Cyberpunk, Wasteland, and a Lover Who Fell from the Sky

A younger woman who seems obedient and clingy but is actually a schemer, paired with an upright, gentle, secretly passionate older woman. Five-year age gap, both strong, with a switch dynamic.

Blurb:

In the year 3065 of the Dawn Era, the world was riddled with nuclear contamination. Ye Qingzhou, who harbored a secret, accidentally stumbled into a life-or-death fighting arena, yet somehow survived.

Among the recruiters who rushed to make a move, she accepted Lu Yuan's offer. Then that very night, she pinned Lu Yuan against the bathroom sink.

Every night after that... and not just at night, or in bed, their days were full of variety.

This decisive, straightforward, yet gentle team leader seemed able to meet her every need, as long as Ye Qingzhou was willing to be a cash cow.

And Ye Qingzhou had her own plans.

Money, fame, connections: everything came far too easily. It was enough to make a person lose her head, and impossible not to be afraid.

Then everything began to spiral out of control. Amid the tangled web of secrets, exploitation, and desire, genuine feelings began to grow.

A web woven from "fate" or algorithms ensnared them both. When Ye Qingzhou finally stood before the weaver, she discovered that the truth had once been right under her nose.

"I'm sorry. I don't deserve your tears." Lu Yuan replied, "My life... has been an empty shell for a long time."

Content warning: To avoid spoilers, this story has no plot-specific content warnings. Every character has flaws, and no one is completely innocent.

Now serializing: The Canary Takes What She Wants

The second time Wen Yining saw Qiao An was in a private room filled with music and wine.

The poor, innocent girl wore an ill-fitting uniform. A handprint marked her face, and her frightened eyes were like a deer's.

In no time, the innocent Qiao An was in bed with her, biting her lip in the dark and kissing her all over with youthful eagerness.

Wen Yining disdained buying affection with money, yet firmly believed Qiao An was with her for her alone.

That was, until she saw Qiao An accept the card her father offered.

At last, Wen Yining got word of Qiao An's whereabouts and raced to the airport.

At the boarding gate, she asked Qiao An with tearful eyes, "You went to all that trouble to get close to me just so you could ask my dad for money?"

Qiao An gave a soft laugh. "Miss Wen, he's my dad."

Those words shattered the warmth that had once existed between them and tore away the false mask of Wen Yining's "father."

They reunited after a long separation at the funeral of that man, after the Wen family had gone bankrupt.

Dressed in mourning white, Qiao An cornered Wen Yining in the restroom and asked, "Miss, are you short on money lately?"

Wen Yining had thought she was in for a hundredfold humiliation.

Instead, Qiao An held her in the palm of her hand each day, then lowered her eyes and smoothed her clothes. "It's all right if you don't want to. I'm the one who wronged you."

While casually opening an old suitcase, Wen Yining saw photos of herself from childhood to adulthood.

Some had crosses drawn over them. Others were blurred with tears.

* Taking by guile / rekindled romance / the one who was left behind pursues their lover at all costs / love and hatred intertwined

* A bold, innocent heiress who lives for pleasure VS a black moonlight who schemes carefully and plays the pig to eat the tiger. Both strong, with a switch dynamic.

* Special note: Wen Yining has a different biological father. The two share no blood or family ties, and each uses her mother's surname. Both have flaws at the start, but they grow. Happy ending.

Theme: Freedom and love in a wasteland era.