Name: She's Fierce
Author: Lu Xi

Synopsis

[The series novel No Holding Back is complete (a top student from a scholarly family who is forever digging holes and turning soil x the powerful head of a top-tier family that expands its influence worldwide)]

Proud young lady from an established family x composed heir of the capital's elite

1.

At eighteen, Ye Yining used the alcohol as an excuse to kiss the man's lips. It was the first time in her life that she called him by his name instead of "Brother."

"Shi Yu, I like you."

The man froze for a moment, then pushed her away.

"Xiao Si, you're drunk. We'll talk after you've sobered up."

The next day, when Ye Yining woke, the man had already disappeared from the empty room. She turned and left without hesitation.

2.

Seven years later, when she saw Shi Yu again, Ye Yining's eyes curved in a smile, but her whole demeanor was distant.

"Brother Shi Yu, long time no see."

At a gathering one day, someone asked Ye Yining what she wanted in a partner.

She raised her glass and drained it, then lifted the chin of the man beside her with a slender finger and laughed with abandon. "Sunny, cheerful, lively, adorable, and younger than me. A puppy-like little brother."

As soon as she finished speaking, she met Shi Yu's dark, unreadable gaze from the doorway.

At midnight, after everyone had left, Ye Yining made her unsteady way toward the parking lot. From a distance, she spotted an off-road vehicle blocking her car completely.

Shi Yu stood in front of it, a dangerous glint deep in his eyes. "You like them young?"

Ye Yining composed herself. "Who doesn't like someone young and beautiful?"

A smile suddenly played at the corner of Shi Yu's lips. "True. Young and beautiful..."

3.

One drunken night of reckless passion.

Ye Yining woke in the man's arms and stared at him in shock. "Shi Yu, we were both drunk last night. We can't take what happened seriously."

Hearing that, before she could react, Shi Yu lifted the thin blanket and rolled over, pinning her beneath him. His voice was husky. "Ye Yining, you stole my kiss seven years ago. Now you've claimed me, too. You have to take responsibility."

Ye Yining furrowed her brows, then lifted her chin slightly and said as if unconcerned, "You want me to take responsibility? Fine. Get down on your knees and beg me."

The man, always proud and dignified, slowly rose. To Ye Yining's astonishment, he dropped to one knee.

He lifted his head and gazed at her earnestly.

"Yining, please."

"...Love me."

"Shi Yu, I may never get married."

"Yining, the wind is free, and so are you."

[Upcoming Novel]

[Excess] (Ruan Qiao x Huo Tingchen)

Unconventional, mischievous little troublemaker x powerful, low-profile business tycoon

Five-year age gap | Ambiguous relationship | Unconditional indulgence | Guiding type

1.

When Ruan Qiao was seventeen, she met Huo Tingchen for the first time. At the time, he was one of her cousin's ambiguously involved boyfriends.

She walked toward them in an oversized school uniform, like a child who had wandered into the adult world, completely out of place amid all the glamour around her.

A delicate afternoon tea spread sat in a corner of the garden. Ruan Qiao stood in front of the ice cream machine, frowning as she studied it. Suddenly, a large, well-defined hand reached out from behind her, picked up a dessert cup, and operated the machine, filling it with a perfectly shaped serving of ice cream.

Ruan Qiao followed the hand with her eyes and saw Huo Tingchen bow his head slightly, his dark eyes gazing straight into hers.

When she didn't take it, he held the ice cream out to her again.

Ruan Qiao took it in a daze. "...Thank you, cousin's... brother-in-law?"

The man's expression paused. His voice was deep as he said, "You're welcome, little sister."

2.

Years later, Ruan Qiao stared in disbelief at the cool and dignified man sitting across from her.

The cousin's husband, who had once been one of who knew how many exes, had now become her blind date. What kind of hellish fate was this?

Faced with pressure from their families, Ruan Qiao had no choice but to discuss it with Huo Tingchen.

"Mr. Huo, since we already know each other, why don't we pretend to get along and deal with both our families?"

His gaze fixed on her, deep and inscrutable. "Pleasure doing business with you, Miss Ruan."

3.

Huo Tingchen was stern and cold, with a detached disposition. In the business world, he was ruthless and decisive, and he hated trouble more than anything.

But after meeting Ruan Qiao, it seemed that every one of his principles was broken for her.

Ruan Qiao loved acting out the characters she wrote, trying them on for inspiration whenever she was with him. Huo Tingchen willingly played along and indulged her. The man who disliked having his privacy pried into even began appearing online again and again for her.

Until one day, Huo Tingchen realized that Ruan Qiao was gradually distancing herself from him and intended to end their relationship unilaterally.

At a banquet, Ruan Qiao's male companion had just left when someone quietly approached and trapped her in a corner.

"Ruan Qiao, who was the man you came in with?" Huo Tingchen's face was dark as he stared coldly at her.

Ruan Qiao forcefully pulled free of his hand and smiled faintly. "Mr. Huo, what are you to me? Why should I tell you?"

Huo Tingchen let out a cold laugh and replied leisurely, "Your boss, your friend, a childhood family friend, your blind date... If you want, tomorrow morning I can also be your lawful husband."

Ruan Qiao was stunned. Her eyes slowly filled with tears, and her voice carried a hint of grievance. "Huo Tingchen, your true love has come back. Why are you still entangled with me?"

"Ruan Qiao, in your stories, men always indulge women without limits, letting them do whatever they please and ask for whatever they want. Why is that?"

"Why else? Of course it's because they love them!"

"Ruan Qiao, so this is what it means to love you."

Theme: Love means not bearing to let someone down.