Scheming Hearts

New novel, Caged Bird (A Marriage by Force), currently serializing. Pre-order novel, Cousin, Long Time No See, also available for follows~

Blurb:

[Love and Hate] [Extreme Push and Pull] [The Powerful One Bows His Head] [Entertainment Industry]

A calculating actress × a wolfish, scheming young master

Shen Sui has been bored lately and was looking for some fun when he saw his younger brother's girlfriend, the quiet, timid, delicate rising star Zhou Yi, calmly pull a crossbar out of a chair. When the man sat down and fell flat on his face, her confusion, alarm, and concern came in perfectly distinct layers. The furious man raised his hand to hit her, but she nimbly dodged, leaving her foolish boyfriend to take the slap instead.

Shen Sui figured that getting his hands on a menace like her was practically an act of justice on heaven's behalf.

Things have been going Zhou Yi's way lately. Winning awards, rising in status, getting more screen time: everything has been smooth sailing, and her career is thriving.

Then she met Shen Sui.

He wants to play cat and mouse with her?

What a coincidence.

In Zhou Yi's eyes, Shen Sui is the one who's fat, smug, and convinced of his own cleverness: the mouse.

#If you had one chance, what moment would you most want to return to?#

Shen Sui: "Can I only pick one moment? The time I threatened her, the time I disrespected her, the time I made her sad. Damn it, how could I have been such a bastard? I want to go back to every single one of those moments, kiss and hold her, tell her I'm sorry, and ask her to forgive me."

Zhou Yi: "Can we go back a little further? Say... to when Shen Sui was still a fertilized egg. It would have been easier to get rid of him then."

Reading Guide:

1. The characters are not based on real people.

2. One-on-one romance; both leads are virgins.

3. The leads have more scenes together starting around Chapter 18.

Pre-order novel, Cousin, Long Time No See. Please add it to your collection. Blurb:

Marriage by force + melodrama + love and hate + reunion after a long separation + she runs, he pursues + both leads are virgins

A ruthless, obsessive older cousin × a cousin who's gentle on the outside but resilient within

When misfortune struck the Wu family, Zhou Hu, the second young master of the Marquis's residence, went to pay his respects. White funeral banners fluttered as paper money turned into gray butterflies and filled the sky.

Through the hazy smoke, he saw her:

Song Jin'an.

The merchant's daughter who had once stayed at the Marquis's residence, moaning plaintively beneath him night after night, only to turn around and marry someone else.

Now she wore plain mourning clothes, her face haggard as she knelt before the coffin to mourn her late husband.

He thought seeing her like this would give him satisfaction.

But that very night, he dreamed of her again.

In the dream, red candles glowed in a warm bedchamber. Her hair loose, she sobbed beneath him. Her plain white mourning robe had been pushed up to her waist, and he bit open its fastenings.

She sniffled and pushed at his chest, but her fingertips were too weak to muster any strength. Her voice trembling, she pleaded, "Cousin, go slowly."

When he woke, the brocade quilt was a mess. Zhou Hu lowered his eyes to the long, deep scar across his chest.

So what if she'd killed him? He'd been born with a hard fate!

With the Wu family fallen on hard times, they sent her to him in a small sedan chair in the middle of the night.

Zhou Hu lifted the blindfold from her eyes and smiled as he spoke:

"Cousin, long time no see."

Theme: Life should be full of drive!