The Alluring Night in South City

A submissive, scheming green tea canary, 0.7 x a cool, smoldering, sweet and gentle patron with a dark side, 0.3

[Early: Puppy and owner. Later: Baby and mommy.]

[The chase is over, and they're madly in love.]

1.

Qu Jiangchi has been Yi Wansui's jade appraiser, kept close at hand, for three years. Everyone knows their relationship is far more than just professional, but no one knows...

In the eyes of outsiders, Chairwoman Yi is an elegant, aloof woman. In private, she craves physical contact so intensely that she's become addicted to it.

The Wulu River never changes its course for anyone, yet countless times the Yi family estate has folded the intimacy of two women into the night, where desire shimmers and passion blooms.

At night, Qu Jiangchi lies on Yi Wansui's bed, a cigarette from Yi Wansui's hand between her fingers. She bends one long leg, lifting Yi Wansui's chin with her toe, her every movement alluring and her eyes full of affection.

Yi Wansui reaches out and grips her ankle, pressing her thumb to the mole on Qu Jiangchi's ankle bone and slowly rubbing it. Her gaze fixes on Qu Jiangchi, dark and heavy. “Know your place.”

Qu Jiangchi laughs softly, her eyes and brows full of charm. “You taught me, Chairwoman.”

2.

Yi Wansui is the chairwoman of the Menglai Jade Merchants Association in southeastern Bianzhou, the largest jade merchant in all of Bianzhou, and the sole heir to the elite Jomondlli family.

In Menglai, a place rife with competing factions, her association is an intermediary none of them can afford to bypass.

It was a game between consenting adults. Qu Jiangchi spent three years playing along with Yi Wansui, both because she craved the woman's body and because she wanted a place to settle down in the chaotic southern city.

Qu Jiangchi guarded her heart, warning herself not to fall into Chairwoman Yi's ambiguous, tender trap.

But over those three years, Yi Wansui had protected her more than once, whispering as she kissed her, “You will always be mine...”

The warmth and affection in the woman's tea-colored eyes made it impossible for Qu Jiangchi not to fall.

It wasn't until news came that Yi Wansui was about to get engaged that Qu Jiangchi understood what those words meant: How long can someone who relies on their beauty to please another expect to be cherished?

She and Yi Wansui had never belonged to the same world. With a sneer, Qu Jiangchi tossed the imperial green jade ring the woman had given her into the Wulu River, then prepared to leave Menglai for China with Ruan Yue.

What she didn't know was...

In Ruicheng, Mandalay, and at the Jiegao border crossing, eyes had been planted everywhere. Bounties worth a fortune covered Menglai, and the entire underworld was looking for Qu Jiangchi.

That night at the Jiegao crossing, as Qu Jiangchi was dragged out of a car, she could just make out Yi Wansui's cold, somber face in the back seat beneath the blinding headlights. Those tea-colored eyes were heavy with desire as they stared straight at her.

“...Why run?” The woman's voice was full of restrained emotion, just as it had been on the night she took Qu Jiangchi away three years ago.

Countless boats drifted across the Wulu River, searching day and night for the ring.

3.

I cannot help but grieve and resent. Though we meet again, I cannot ask. Once, my dark brows left their mark on your spring robe.

The future is uncertain; my heart breaks as your fragrance fades away.

The solitary pine suits the later years, while the other trees love the fragrant spring.

The Jialing River winds past Qujiang Pool. Though the moon is the same, we are parted.

Age gap / class gap / submissive challenges superior / skin hunger / morally gray heroine

* The story is told from the pursuer's point of view, but there is no absolute top or bottom between the women.

* The engagement was a rumor. The heroine never agreed to an arranged marriage.

* Not your typical chase-and-regret story.

* Includes switching. Please don't read if that's not for you.

* Both protagonists smoke. Please don't read if that's not for you.

* The protagonists are of Chinese descent and return to China later in the story.

* The early story focuses on the protagonists' growth, push and pull, and clashes.

The later story focuses on them supporting each other, world peace, and power struggles in business.

* This is a long story, so please take your time. If it's not to your taste, feel free to stop reading.

* Both are physically and emotionally devoted to each other, one-on-one.

* Please don't offer unsolicited writing advice.

Blurb last revised September 10, 2026 / second revision October 27, 2026, screenshots saved

Next book: [Marrying the Ice-Cold Young Lady by Contract]

A clueless, career-minded wooden block, 0.7 x a seemingly icy but actually sly and seductive heiress, 0.3

Coming soon: [After My Online Rival and I Were Exposed as Online Dating]

A dazzling, flirtatious peacock who knows it, 0.2 x a sultry, reserved, wealthy woman with a dark side, 0.8

Theme: Promote Chinese jade culture and confidence in our national culture. Learn from the virtues of a gentleman like jade: benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage, and purity. Honor the cultural spirit of China's jade pioneers and encourage the pursuit of truth and practicality, honesty and benevolence, and devotion to one's homeland.