect match in certain ways.

She never tired of exploring new things, and he patiently went along with her every step of the way.

Until he put her in handcuffs. His dark eyes gave nothing away as he gazed at her, his voice hoarse:

"Rongrong, get on top."

Theme: Preserving intangible cultural heritage and protecting love