Luring Her to Huai [Rekindled Romance]

[A new novel with a similar second-chance romance, The Embers of Spring Tide, is now available]

* Troubled but independent, resilient beauty x elegant, steady big shot who goes crazy for love

* Reunion after a long separation / love grows over time / second-chance romance / powerful man humbles himself

1.

For Chu Xuan, reuniting with her ex from years ago is hardly something to celebrate, especially when she's battling an illness and the career she's worked so hard to build is on the verge of collapse.

The man she'd once constantly urged to work hard has now achieved success. It's almost as if he's here to make her look bad by comparison.

But that's reality, so she can only make the best of it.

Chu Xuan does her best to stay calm. All she wants is to make money and treat her illness. She has no interest in anything else. But somehow, she ends up in bed with her ex.

To be fair, her ex is highly skilled and very attentive. So...

If it's already happened, she may as well make the best of it?

2.

As a rising star in the tech industry, Lu Huai is elegant, refined, and exceptionally handsome. His investment instincts are unmatched, and his plans never fail. Yet he suddenly buys a small, obscure company outside his industry and even takes over its management himself.

Rumors fly:

"I hear it's for that top-tier star. She used to endorse one of the company's products."

"I don't think so. There's no proof."

When asked for confirmation, Lu Huai lazily taps his fingers on the desk and laughs off the absurd rumors.

In truth, his mind is elsewhere: How will he convince Chu Xuan to break up with her current boyfriend tonight? After all, he's tired of their undefined relationship dragging on forever.

His attempt at persuasion fails, but a photo of him kissing Chu Xuan leaks first.

The trending topic headline is even more cutting: #So-and-so's replacement#

For the first time, Lu Huai posts something about his private life on social media: "There's no replacement. From beginning to end, you're the only one in my heart. @ChuFengYiXiManTingXuan"

But before long, the tagged account's content has been wiped clean.

Lu Huai races to Sucheng like a madman. When he finally sees her, his voice trembles, and it's impossible to tell whether he's more accusing or hurt: "Chu Xuan, are you planning to disappear on me again?"

The last time she disappeared was ten years ago.

When they meet again, Lu Huai thinks all he feels is bitter resentment. But it doesn't take long for him to lose control at Chu Xuan's casual words: "I haven't been drinking. Don't believe me? Smell my breath."

Reader's Notes

1. The female lead is ill, genuinely ill, but this is not a story where someone comes to save her. She has her own career and grows without relying on anyone. At most, the male lead is a catalyst.

2. They reunite at the beginning, but everything develops gradually, with heartache and growing pains along the way.

3. The leads will briefly be in a supervisor-subordinate relationship, but no one abuses their authority for personal gain.

4. There is no competition between women for a man, but there is other rivalry.

5. Some chapters contain the occasional typo, but fixing it would send the chapter back for review and put its future in jeopardy, so I'll leave them as they are.

Now available

The Wet Affair

[Alluring childhood sweetheart x a charming, refined Daddy on the surface, but a wild, dark, unhinged childhood friend underneath]

[Childhood sweethearts + reunion after a long separation + stealing someone's lover + yandere]

[No matter how many new arrivals there are, none can compete with a childhood sweetheart who fights tooth and nail]

After spending one wild night with Yu Zhenzhen, Xie Yuhe wakes in the afternoon to find only an empty space beside him. The sweet sobs that rang in his ears last night seem like a dream.

He messages Yu Zhenzhen: "I was drunk."

After thinking for a moment, he adds: "I'll take responsibility."

But before that last message, a red exclamation mark appears.

Damn, she's blocked him.

Xie Yuhe grits his teeth. For a moment there, he'd actually thought of names for their children, plural.

*

Years later, the name Xie Yuhe is beyond the reach of countless people, and the Xie Group flourishes under his leadership.

Everyone says he's charming, refined, and as serene as the moonlight.

Only Yu Zhenzhen knows how crazy he is in private.

The banquet isn't even halfway over, but there's already a mess beside the sofa. Clothes of every size are strewn everywhere, and Xie Yuhe holds her down tightly.

First, he smirks: "Zhenzhen, little sister, are you dating someone again?"

Then he sneers: "Is this one any good? Are you going to marry him?"

Then, punctuating every word: "Come on, say! Some! Thing!"

Yu Zhenzhen's face is streaked with tears, and she can't form a coherent sentence. She looks at the red-eyed face hovering beside her feet, wild with fury, and thinks his madness has flared up again.

Theme: Those who save themselves will always be saved; those who love others will always be loved