My previous book was accepted without an outline, and I was completely winging it. Writing it was a bit painful, so I've put it aside for now (I'll finish it eventually). I have a lot I want to express with this one, so I'm using it as a change of pace. I've currently written 18 of 30 chapters in advance (I'll try to write more).
#Two-Faced #UnhealthyRomance #DarkPossessiveness #YoungerManSecretlyInLove #RepressedTension #AffairWithTheOtherWoman
Radiant, flamboyant, wealthy screenwriter x insecure, gloomy, unhinged anesthesiologist
Chen Tizhou has kept a secret hidden in his heart for years.
Fang Zhishan.
During his first year of college, his father died and his mother remarried, starting a new family. Her new family didn't want her to have any ties to her past. So Chen Tizhou, part of his mother's "past," was inevitably the one she left behind.
"..."
Honestly, it didn't make much difference.
Even when his father was alive and his mother hadn't left, Chen Tizhou's life wasn't much better.
In a way, the way things turned out gave him some peace and freedom.
Still, that was the year when, in the fifteen years of darkness that had been Chen Tizhou's life, he encountered the first and only ray of light to ever reach his heart.
"..."
Fang Zhishan was always surrounded by people. Chen Tizhou knew full well that she didn't need the little bit of love he had to offer.
During their two years at university, unbeknownst to Fang Zhishan, Chen Tizhou quietly withdrew into the darkness, standing beneath a shadow where the sun could never reach, secretly gazing at the dazzling sun that would never shine on him.
She had a boyfriend.
He came from a wealthy family, excelled in his studies, and had a good personality.
She seemed to like him a lot.
Whenever she was with him, she was always smiling.
Their relationship was steady.
They didn't get angry, fight, or break up.
Chen Tizhou knew how wretched he was. He didn't even have the right to get close to her.
He despised and loathed himself for being so useless.
After graduation, Chen Tizhou didn't dare to seek out anything about Fang Zhishan anymore.
He buried his longing deep in his heart, but time couldn't erase it. The desire he felt for Fang Zhishan grew more intense with every day he spent apart from her.
Until one utterly joyless day, in the utterly joyless work of Chen Tizhou's utterly joyless life...
The moment the elevator doors opened,
Chen Tizhou's heart lurched violently, beyond his control.
At that same moment, the heart that had beaten numbingly day after day clenched into a spasm in his chest.
"Who do you like more, him or me?"
"You."
Chen Tizhou didn't believe her. Obsessively, he held her tight, his grip unrelenting.
Jealousy shattered his reason, driving him nearly mad. A beguiling red misted the corners of his eyes.
"Fang Zhishan. When you look at me, who else are you thinking about?"
Chen Tizhou knew the truth.
Every word of love Fang Zhishan had ever said to him, from beginning to end, was really meant for the other person she was gazing at through him!
Later, the disguise Chen Tizhou had so carefully constructed was torn away.
After he fell unconscious, Fang Zhishan's response was to lock him up in cold manacles, keeping him completely confined...
"Fang Zhishan, you shouldn't pity me."
Reading Notice:
The male and female leads are both sexually inexperienced and devoted to each other. The woman is three years older. The man is psychologically abnormal and has a weak moral compass. He is not a perfect character and displays extreme and unhinged behavior more than once (not toward the female lead), which gets worse as the story goes on! If you feel uncomfortable while reading, run for the hills!
The original blurb was posted on 2025.9.5 and has been screenshotted.
Theme: See the view above the clouds once the fog has lifted.
