First Married, Then in Love with a Brooding Beauty

Gentle, resilient white-collar worker x gloomy, obsessive CEO / sweet romance and face-slapping / strangers in public, passionate behind closed doors / a little chasing-the-wife drama later on

After her family went bankrupt and her engagement was broken off, Wen Shuyao met Gu Xingyan in a bottomless abyss.

The legendary head of a wealthy conglomerate was aloof and noble, forever surrounded by the biting air of a snowy night, and never paid anyone any mind.

Yet he alone reached out to Wen Shuyao, huddled in a corner.

When they met again, Gu Xingyan handed her a marriage contract.

His cold black hair tangled around her wrist as he cornered Wen Shuyao by the table in her rented apartment.

His melodious voice was like an enchanting spell:

"You have no other choice but me, do you?"

Wen Shuyao signed the marriage contract and married into wealth.

A villa, luxury cars, jewelry, designer goods... Gu Xingyan gave her everything she needed and everything she didn't.

He spared no expense looking after her family and cared for her meticulously, anticipating all her preferences.

He also had her back at work, quietly trimmed her social circle, yet respected her wishes and kept their marriage "low-key" for the time being.

Low-key in public, but in private... she had to make him pay for it every time.

In the bedroom of their enormous villa, they spent every night wrapped up in each other.

Gu Xingyan liked to grip her wrist and gaze at her, leaving layers of red marks on her body. He seemed both serious and devoted.

Wen Shuyao couldn't stop her feelings from growing, and foolishly thought, If only it could last forever...

Until she found, in a secret room at home, the letters Gu Xingyan had kept about his moonlight.

On the day their marriage contract expired, Wen Shuyao left the country with her suitcase.

Later, in the dead of night, Gu Xingyan forced his way into her little home.

The noble CEO came rushing through the rain in the middle of the night, as gloomy as a specter. His eyes were veined with dark red as he pressed a cold, trembling kiss to Wen Shuyao's forehead.

Gu Xingyan's voice was hoarse as he begged plaintively:

"You promised me. I haven't called stop, so you aren't allowed to leave."

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Later, Wen Shuyao finally learned the truth.

Gu Xingyan's moonlight had been her all along.

And her lover had been plotting for her for far too long.

Upcoming novel After Breaking Up with the Young Lady: A Clean Break

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Cool-headed engineering PhD x spoiled, arrogant heiress

Ages 27 and 24, later 32 and 29

Angsty reconciliation / chasing-the-wife crematorium

After earning her PhD, Xie Zhiyan, with her cool features and stiff personality, joined the Xu Group through campus recruitment.

The Xu Group's new president, Xu Nongyu, was beautiful, spoiled, and looked down on everyone. Yet she specifically chose her: "For this year, you'll be mine."

At first, it was just pouring tea and driving her around.

At some point, they began getting close. Xu Nongyu's hot breath brushed Xie Zhiyan's lips as she teased her, "Bookish Sister, can't you kiss? I'll teach you."

On those humid, sweltering nights, Xu Nongyu took her hand and used her soft body to teach her more.

After careful consideration, Xie Zhiyan decided to earnestly ask her out once the year was up.

She prepared everything and rehearsed her confession over a thousand times.

But beneath the neon lights one night, she saw Xu Nongyu chatting with someone else, her voice full of mockery: "The bookworm? She's no fun. I'm bored of her. I want to try something different."

Xie Zhiyan never expected that Xu Nongyu's final lesson would be heartbreak, deathly stillness, and annihilation.

After their three hundred and sixtieth night, Xie Zhiyan vanished without a trace.

Five years later, Xie Zhiyan was a partner at a tech company, and Xu Nongyu had taken control of her family business.

Using work as an excuse, Xu Nongyu kept appearing wherever Xie Zhiyan was. She remained composed on the surface, yet often sought her out, seeming especially interested in her cold expression.

Until the day Xie Zhiyan went on a business trip and entered a hotel with another woman. When Xu Nongyu heard the news, she rushed there in the middle of the night.

In the suite of a top luxury hotel, Xie Zhiyan found Xu Nongyu wearing thin pajamas.

Xu Nongyu's usual arrogant facade had completely fallen away. Her fingertips trembled as she unfastened her pajama buttons and leaned toward Xie Zhiyan, her voice hoarse. "Sister Xie, what I taught you... please remember."

Theme: True love means setting her free.