Openly Flirting

Fang Suiyi married Shi Huaichu under her elders' arrangements.

Three years ago, she dumped him. Fang Suiyi thought married life would mean Shi Huaichu had no feelings for her, only hatred.

But the first time they shared a bed after the wedding, he showed off his abs.

At their first dinner with friends, he pulled her away midway, then showed off his good looks to her in the car.

Later, he simply asked her outright, "Want to see?"

After the same thing had happened countless times, Fang Suiyi was baffled. "Shi Huaichu, what are you getting at?"

The man looked at her with what seemed like helplessness. "I've been flirting with you so obviously, Mrs. Shi. I thought everyone could tell how I feel about you."

*

A rising star in the business world, Shi Huaichu was young and born into a powerful, wealthy family. Yet he didn't rely on his family. In just three years, he had climbed to the very top of Haicheng's power structure.

Everyone around him knew he was wild and rebellious, and hated being controlled.

No one expected a man like him to accept an arranged marriage one day.

His new wife was a mystery. No one had ever seen her before, and during their first three months of marriage, they were both busy with their own affairs. It was hard to tell if they were even close as a couple.

But no one knew that the night he first met Fang Suiyi during his freshman year of college, Shi Huaichu had already wanted to make her his.

Dark thoughts had taken root in his mind that night, growing wildly.

One glance was all it took for her to claim his heart, and from then on, he was hopelessly lost.

He had cherished this marriage from beginning to end.

The day he learned she was the woman he would marry, he waited outside the marriage registration office from early morning, arriving a full two hours before her.

After they married, he flirted with her openly and in secret every day, but she never once saw how he felt.

Eventually, Shi Huaichu couldn't take it anymore.

At his company's new product launch, a reporter asked where the inspiration for the design came from and what its purpose was. In front of all the media, he gave a simple, direct answer: "For my moonlight, Mrs. Shi."

*Cool, aloof beauty x powerful heir, sweet romance, both leads are each other's one and only.

Upcoming novel: Trapped in the Wedding Night

The first time He Zhouxing saw Wen Xi, it was at a matchmaking banquet arranged by their two families.

She sat demurely across from him, gentle and serene, as beautiful as a portrait of a still-life beauty.

She was pretty. That was He Zhouxing's impression of her that day.

Pretty, and nothing more.

Like a soulless porcelain doll, exquisite and fragile, fit only to be displayed.

After marrying He Zhouxing, Wen Xi seemed just as he had imagined.

Gentle and obedient, she even let him take the lead whenever they fulfilled their marital duties.

He Zhouxing had never met a more docile young lady from a prominent family.

Sometimes he thought that being obedient wasn't so bad. It was a little dull, but at least their married life was harmonious.

Just three months into their marriage, He Zhouxing began thinking he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Wen Xi.

Everything changed at a gathering with friends.

He Zhouxing had just arrived at the club at a friend's invitation when he heard a familiar voice coming from the private room opposite.

"Grandpa only asked me to get married and have a child. If I wait another year, once I've had a child with him, my task will be complete."

"After that, who needs men anyway?"

He Zhouxing froze mid-step. The woman's words echoed in his ears.

Who needs men anyway?

So all this time, he had just been her free labor?

He yanked off his tie and pushed open the private room door.

In the dim room, his usually graceful, well-mannered little wife wore a dazzling red spaghetti-strap dress and lay half-drunk on a chaise lounge. When she looked at him with her hazy eyes, her gaze seemed to cling to him.

As if she couldn't see the anger on his face, she held out her hand with an adorable smile, like a lazy little cat. "Hubby, hold me!"

"If my wife is dissatisfied with me, that's the husband's responsibility. I guess I haven't been doing a good enough job lately."

He picked up Wen Xi, who was half-drunk in the room, carried her downstairs, and tossed her into the car.

Back at their marital home, Wen Xi paid dearly that night for her careless words.

After that day, He Zhouxing seemed to have taken a serious look at himself. The man who used to work late every other day started coming home earlier and earlier, and at night, he put in more and more effort.

Wen Xi was troubled. Her original plan had been to get pregnant within a year, given He Zhouxing's stamina and their frequency.

She hadn't expected that the longer they were married, the harder He Zhouxing would try, yet he still hadn't given her a chance to get pregnant.

A year into their marriage, there was still no sign of a baby, and Wen Xi decided to quit.

What kind of marriage was this? It was nothing but hard labor.

The night Wen Xi asked for a divorce, He Zhouxing got drunk.

The pampered man buried his face in the crook of her shoulder, his voice bitter. "Wen Xi, if we really have to get divorced, can you take me with you when you leave? I'm not picky. I don't even need a title."

Wen Xi: "..."

*Powerful man bows to love, sweet marriage-first romance, four-year age gap

(Blurb written on March 28, 2026)

Upcoming novel: Spoiled Rotten

The first time Bo Siyan saw Rong Su after returning to the country, she was on a blind date, with three men at once.

She had gathered together all the men her family had scheduled for her to meet that week.

"Miss Rong, what is this? One date with three men?" The three men exchanged looks.

Rong Su spotted Bo Siyan as he walked into the restaurant and dragged him into it too. "No, four."

Rong Su had successfully dealt with three potential matches all at once, saving time and effort.

Once she was done, she turned around and sized up Bo Siyan, who had taken a seat at the table in front of hers.

Her gaze paused on his familiar eyes for a moment before she rated him from head to toe.

Great height, perfect physique, perfect looks. He was leagues better than the men her family had picked out for her.

She sat down in front of him and boldly asked, "Sir, want to go out?"

"No." Bo Siyan didn't even look up, and hadn't spared her a glance the whole time.

Rong Su was rejected without mercy, but she wasn't offended.

So serious? That was rare.

What Rong Su never expected was that after months of using every trick she knew to flirt with him without success, the proper, elegant, aloof man who always kept himself in check in public would one night pin her in a dark, narrow corner and force a billion-yuan diamond ring from an auction onto her ring finger.

"Rong Su, listen carefully. I don't do things without a name or commitment. Either marry me, and I'll give you everything you want, including me! Or..." The man bit her earlobe, his voice hoarse.

"Or what?" she asked, playing along.

"Don't make me go crazy just to prove it to you!" Bo Siyan gritted his teeth.

When Rong Su was ten, she met someone.

He taught her, step by step, how to fight back when people bullied her. He turned her from a soft little girl into someone who never let herself be taken advantage of, and taught her how to bloom in the mud.

Half the person she became was thanks to him spoiling her.

Twelve years later, when they met again, he was the flower atop a snow-covered peak, the moon in the clouds: a man who ruled the business world, held life and death in his hands, and was beyond anyone's reach.

She tried everything to win him and make him fall, never knowing that he had returned to the country for her in the first place.

*Vibrant, spoiled heiress x powerful man who holds life and death in his hands, both have been plotting for a long time, intense push and pull, six-year age gap, both leads are each other's one and only.

*The female lead is afraid of marriage at first.

(Blurb written on February 26, 2026)

Theme: Grow toward the light