Spring's Embrace

[This is my first book, so it has plenty of flaws. Please bear with me!]

Wen Yun'er often had nightmares, but she gradually pieced together a rough picture of what happened in them.

In her dreams, she used Xie Qingshi in every way, ruining his reputation. He went from heaven's favored son to her lover and became a weapon in her hands. Even after learning she had been using him, he still chose to protect her, ultimately dying with regrets.

But she pieced it together too late. She and Xie Qingshi had already become just like the people in her dreams. She looked at Xie Qingshi, who spent every night with her, sharing springtime passion.

She asked, "Aren't you afraid I'm using you?"

Xie Qingshi simply replied, "I do this for you willingly."

Then he added, "Focus. Look at me."

Xie Jun was as pure as a clear breeze and bright moon, untouchable in the eyes of the noblewomen of Shangjing.

But in private, he ignored propriety. Before they were married, he kept a mistress outside his household, and later he wanted to bring her home as his wife.

He knew she was only using his power.

He only regretted that he'd let her climb on him too late.

Even after Wen Yun'er had become his wife in everything but name, she still refused to marry him and only wanted things to stay as they were. He even thought that being with her like this was fine, as long as she stayed by his side.

He softened toward her time and time again, never realizing that a moment of weakness was the beginning of an emotional abyss.

You think I don't know what you're after, but the truth is, I do it all willingly.

[Reading Guide]

One-on-one, both leads' first time, happy ending.

Female lead is beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful (though she is actually quite indifferent to romance).

Male lead is a service-oriented, guiding lover.

(Neither is perfect! Both have flaws!)

The plot serves the romance. (Don't overthink it.)

My next book is coming up. Please add my upcoming novel, Lan Yu Huan, to your favorites. Blurb:

[Upright yet unhinged heir X Scheming, disingenuous beauty]

[Lou An was hunted and fell off a cliff, all because Jiang Zhi was saving herself and escaping a dead end.]

At eight years old, Jiang Zhi was the Liu family's fake daughter. Before her birthday celebration was over, she became one of the beauties the Liu family secretly raised for the powerful.

Jiang Zhi was born beautiful. She knew she couldn't escape the fate of becoming a plaything for the powerful.

When she learned that the Liu family had found a powerful patron, and that the young master was particularly softhearted,

she wrote him a story: a young master injured in a fall from a cliff, an orphan girl with a tragic past, time alone together day and night, a debt of gratitude impossible to repay, feelings and touches impossible to resist...

The young master wasn't really a young master, and he could tell she was a fake orphan who craved wealth and status.

But Jiang Zhi herself had chosen who would fall off the cliff.

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The bottom of the cliff seemed flawless at first glance, but was riddled with flaws.

Facing Jiang Zhi, who craved wealth and status, with her feigned affection and secret schemes,

Lou An only wanted to recover from his injuries at first. But gradually he took her pretense for truth, and fell for her...

When Jiang Zhi tore away the pretense with her own hands, Lou An learned that he was the only one who had taken it seriously.

Lou An gently traced her chin with his fingertips. He leaned close and lowered his eyes to the scar on her jade-like shoulder.

He let out a chilling laugh and said, word by word, "I never knew Ah Zhi would go this far for me."

"Since you performed this for me, I should be the one to call it off."

Here's a novel by a good friend of mine. Check it out if you're interested!

My Vile Self, by Duo Jin Shanshan

The day my husband received the divorce papers, he lost his memory.

He thought I was the pure-hearted love he'd left behind when he went abroad. He thought he was madly in love with me.

He had no idea that before this, I was the person he hated most

Me, the usurper who took another's place.

Message: A thousand people, a thousand faces. Love all of who you are.