Crush's Guide to Conquest

[Complete / romantic push-and-pull / HE]

A master of seduction vs. one who flirts and then walks away

[Advertising director x barista]

Si Xia was bewitched and kissed a strange man.

He was tall and handsome, with a great body. More importantly, his face was enough to make anyone's heart race. He was perfect for getting back at her ex.

After fishing for him online for several days, she finally worked up the courage to ask him out.

Who knew that on the day they met, she'd unexpectedly come face-to-face with that all-too-familiar face, and the online friend who'd come with him, smiling as he said hello?

Si Xia's heart sank.

The man's expression was cool, as if he'd never seen her before. But after the coffee shop closed, he cornered Si Xia at the entrance.

"I'm the one you kissed." His expression didn't change, but his gaze wandered over her suggestively. "And you went chatting up another man?"

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After several failed relationships, Si Xia was afraid to let herself get into another intimate relationship, especially with a naturally dangerous man like Bai Jiayang. This kind of push-and-pull game between adults clearly wasn't for her.

"He's just a useful tool."

Even though she knew Bai Jiayang was standing behind her, she still said it.

At her words, the man walked away without looking back.

The second week of no contact, and everything went wrong.

Si Xia couldn't help stalking Bai Jiayang's Moments.

Playing basketball, hiking, watching the sunrise: his life was full and enjoyable, while Si Xia was so devastated she couldn't sleep.

Then she heard that her ex, who'd caused trouble at the shop, had been beaten up.

That night, Si Xia received a message from Bai Jiayang.

[I'm downstairs. Open the door.]

A moment later, the man stood outside. His face was bruised, but those handsome brows and eyes still barged right into her field of vision.

Si Xia regretted letting him in. He blocked the door with his leg and pinned her against the entryway wall.

"Well?"

He held both her wrists behind her back, his gaze dark as if veiled in mist. His breath against her ear grew more and more ragged. "Am I doing a good job as your useful tool?"

#I'vePosted800MomentsAndMyWifeStillWon'tReply#WhetherI'mAUsefulToolIsForMeToDecide#

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The author's other novel, Tonight It Rains, is currently serializing next door!

Older woman-younger man | Six-year age gap | He falls first

Radio host x musician

Icy beauty x scheming wolf pup

Zhou Yu had never done anything out of line in her life.

From school to work, even choosing a marriage partner came down to black-and-white matchmaking criteria. She never allowed herself to stray from her path.

But then she met Cheng Sixun.

He was an arrogant, headstrong young man, so wildly self-assured that in just a few days, he turned her life upside down.

On the night she was supposed to meet her matchmaking partner's parents, the restaurant was separated from the reception room by just one wall. Cheng Sixun reached over from behind to get a glass from the top shelf for her, then leaned down and watched her eyes in the reflection.

His voice dropped low, his chest almost against her back. "You and my brother aren't right for each other."

Just one sentence.

Zhou Yu's fingers went slack, and the glass shattered on the floor.

Zhou Yu knew that her relationship with Cheng Sixun could never see the light of day.

"I'm sorry I led you on."

She dismissed everything between them with that light, careless sentence, cutting ties for good.

When they met again, they were worlds apart.

Cheng Sixun was a top musician with countless awards at home and abroad. Everyone said Zhou Yu could never sign him with her shabby little studio.

Unwilling to give up, Zhou Yu spent days trying to catch him, even smiling and drinking herself into a stupor at a banquet just to see him once.

Reeking of alcohol, she stood outside the hotel and looked at Cheng Sixun with quiet determination. "If we put aside what happened between us, could you..."

"No."

When she looked up again, they were barely half a step apart.

She watched Cheng Sixun slowly bend down, his jaw brushing past her ear.

"Those were your words." The next second, his voice sounded in her ear: "From now on, let's never see each other again."

On the eve of her engagement, Xie Chengzhe was still walking into the parking garage with a strange woman in his arms that afternoon. By evening, he was at a family banquet with Zhou Yu, both of them wearing matching couple rings.

Cheng Sixun put out his cigarette and, without a word, pulled Zhou Yu from the entryway into the bedroom.

Her hands were held behind her back, her dress crumpled, and she couldn't move.

"Cheng Sixun!"

As if he hadn't heard her, the man pressed against her buried his face in the crook of her neck. Sharp waves of pain dulled her senses, threatening to consume her reason.

"Are you choosing me or him?"

Zhou Yu didn't answer. Cheng Sixun pressed her against the door and gripped her chin, forcing her to look up. "Look at me."

"He doesn't love you at all." His eyes reddened beyond his control. His fingers gently brushed the diamond stud in her ear, again and again. "I'm the one who loves you most."

Just like the winter they first met, when sixteen-year-old Cheng Sixun saw Zhou Yu for the first time.

She wore a clean white dress. Taking a handkerchief from her schoolbag, she bent down to wipe the blood from his face. The earring in her ear brushed loose and fell to the ground, but she didn't notice.

Cheng Sixun closed the door and clenched it in his hand, whispering her name over and over.

"Zhou Yu."

"Whether it was then or now, you're the only one I want."

Theme: Work hard and love life.