Alluring beauty x cool, powerful official
[Both pure, possessive love + cool, powerful official goes mad for love]
Cui Fu, the youngest daughter of Minister Cui, is a beauty of peerless grace and the finest beauty in Yujing.
Her stunning looks have brought her admirers since childhood. Over time, she has come to take pride in her appearance, convinced that no man in the world could resist her charms.
But Xie Huaiyu shatters that conviction completely.
Xie Huaiyu is the eldest legitimate son of the Xie family, with a status that needs no explanation. More remarkable still, he has become chief minister at a young age, holding power over the court. He is the ideal match coveted by countless noblewomen in Yujing.
Yet this highly esteemed man, when someone mentions her, simply says, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To me, she's nothing special."
When Cui Fu hears about it, she reaches a conclusion: he has a fetish for ugly women.
Cui Fu is furious and throws herself into trying to make Xie Huaiyu look bad.
But every time, he turns her schemes aside with ease.
That only makes Cui Fu more annoyed.
Just then, her elder sister tells her, "The best way to get revenge on a man is to make him fall madly in love with you, then dump him without hesitation and let him know what it's like to want someone you can't have."
As someone who never lets a slight go unanswered, Cui Fu wholeheartedly agrees. She swears on the spot to make Xie Huaiyu regret those words.
From then on, she changes her usual ways and often appears before Xie Huaiyu with a beaming smile.
Cui Fu is such a good actress that everyone, not just Xie Huaiyu, believes she is deeply in love with him.
As time passes, Cui Fu seems to have truly melted that iceberg.
Xie Huaiyu gazes at her with dark, deep eyes, asking over and over whether she truly loves him.
"A Fu, do you really have feelings for me?"
Cui Fu gazes back at him tenderly. "Of course I have feelings for you, Master Xie."
Cui Fu succeeds.
She watches Xie Huaiyu fall for her, then withdraws without a moment's hesitation.
She promptly accepts a marriage proposal from someone else and carefully chooses a suitable husband. She wants Xie Huaiyu to watch helplessly as she marries another man, and regret what he said.
Who could have expected that on her wedding night, the person lifting her veil would not be her husband, but Xie Huaiyu?
The warmth that once filled Xie Huaiyu's eyes is now replaced by anger and obsession. His long, distinct fingers clamp around her chin. "You went to all that trouble to seduce me, and now you want to marry someone else? Who gave you the nerve?"
Only then does Cui Fu realize she may have provoked a serious problem.
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Xie Huaiyu locks Cui Fu in a room.
A cold chain is fastened around her slender ankle.
For the first time, the usually composed and proper Xie Huaiyu loses control.
He gently strokes Cui Fu's beautiful face.
"A Fu, there are consequences for telling lies."
P.S. A lofty, aloof man falls from his pedestal + possessive love, one-on-one, both pure.
[Blurb written on December 7, 2025. Plagiarism will be pursued.]
Theme: After abandoning the cool, powerful official
