Spring Water Circles Around

A similar story: After Deceiving a Noble Young Master [Flirtatious, teasing heroine X morally upright but darkly obsessive hero] Cui Lanyin is married. Her husband, the eldest young master Xiao Lin, is gentle and courteous. But he's difficult to get close to and terribly dull. With no one to confide in, she writes down her thoughts in a notebook to amuse herself. Strangely enough, every “wish” she writes comes true. Little by little, Lanyin grows bolder and starts writing whatever she likes. My beloved's hands are pale as jade and long and elegant. I wish I could touch them... My beloved's waist is slim and strong. I wish I could hold him... Though these wishes don't come true, her husband's gaze grows more and more intense and frightening, as if he wants to devour her Lanyin: ...? How interesting. / Xiao Lin is the eldest young master of the Xiao family, a man of integrity who keeps his desires in check and strictly observes proper conduct. He hears that Cui Lanyin loves someone else and restrains himself, keeping his distance. Later, he finds a notebook. At first, its contents are fairly ordinary, but they grow increasingly bizarre. One day, it even boldly says: “...My beloved dragged me behind the artificial hill. I tried to run, but he grabbed me tight and kissed me...” At a certain banquet, busybodies crane their necks, hoping to watch the former lovers meet again. But Cui Lanyin is nowhere to be seen. Someone claims they saw her disappear behind the artificial hill. [Bonus scene 1] One day, Xiao Lin is nearly drugged. Cui Lanyin is summoned to his room. The eldest young master holds out an empty bowl and says to her: “Either stay and help me... or lock the door and let me suffer the consequences myself.” Lanyin decisively locks the door, from the inside. [Bonus scene 2] Lanyin has a secret: Her husband is wonderful when he's his usual gentle and refined self, but she likes it even more when she brings out the side of him he keeps hidden. Especially when he makes her answer, through helpless sobs, whether she thinks his hands or her beloved's hands are prettier... Xiao Lin has a secret: He's never been a good person, especially not when it comes to Cui Lanyin, the mischievous woman who knows just how to stir his heart. Whenever she smiles at another man, he wants to lock her away so that, day after day, year after year, she can look only at him and smile only at him. If she won't listen, he'll teach her to. He knows that thinking and acting this way is wrong. Fortunately, Lanyin... seems to enjoy it? Reader's guide: 1. Happy ending, one-on-one romance 2. Fictional setting, many original details After Deceiving a Noble Young Master Shen Changpu has nowhere else to turn, so she takes a keepsake to the Wei family. She hopes to exchange the life debt she is owed by the eldest young master, Wei Qusui, for money to go to Jiankang and search for her relatives. The elegant young nobleman looks at her with haughty disdain and says coldly, “How interesting. You actually dared to try that on me.” Shen Changpu never imagined he would deny knowing her. Not only that, he orders his men to forcibly take away the bracelet she brought as proof. Fortunately, the young master's stepmother is kind. Shen Changpu manages to keep her hand and stay in the household. The madam kindly warns her, “The eldest young master detests commoners. Give up that unrealistic hope as soon as possible. Once you reach Jiankang, perhaps the Wei family can find you a suitable match.” Shen Changpu understands. The young master has lost his memory and thinks she's a liar. Why would she make a fool of herself by approaching him? But Wei Qusui refuses to let her go so easily. As heir to the century-old Wei clan, Wei Qusui holds a lofty position in his family and is even permitted to enter the imperial court wearing a sword and boots in the emperor's presence. When the head of the Wei family is away, he has the final say. Shen Changpu is terrified he'll heartlessly throw her out, or refuse to let her travel to Jiankang with the Wei family. So whenever Wei Qusui questions her, she makes up a story about how they fell in love at first sight, fell even harder the second time, and pledged themselves to each other the third. Then she puts on a convincing show of someone whose heart has been broken, but who still understands that he lost his memory. Shen Changpu admits that she harbors some resentment, and deliberately says these things to make the pristine young nobleman uncomfortable and disgusted. He looks down on commoners. He looks down on her. She really did save his life, but he has forgotten her kindness. Gradually, the young master's gaze shifts from disgust to confusion, then from confusion to inner turmoil. By day, he curls his lip in a cold sneer. “Still lying to me? Have you decided how you want to die?” Late at night, he sits by her bed and asks through silent tears, “Why did you turn me into this?” Things seem to be getting rather strange. The young master seems to have gone mad. Fortunately, she's about to get married, too. / Shen Changpu never gets married. She has already admitted in front of everyone that everything besides saving his life was a lie. They were never in love, and they never pledged themselves to each other. She even swore never to appear before him again. But Wei Qusui still won't let her go. When he hears this, the veins in his jade-white forehead stand out as he flies into a rage, looking as though he wants to kill her on the spot. / Wei Qusui bears his ancestor's name and has always cultivated himself to be pure and upright, rejecting unnecessary feelings so that his forebears' disgraceful history will not repeat itself. But ever since he met Shen Changpu, all kinds of forbidden emotions have taken root in the depths of his heart. Hatred, resentment, fury... An obsessive hatred. He hates her so much he wants to tear her limb from limb. Wear her skin, swallow her flesh, and hold her bones in his arms. She turned him into this strange creature. Naturally, she has to stay by his side forever. / “Didn't I tell you I could never fall in love with you?” “Why do you keep saying things like that to tempt me?” ★Coming soon: The Gentle Husband I Picked Up Is the Crown Prince★ After losing both her parents, Wen Zhuxin wants to take in a poor, kind-hearted man as her husband to protect her enormous inheritance from greedy relatives. One day, during a heavy rainstorm, she rescues an injured young man on her way down the mountain. Simply dressed, kind-eyed, and suffering from amnesia, he seems like the perfect man, delivered right to her doorstep by Buddha himself. After she takes good care of him, they marry soon afterward. Once they are married, Wen Zhuxin gives him a comfortable life of luxury, and he backs her up as they fight off her uncles, who want to seize her entire estate. She thinks they could happily go on like this, but one day her husband regains his memory and tells her he has to leave. Only then does Wen Zhuxin discover that the husband she picked up is the crown prince. He has to return and resume his life as a noble crown prince. Wen Zhuxin naturally can't stand in his way, but it isn't until three days after he leaves that she realizes they haven't divorced. She can't even imagine being married to the crown prince, so surely the marriage doesn't count. She takes it upon herself to tear up their marriage contract and plans to find another kind and gentle husband to marry into her family when spring comes. But when matchmakers swarm the Wen residence, ten miles of wedding gifts from the capital fill the front courtyard. At the same time, her husband, who disappeared for the entire winter, is ushered in by a crowd. He looks around, smiles faintly, and says, “What kind of husband are you looking for, Miss Wen? Would someone like me do?” Wen Zhuxin: !!! She's been caught cheating by her ex (crossed out) crown prince husband! Is she going to die?! ★Coming soon, contemporary romance: She's Not Well-Behaved★ Everyone around the jewelry heiress Ren Baojia knows she has two “fathers”: one is her real father, and the other is her childhood friend Song Huaijin, who is five years older than her. Song Huaijin is a promising successor to a hundred-billion-yuan conglomerate. He's unfailingly courteous to everyone, always keeps an appropriate social distance, and never gets caught up in gossip. Except when it comes to Ren Baojia. He interferes in every part of her life. He scolds her for wearing short skirts in winter, staying out past eleven, eating ice cream in an air-conditioned room, drinking at parties... Her best friend can't help sticking up for her. “Okay, he's super handsome, but why does he check up on you every day? Even your own father doesn't keep tabs on you like this! How do you put up with it?” Ren Baojia glances at her phone, where another call lights up the screen. She sips the drink he forbade her to have and says, “I like him this way.” Her friend: “Right, one loves to fight and the other loves to be hit!” Later, Song Huaijin shows up in a custom-tailored suit, looking like an elegant gentleman fresh from a banquet. He politely greets everyone there, then hoists Ren Baojia, who has once again stayed out too late, over his shoulder and carries her away. Ren Baojia shrieks for help. Her friends simply raise their glasses in farewell. Keep acting. You're really putting on a show. That night, even the Hong Kong media are stirred up. They rush out a clickbait headline: “Explosive!!! The Iceberg Young Master Song Turns into a Volcano. Why Is He So Furious at Ren?” / After the Song and Ren families arrange their marriage, nobody thinks it will last. The young couple are complete opposites: one is carefree and loves having fun, the other is strict and disciplined. The media and online spectators speculate about when the two will split up. After following them, paparazzi report this exchange: Ren: My friend is coming back from overseas today. I'm going out drinking with them until midnight. Don't try to stop me! Song: Fine. Wait for me in the bathtub when you get back. Ren: Okay! Not only do they stay together, their relationship gets better and better. Someone asks Song Huaijin if his life is a constant disaster. For the first time, Song Huaijin admits, “She's not well-behaved. I spoiled her that way.” / Song Huaijin figured out long ago that Ren Baojia can act demure in front of other people, but she refuses to behave around him. Ren Baojia knows it, too. If she wants to win over a cold, fatherly man like Song Huaijin, she just has to keep rebelling in front of him. Then he'll take care of her for the rest of her life :) Other completed novels: Beneath the Clear Moon (Super sweet!) Spring Branches Entwined (Bittersweet) I've Long Since Fallen Out of Love with You, You Dog of an Emperor The Gentle Blade of the Black-Bellied Crown Prince The Crown Prince's Notes on Winning His Wife Back The Heir's Wife Never Admits Defeat As If in My Heart Theme: Recognize the beginning before it becomes an entanglement.