Sinking into Macau

[The main story is complete; bonus chapters are ongoing]

Glamorous, badass girl x handsome, roguish troublemaker

In Aocheng, everyone knows the Qiao and Zheng families have arranged a marriage between their children.

A perfect match in status, childhood sweethearts who grew up together: unquestionably an ideal pairing.

Only their closest friends know that the truth is nothing like that.

One is reckless and flamboyant, with enough girls around him to form a whole idol group. The other is dazzling and unconventional, with enough male companions to fill a football team.

Both are determined to make the other the unluckiest fool stuck with them, and they compete like rivals, neither willing to yield.

Their friends huddle together in despair, already imagining the chaos of married life.

But their elders' wishes are hard to defy. They have to get married.

To protest, the two protagonists both disappear a week before the wedding.

Their relatives and elders panic, scrambling to organize a search. Their friends take turns bombarding them with calls, but nobody hears a thing.

Just as everyone prepares to face questions from the media, they finally get through to Zheng Baitu.

A man's low, slightly hoarse voice comes lazily through the phone, sounding a little displeased. "What is it?"

Before the people waiting by the phone can ask anything, a soft female voice comes through from somewhere nearby, chiding him quietly. "Zheng Baitu! You tore my dress again!"

Her voice and tone are a perfect match for the other missing person.

The man being scolded isn't the least bit upset. With a cheeky laugh in his voice, he replies, completely unconcerned about the crowd listening in. "Did you bite me any less hard last night?"

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[Important] The relationship history mentioned in the earlier part of the blurb is fake! Fake! Fake!!!

Unrequited love from the hero / childhood sweethearts / marriage alliance between wealthy families

Rival couple

Both leads are each other's first and only

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The story of Ella and Grant from Hot Kisses and Begonias

This book was written later, and the characters have been revised. They're different from their versions in Hot Kisses, so read this as a brand-new story.

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*For specific content warnings, see the author's note in Chapter One.

A preview of my upcoming marriage-first, love-later novel, Trapped in a Spring Night

Spoiled heiress x older, fatherly man

Marriage first, love later | Four-year age gap | Delicious romance

When Luo Mingtan was twenty-four, she agreed to marry into the Xie family to save her family's business from a crisis.

At the time, Xie Jinglan was a prominent young heir among the city's elite, the newly appointed successor to the Xie family, an industrial powerhouse. He was ambitious and riding high, at the peak of his glory.

Everyone assumed he would be matched with a refined, virtuous young lady from a distinguished family. No one could have imagined it would be the eldest daughter of the Luo family.

The first twenty-four years of Luo Mingtan's life were a glittering parade of luxury and prosperity, dazzling enough to fill a book titled A Record of the Heiress's Daily Life. The only surprise was that she got married at twenty-four.

Her summary of the marriage: two people with no emotional connection getting what they want from each other.

The day after they registered their marriage, the groom left for overseas, with no return date in sight.

Wearing the title of Mrs. Xie, Luo Mingtan spent two years in a marriage that was like being widowed. Her friends cursed him as a scumbag and said she deserved better, but she said it couldn't be more wonderful.

She could use his cards, live in his home, drive his car... and she didn't even have to keep up the pretense of being a loving couple. How was he a scumbag? He was practically a living bodhisattva.

She went on attending fashion shows, shopping, and spending lavishly at auctions.

One day, after leaving a show, she was caught in a sudden downpour. She stood under the eaves calling her driver. After she hung up, a car slowly pulled up in front of her.

The man in the back seat had sharp, deep-set features. He stepped out in black leather shoes, into a puddle, and asked, "Where are you going?"

Holding her phone, Luo Mingtan was already used to this kind of pickup line. She smiled politely, using the plastic husband who had been "dead" for over two years as an excuse. "My husband is coming to get me."

Then she smiled sweetly again, opened her WeChat chat like it was second nature, and sent a syrupy voice message: "When will you get here, hubby? I miss you so much."

Before she could recall it, the next second her voice came from the phone in the man's hand.

He held up his phone and raised an amused eyebrow. "Is that so? Then I want to see just how much you miss me."

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This book is also known as: The Messages My Wife Recalled While I Was Abroad

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The hero is an outstanding example of a man with exemplary virtue.

Theme: Love is a game of strategy.