I Became a Charming Dodder Flower in a Male-Oriented Novel

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[Captivating heroine x hot-tempered young master x aloof campus heartthrob x gentle first love]

1.

Xu Huanxi wakes up one day and realizes she's transmigrated into a book.

The bad news: It's a business-war novel from a male-oriented web-fiction site, and she's become the male lead's father's secret mistress. The original character is stupid and vicious, and gets killed off just a few hundred words after appearing.

The good news: She's playing the role she's best at, a seemingly innocent but secretly calculating parasite vine.

Before long,

The brooding puppy A is vulnerable and broken, and sees her as the only harbor in his life.

Gentle first love B goes from watching coldly from the sidelines to pulling her down from her pedestal, swearing to take her far away.

And then there's Shi Yue, the cruel and heartless son left behind by her former lover...

One late night, moonlight spills like water as someone knocks on her door.

The young man, not yet powerful enough to dominate everything, easily pins both her wrists in one hand and backs her into a corner.

Beneath the pure white curtains billowing in the wind, he lowers his head to her neck, his voice hoarse.

[Already tired of me?]

[Those mangy dogs dare to come after you?]

[What do they have that I don't?]

Before she can put on her familiar wounded expression, the young man leaves suggestive marks on her, rough and possessive.

"Don't even think about it."

2.

Shi Yue realizes something is off about that woman at his father's funeral.

Her eyes are swollen from crying, yet a single glance from her is enough to steal a man's heart. The first man to throw himself at her is the Shi family's sworn enemy and biggest rival, yet he's willing to hand over a fortune in benefits.

To get her out of sight and out of mind, Shi Yue moves away from the old family home. When he returns, he finds his room occupied by a lowborn student from his school.

He demands an explanation, but all he gets is her airy reply.

"Xiao Yue, supporting a poor student brings good karma to the Shi family and to you. It'll pay off."

Her words sound so high-minded that his seething rage has nowhere to go.

So, amid everyone's shocked cries, Shi Yue grabs the lowborn boy by the collar and drags him out. After kicking him hard, he looks down at him with contempt.

But the boy wipes the blood from his lip and looks up through his tousled hair, eyes wild as a wolf's.

"I'd rather die than leave."

Just as Shi Yue is about to crush the insignificant pride of the insect before him, the other boy tells him with near-cruelty, "On your birthday, she was kissing that man."

3.

The parasite vine is soft and delicate. Once it latches onto a host plant, it drains every last bit of nourishment from it.

The host plant gradually withers, only to be ruthlessly abandoned.

People often say, "It's so delicate. What did it do wrong?"

4.

Did I tempt you?

Did I ever speak kindly to you?

Didn't I tell you

plainly and clearly,

that I don't love you and cannot love you?

William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

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[Reading Guide]

1. The heroine has no actual intimate relationship with the male lead's father.

2. All male leads are adults. Expect romantic rivalry and a battlefield of jealousy.

3. The heroine is adored by everyone, but isn't a conventional strong female lead.

Coming Soon

Claiming Zhi

1.

At fifteen, Ming Zhi, an orphan adopted by the He family, stands drenched and timid at their front door.

The He family has two young masters.

The older brother, He Jiashu, glances up with disdain, doesn't even look at her, and turns to go back to his room.

It's the younger brother, He Zhiche, who offers her a dry towel and helps her dry her wet hair.

His kindness becomes the beginning of her three-year-long yearning.

Later, in the study in the middle of the night,

He Jiashu grips her waist and presses her against the desk.

The cool fountain pen traces down her spine, all the way to the small of her back.

"Did He Zhiche touch you here today?"

2.

College. Winter. A coffee shop.

It's the six-month anniversary of He Jiashu and Ming Zhi's relationship, and his birthday as well.

Instead of agreeing to make their secret relationship public, the girl who was always timid and gentle delivers a cold goodbye and breakup.

His eyes turn dark as an abyss.

"Ming Zhi, was it fun treating me like a dog?"

Ming Zhi says nothing. She turns and leaves for a foreign country, never to see him again.

3.

Years later, on the day He Zhiche is preparing to propose,

In a storage room beside the carefully decorated venue, He Jiashu pins Ming Zhi into a corner, his tone cool and detached.

"Would you mind moving? I need to get out."

He Jiashu leisurely loosens his tie with one hand, revealing faint teeth marks on his collarbone.

On his fair skin, they look unmistakably intimate.

"Then go ahead. Tell them what the bride-to-be and her future brother-in-law did last night."

When she doesn't react, he, who never lowers his head, begs her.

"Zhi Zhi, look at me. Please."

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