Port of Immortelle

The story is complete. It has been heavily revised. The only authorized version is on Jinjiang. Pirated copies are incomplete and scrambled, and I take no responsibility for them. [Weibo: Shao Xingyun]

[Coming soon: Crossing Spring Mountain (falling for your brother's nemesis) and The Honeymoon Cool-Down Period (marriage before love). Please add them to your collection!]

[Synopsis]

A gentlemanly scoundrel x a gentle, perceptive woman

Possessive love / an old flame reignited / a powerful man losing his mind

The hero is scheming and dangerous; the heroine is soft, sweet, and irresistible :)

Gu Ying always thought Mr. Shen had no real feelings for her. Their relationship had started by chance on a neon-lit rainy night, and she had simply gotten entangled with him by accident.

It was the first day of snow when they broke up.

As Gu Ying moved out of the hillside estate, the man saw her to the door, his expression utterly blank. "I never look back. You shouldn't regret it, either."

She lifted her lips in a smile and walked away without looking back. "That's exactly what I want."

Beneath the curtain of snow, the man's deep, cold breathing seemed to pause for a moment.

*

After that, Gu Ying never mentioned his name again.

It wasn't long before she agreed to a new engagement. Before the wedding, she told her convenient fiancé bluntly, "Your brother is my ex. Aren't you worried?"

Her fiancé scoffed. "With his couldn't-care-less attitude, you think he'd come steal you away just because the wedding invitations went out?"

*

Later, the invitations were sent far and wide, and Hong Kong's neon lights shone on as always.

Gu Ying let out a sigh of relief. On the day she moved into the wedding home, she wore a red-and-gold dragon-and-phoenix wedding gown, her face glowing with happiness.

The moment she opened the door, she saw the man she hadn't seen in ages sitting quietly in her courtyard.

It was too late to retreat.

He put out the cigarette between his fingers, leaned in, and possessively rubbed her lips.

"Do you absolutely have to marry him?"

Gu Ying couldn't understand why a man who had always been cold and indifferent had lost control like this.

She lifted her face defiantly, determined not to lose. "Weren't you the one who told me not to regret it?"

Shen Shiye's eyes darkened. "You're right."

"...I'm the one who regrets it."

One hand slid inside her wedding gown, gripping her as he asked in a low voice, "But if you have to marry someone..."

"Who could be better than me?"

- 1v1, both leads are sexually inexperienced. Tense, ambiguous push-and-pull at first, then possessive love.

- Hong Kong-style wealthy family drama, set first abroad and then in Hong Kong.

- A little brotherly rivalry, just part of the fun.

(See the content warnings in the author's note for Chapter 1. Please read carefully.)

Coming next: the companion story Crossing Spring Mountain. Please add it to your collection!

[Heiress to a top-tier fortune x mixed-race tycoon | Sweet, naive girl x heartless smiling tiger]

Two wealthy families / falling for your brother's nemesis / chasing his wife

During a once-in-a-decade typhoon in Hong Kong, Shen Jianing had a huge fight with her brother and stormed out of the house.

In the pouring rain, a kind stranger casually handed her an umbrella. "It's windy. You should head home soon."

Beneath the rain, the man's features were striking, his expression gentlemanly and intent.

Shen Jianing's heart stirred. She pretended to be a poor girl with nowhere to go. "Dad doesn't love me, Mom doesn't care about me, and my own brother bullies me every day."

"..."

The man seemed to believe her. He took her into his private home and gave her everything she asked for. Shen Jianing was spoiled by him and became a carefree little princess again.

Until one day, his childhood sweetheart came to visit and laughed at her. "How interesting. You don't know who he is?"

She froze, then learned he was Zong Juyi, her brother's sworn enemy.

Everyone in Hong Kong and Macao knew that Zong Juyi hated the Shen family most of all.

*

Zong Juyi often heard people talk about Shen Jianing, the so-called "hundred-billion-dollar jewel" who was the most doted-on young lady around.

His gray eyes turned dark, and he took note of her.

Miss Shen was innocent and naive, even easier to fool than he'd imagined.

During the days they were together, everyone knew the young heiress was his mistress, with no title or status. She alone was oblivious, never realizing the truth.

When he met her brother at the negotiating table, Zong Juyi greeted him lazily. "How does it feel to have me keeping your little sister?"

He never expected that he would be the one to regret it most.

*

When Shen Jianing disappeared, Zong Juyi rushed back home that very night, but it was too late.

Six months later, the Shen family publicly began looking for a live-in son-in-law.

Once again, it was a typhoon. Zong Juyi barged into the Deep Water Bay estate alone. Shen Jianing stepped out from behind her brother and asked coolly, "Mr. Zong, are you hoping to marry into the family, too?"

Standing in the rain, Zong Juyi stared at her, water dripping from his disheveled hair. He looked utterly defeated.

"It doesn't matter. Just don't leave. ...Don't give up on me."

Both leads are sexually inexperienced, 1v1

Coming soon: marriage-before-love story The Honeymoon Cool-Down Period. Please add it to your collection!

[Beautiful and brazen x steady, fatherly man]

Two wealthy families / true feelings revealed / marriage before love / twelve-year age gap

The Zhou family was the wealthiest family on Zhudao Island. As its heir apparent, Zhou Lanwei was always composed, elegant, and flawless. The one exception was his arranged marriage to a member of the Li family. He treated it perfunctorily and was even rumored to be involved with a gorgeous actress.

The Li family's youngest daughter, Li Ruowei, was sweet, refined, and beautiful, with a delicate charm that outshone even the actresses.

Everyone was baffled. They couldn't figure out what Zhou Lanwei found unsatisfactory.

Until, at a private party, Li Ruowei showed up in a red, bias-cut dress with a swaying hem that barely covered her thighs.

One man danced with her; another bought her drinks.

Tipsy, Li Ruowei walked up to Zhou Lanwei and slipped some cash into his suit collar. "Nice pecs."

Then she turned to giggle with her best friend. "Too bad he's over thirty. Men that age are usually all looks and no stamina."

Everyone: ...?

Zhou Lanwei had always known that young women liked to play around and could date eight different guys in a single day.

At his bachelor party, a friend teased him. With one hand tucked lazily in his trouser pocket, he repeated his usual line: "I'm not interested in little girls."

Li Ruowei happened to hear him. The next day, when they signed the prenuptial agreement, she had the legal team add a clause right in front of him:

No sex after marriage. If either party breaks this rule, they owe the other a hundred million per incident.

Later, during their honeymoon at a snowy hot spring, Zhou Lanwei got a taste of what he had been missing. He had no idea how many billions he had already paid her.

Li Ruowei was so thoroughly overwhelmed that tears fell like pearls. "Didn't you say... I was a little girl?"

Zhou Lanwei tightened his hold, unable to control himself. "You're not little."

Unable to bear it, Li Ruowei pushed against his chest, her voice breaking into a sob. "Divorce! Divorce!"

"Weirui, you're crying too soon."

Zhou Lanwei gently patted her slender lower back.

"I haven't even started punishing you for taking ten strange men's numbers behind my back yesterday."

The hero is a virtuous gentleman; the actress scandal was a misunderstanding.

#Hilarious married life with an older husband and younger wife

#What do you do when your wife is a social butterfly? You forgive her, of course.

Synopsis screenshot from 2024.3.6

Theme: True love can take many forms.