Falling into Forbidden Passion

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Blurb:

A possessive, aloof, high-status tycoon × a meek, taciturn dodder flower

Soapy forbidden love | Taking by force | 8-year age gap

Xie Yuan has lived with the Shen family since she was fifteen. The Shen family's eldest son, Shen Yanbai, is unruly, arrogant, and carefree.

They are worlds apart. Though they live under the same roof, they have nothing to do with each other.

At a banquet, glasses clink as Shen Yanbai puts an arm around his jealous girlfriend and says carelessly, "She's dull and quiet. I'm not interested."

Xie Yuan lowers her eyes and turns away uneasily.

Through the long, bittersweet years of youth, Xie Yuan watches him go through countless girlfriends. Then one day, Shen Yanbai suddenly turns around and notices the silent Xie Yuan.

But at the grand marriage proposal, the woman at the center of it all is nowhere to be found.

When everyone finally finds her, she's sitting on a man's lap as he kisses her.

Her eyes are red and wet, soft whimpers escaping her lips as his long fingers grip and gently toy with her slender ankle.

But the man isn't the unruly young heir. He's the Shen family patriarch, a man of cold elegance.

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Xie Yuan is afraid of Shen Changlin. Though gentle and reserved, he holds power and status beyond anything she could ever hope to reach.

The first time she meets him, Xie Yuan stumbles through her introduction, her eyes reddening before she can finish. Shen Changlin says softly, "It's all right."

The handkerchief he offers carries a cool, delicate fragrance. It wipes away all the tears and anxiety of her youth.

Later, when she unexpectedly shares a bed with Shen Changlin, Xie Yuan is so frightened she cries. He simply draws her into his arms and gently says, "It's all right."

He is revered and powerful, elegant and aloof, untouched by worldly concerns.

Only later does Xie Yuan learn how long someone had silently watched her in the darkness as she flew like a moth into the flame.

His dark obsession took root, and he gently devoured her until there was no escape.

She is a fragile dodder flower, but someone is willing to bring all of spring before her eyes.

Reading guide:

1. A fake gentle, elegant tycoon who is truly possessive and cold × a meek, taciturn dodder flower. One-on-one romance, both leads' firsts.

2. Daily updates, reliable completion. Usually updated around midnight (*/ω\*).

3. The male lead is genuinely unhinged: very crazy, but also very doting. 8-year age gap, raised-to-adulthood romance, long-planned seduction, stealing someone's love, soapy love-triangle drama, the powerful one lowering his head, an untouchable beauty descending from his pedestal for love. An anything-goes fantasy romance.

[Important: This novel has undergone major revisions multiple times. Pirated versions are incomplete. The only complete version without omissions is on Jinjiang.]

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A powerful, influential capital-circle tycoon × a clear-headed, strong-willed female student

Forbidden, soapy romance | Taking by force | 8-year age gap

Fu Jinghuai, the eldest young master of the Fu family, fell out with his family over a woman and rejected the arranged marriage with the He family.

The He family's eldest daughter was humiliated and couldn't let it go, so she went to her uncle, He Rongtan, for help.

The head of the He family, He Rongtan, is powerful and influential, elegant and detached, and has kept his distance from women for years.

In the bitter winter snow, he meets the lover the Fu family's eldest young master has kept hidden away.

Ying Shi stands in the snow, her face pale, her slender neck bowed, her eyes lowered as if to the dust. In a frail voice, she begs him to let Fu Jinghuai go.

Rather than the flighty beauty of the rumors, she looks more like a hopeless nightingale.

Later, He Rongtan closes his hand around this nightingale and keeps her in his palm.

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Ying Shi has been by Fu Jinghuai's side since she was eighteen.

She comes from a humble background and has a stubborn streak. Three years pass, and nothing comes of their relationship.

When Fu Jinghuai says he plans to marry into another family, Ying Shi silently chooses to leave.

She has been a substitute for the woman he loves, and he paid for her education for three years. They can part on good terms.

So at the time, no one could have imagined that the Fu family's eldest young master would go mad and risk everything for her.

Just as Ying Shi could never have imagined that...

Someone as revered and elegant as He Rongtan would one day...

Grip her wrist and threaten her in a detached tone: "Other than marrying me, you have no choice."

Reading guide:

1. A powerful, ruthless tycoon × a clear-headed, strong-willed female student. One-on-one romance, both leads' firsts.

2. Daily updates, reliable completion (*/ω\*).

3. The male lead is genuinely unhinged: very crazy, but also very doting. 8-year age gap, forbidden and soapy romance, taking by force, stealing someone's love, an anything-goes fantasy romance. The heroine and the second male lead are a couple, with no cheating plot.

Theme: Live in harmony with the world.