Springtime

⭐ Possessive pursuit / tragic love and hatred / stealing someone else's partner

⭐ Gentle, honest, stubborn heroine × obsessive, ruthless, mad-dog hero

Feng Chun transmigrates into a world in chaos. To stay alive, she disguises herself as a man and hides in the mountains, keeping to herself and going six months without seeing another person.

To avoid trouble, she minds her own business and keeps quiet. Even when she comes across an injured man on the road, she looks on coldly and pretends not to notice.

But she never expects the wild man to grab her ankle. She screams in fright, drawing bandits to the scene, and they are both captured.

When the wild man comes to, he apologizes. Her heart softens, and that night she helps tend his wounds.

Later, they learn that the bandits had all set out that day under the second-in-command's orders, raiding three villages. The men were forced into labor, and all the women were made into prostitutes.

Feng Chun is terrified out of her wits and swears to keep up her male disguise at all costs. She must never let anyone discover who she is.

The wild man kindly helps her perfect her disguise, and they successfully fool the bandits.

Feng Chun thinks that if she can just make it through this, everything will be fine. The wild man also says he'll find a way for them both to escape. But one spring night, the second-in-command traps her on horseback, wraps his arms tightly around her waist, and murmurs against her ear:

"Will you untie your chest binding yourself, or shall I do it for you?"

Feng Chun cries in terror, hoping her tears will earn her some room to negotiate. She looks so heartbreaking that the second-in-command relents and allows her to wash up the next day before they take their pleasure together.

But the next day, the bandit stronghold is stormed. In the blaze of the flames, Feng Chun seizes her chance and escapes through a window.

The wild man she leaves behind and the second-in-command, who arrived a moment too late, lock eyes. Their gazes are filled with dark, icy menace.

Jiang Xingxue is exceptionally gifted and brilliant, and was greatly admired by the late emperor. When the new emperor ascends the throne, Jiang is framed and falls off a cliff, nearly dying.

Luckily, a woman saves him and gives him food and warm water. He resolves to repay her, but she runs away when he destroys the bandit stronghold.

He gazes at the window, still trembling from her escape, and reflects in a low voice: If she got away safely and lives a peaceful life from now on, then I can rest easy.

But when they meet again, she is trapped in a terrible predicament...

Xiao Weicheng is known to be ruthless. After helping the new emperor take the throne, his one remaining thorn in his side is Jiang Xingxue. They meet at the Cliff of Certain Death. Jiang Xingxue dies, and Xiao is badly wounded.

To protect the political situation, he disguises himself as the second-in-command of Qingfeng Stronghold. He means to lie low and wait for his chance, but unexpectedly finds the bedraggled Jiang Xingxue at the stronghold, along with the clever young woman disguised as a man by his side.

He thinks that before killing Jiang Xingxue, it might be quite fun to put on a show of breaking up the lovers and forcibly taking her for himself.

Later, he takes a bite of the honeyed fruit. Even when it leaves him covered in blood, he refuses to let go.

In the dead of night, between the sheets, he grips her throat, snaps the dagger she thrusts at him, and grits out,

"Jiang Xingxue is long dead. You will always be mine."

But tears fall from his eyes.

"Is it really so hard for you to forget him and love me?"

Short version:

After transmigrating, Luo Fengchun meets two men.

One becomes her lover.

The other kills her lover.

[He killed her lover, then forced her to love him]

Tragic love and hatred × over-the-top melodrama × possessive pursuit

♛

Since we're here, I'll share a coming-soon novel too: the historical romance "The Cure."

A very spicy idea.

⭐ Woman with an insatiable craving × aloof, unattainable beauty

She uses the aloof beauty as a cure, then he locks her away.

Wen Qinglin suffers from a strange illness. Her desire is overwhelming and impossible to control.

Hoping to cure her illness once and for all, she travels alone to the capital to seek a miracle doctor. But she runs into trouble on the road and ends up trapped in a temple with a refined, cold, and distant man.

The problem is, her illness flares up, and she has run out of the medicine the miracle doctor gave her.

Slowly, her gaze turns toward the aloof figure's back...

The man refuses. His phoenix eyes are full of contempt for her.

Qinglin has no choice but to take care of it herself.

Once is fine, twice is fine, but this illness is hard to soothe, and she simply can't keep it under control on her own.

In the dark of night, she fixes her gaze on the man's back and clenches her hands, gritting her teeth.

*

The Wei family has been prominent for generations. Its eldest legitimate son, Wei Yuan, is so refined and otherworldly that people call him an immortal banished from heaven. The emperor admires his talent and appearance, and once considered offering him a princess in marriage.

In the third month, Wei Yuan travels south to oversee disaster relief. On his way back to the capital, he meets with misfortune and ends up trapped in a temple with a woman.

The woman forces herself on him.

Afterward, she apologizes repeatedly, saying her illness flared up and she couldn't resist, and begs him to forgive her. She also says she won't ask him to take responsibility.

His brows draw together. How could such a shameless woman exist?

*

The journey to the capital is long, and Qinglin has run out of medicine. She can only agree to travel with Wei Yuan.

He uses her to ward off the romantic advances of other women along the way, while she uses him to quench her desire. They each get what they need.

*

Later, the miracle doctor cures Qinglin, and she can live a normal life again. She brings Wei Yuan a gift to thank him.

Wei Yuan asks, "When you go back, what will you do next?"

She says, "Get married and have children."

Wei Yuan's eyes darken. "All right."

She is a rootless weed, and she is simply not suited to be with him.

*

The journey home is lighthearted and pleasant. Qinglin is delighted, and even makes a fellow villager's acquaintance. They decide to travel together.

But when she wakes from a nap, her hands and feet are shackled, and she can't break free.

The door opens. At the end of a cool, shadowy corridor stands Wei Yuan, his eyes red and crazed.

Theme: Even in a world of tiny dust motes, I would rather love and hate.