Coveting the Tide [The Second Male Lead Takes the Crown]

[Second male lead takes the lead | He schemed for ages to steal his friend's wife | My other novel, After Moving in with an Amnesiac Villain, is now online. Its blurb is at the bottom]

Lu Zhaoshuang had two childhood friends.

Whenever she fought with her mother as a girl, Xiao Ye would pedal her all over town on his bike. Yu Sixian would take her instrument case and cover for her, reminding her to get home early.

Later, Xiao Ye became her legal husband, while Yu Sixian remained her lifelong best friend.

But on the day her fever wouldn't break, as torrential rain drenched the city, she called Xiao Ye dozens of times and he never picked up.

In a daze, she saw a tall figure rush into the house and bend down to lift her into his arms.

She clutched his shirt and murmured Xiao Ye's name.

The arms holding her tightened again and again. The man said in a low voice, "Zhao, look at who's really here by your side."

A flash of lightning lit the room white. She saw clearly that it wasn't Xiao Ye. It was Yu Sixian.

*

Lu Zhaoshuang thought she and Yu Sixian would be friends for life.

Until the high school building was torn down and the time capsule the three of them had buried was unearthed. She saw Yu Sixian's handwriting with her own eyes:

"Lu Zhaoshuang, what if I had met you first?"

Later, one day, Xiao Ye carefully prepared a surprise, hoping to make up for all the years he'd let her down.

The phone rang throughout the house, but nobody answered.

Because Yu Sixian had her wrist in his grasp, holding her tightly from behind.

Only after hot kisses had left marks all along the side of her neck did he finally hand her phone back. His voice was gentle, but left no room for argument.

"Zhao, go explain things to him. This is the last time."

*

Yu Sixian had a secret room no one was allowed to see. It was filled with every keepsake from his years of knowing Lu Zhaoshuang, with Xiao Ye carefully cut out of every one.

The person he coveted was both his friend and his friend's wife.

Yu Sixian felt guilty.

But now that fate had given him an opening, he had to fight for her.

* She and the male lead are each other's first and only partners. She and the second male lead are not.

* The romance between the heroine and the second male lead develops after her divorce.

* "Second male lead" refers to the order in which the men entered the heroine's life, not how much they appear in the story.

After Moving in with an Amnesiac Villain is now online. If you're interested, please add it to your library!

[The amnesiac villain of a senior devours her whole | A gloomy, timid kitten x a scheming villain who puts on a show at every turn]

Wen Chen is the university's most envied golden boy: a good family, excellent grades, humble and polite, with not a single flaw to pick at.

Only Jiang Wan knows that every drop of blood in Wen Chen's veins is black!

She wants to expose his false facade, but she's too timid to dare.

For ten years, all she can do is follow him like a meek little shadow, watching him, keeping records of him, and cursing him.

Then, during a graduation trip, Wen Chen is injured while saving someone and loses all his memories.

The once-unattainable golden boy is stranded on a small island, with no one to turn to, his eyes like a blank sheet of paper anyone could paint on.

Jiang Wan suddenly gets a bold idea for humiliating him.

She stares at Wen Chen, trying to sound calm. "I'm your girlfriend. You're head over heels for me and you've been pursuing me relentlessly for ages. I only agreed to date you after you begged and begged."

*

After losing his memory, Wen Chen is the perfect boyfriend, doing everything Jiang Wan asks, no matter how outrageous.

There is just one problem.

She looks up in alarm, trying to dodge his kiss.

"You've got it wrong! You're the kind of person who only thinks about studying, a total Platonist. You don't even like doing this sort of thing!"

But the young man once known for his impeccable manners pins her in the cramped, damp bathroom. His voice is gentle and refined, but his dark eyes brim with dangerous desire.

"How could that be, Wanwan? Just like you said, I'm head over heels for you."

"So be good and don't run."

By day N, when her legs are so weak she can barely get out of bed, Jiang Wan regrets ever provoking Wen Chen.

She's scared. She runs.

*

Wen Chen knew from the start that the girl in front of him was full of lies. But later, he realized that what she told him might not have been wrong after all.

He knew she was timid, so he deliberately kept his true nature in check and acted gentle and considerate.

But she still ran away. In that case... Wen Chen no longer had to worry about whether she lived or died.

The day he found her outside her home, the fingers gripping her keys were still trembling.

Wen Chen covered her hand and helpfully turned the key in the lock.

Click. The door opened, then closed.

In the pitch-dark room, he loosened his tie and smiled as he reached for her.

"I've got you, Wanwan."

* This is a story about a girl who tries to trick a man and ends up thoroughly devoured instead. Neither the male nor female lead is in a particularly healthy state of mind.

* 1v1, both are each other's first love

Theme: She is a caged bird who flies toward freedom.