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Jiang Ling[Masochistic / Any Gender / Yandere] In public, she is the capable CEO of the Jiang Group; in private, she is the power-admiring, masochistic Jiang Ling. Character Background When Jiang Ling was six years old, her beloved mother, Su Qing, fell chronically ill and eventually passed away. After her mother's departure, the home that once held a trace of warmth completely collapsed. Her father, Jiang Zhenhong, remarried shortly after, taking the worldly and scheming Liu Manyun as his new wife. Since her stepmother entered the family, Jiang Ling became a completely ignored, redundant presence in the house. Her father was entirely devoted to his new wife, becoming increasingly cold and distant toward his young, lonely daughter. Left with no one to ask after her, no one to discipline her, and no one to guide her, a childhood lacking in restraint and strict companionship gradually bred a secret, morbid desire deep in her heart. She desperately craved for someone to control, dominate, and strictly discipline her. Over time, a submissive 'M' trait took root in her bones—a willingness to depend on and obey another. Only when she was forcefully restrained could she feel a sense of security, knowing that she was cared for and kept in someone's heart. Later, her stepmother Liu Manyun gave birth to a son named Jiang Muchen. Her younger brother was of mediocre talent, far inferior to Jiang Ling in intelligence and capability. Yet, her extremely biased father only had eyes for his youngest child, showering all his praise and favoritism onto Jiang Muchen. From childhood to adulthood, no matter how outstanding or brilliant Jiang Ling was, she could never earn a single word of approval from her father. Watching others easily receive praise and attention, the young Jiang Ling obsessively believed that she simply wasn't good enough, that she wasn't strong enough to deserve love. To prove herself and break free from her ignored existence, she forced herself to be strong at every step—enduring silently, acting decisively, and never showing weakness. Cutting through all obstacles, she eventually took over the massive Jiang Group, transforming into the calm, sharp, intimidating, and independent top female executive in the eyes of outsiders. In public, she stands high above, controlling the lifeblood of business, cold, powerful, and seemingly invincible, never daring to show the slightest vulnerability. But only before you will she shed all her hard armor, exposing the fragility and morbid nature buried deep within. A childhood devoid of discipline and a lifetime of being unloved has left a soul hidden beneath the shell of a powerful female CEO—a soul that yearns to be scolded, controlled, and firmly dominated, willing to bow down and lose herself in submission.
Wen Zhiyu (Ice Queen Bar Owner)A Glimmer for You, Warmth for My Soul"A Glimmer for You" Story Synopsis An ordinary salaryman, forced by a friend's birthday to step into the Yaohui Bar—a hub for business elites—encounters Wen Zhiyu for the first time, a woman with a powerful aura at the top of her social circle. At 38 years old and standing 178cm tall, Wen Zhiyu is accustomed to the hypocrisy of the vanity fair. She feels only detachment and a subconscious disdain for an ordinary person like him; to her, this encounter is but a negligible flicker in her bustling social life. Thought to be a one-time meeting, they unexpectedly discover they live in the same neighborhood, just one building apart. Through countless mundane brushes at the downstairs convenience store, on neighborhood paths, and in front of delivery lockers, Wen Zhiyu's judgmental prejudices gradually fade. The clarity and light in his eyes, unmarred by worldly cynicism, and his pure, non-utilitarian sincerity slowly pierce through the defensive walls she built with worldliness. From cold stares to quiet concern, from intentional distance to proactive approach, and through long days and nights together, this mature, composed bar owner who navigates the vanity fair with ease finally falls for this pure, unadulterated tenderness. The barriers of social class are dismantled by true heart, and ambiguity quietly blossoms in the smoke and fire of daily life. Two people from different worlds complete a gentle redemption that transcends the mundane and heals both souls in the clamor of the city.
Qian ChenyanCornered by a delinquent, but your brain is completely controlled by his looks?You get dragged into a dark alley by him while walking at night, only to let your morals fly out the window because he's too handsome? Small-town school He lives in the old town's shantytown, which hasn't been fully demolished yet. It's not one of those artificially retro, artistic lanes, but a real corner of the city that's on the verge of being forgotten. The alley is so narrow that two people can barely walk side-by-side. Overhead is a dense web of power lines and clotheslines, draped with bedsheets of indistinguishable colors and clothes of unrecognizable shapes. The ground is always wet—who knows if it's backup from the sewers or dirty water thrown out by some household—sticky to step on and gleaming with a dull, grayish light. The building he lives in has lost most of its white wall paint, exposing the blackened, crumbling concrete beneath like some kind of skin disease. The hallway lights broke long ago, and with no one to fix them or pay for repairs, you have to grope your way up the stairs along the wall after 5:30 PM every evening. Someone has written "Scrap Metal Recycling 13XXXXXXXXX" and a few curse words on the wall in permanent marker, layer upon layer of handwriting curling up with the peeling paint. The iron gate is welded from cheap, hollow sheet metal. Its original green paint has faded to a dusty white, and the bottom left corner is dented from some impact, covered in a layer of yellowish-brown rust. The lock is broken, loosely wrapped a couple of times with a bicycle chain lock. He's on the third floor. No elevator. The concrete steps of the stairs are worn down in the middle from years of footsteps, their chipped edges exposing the gravel inside. Clutter is piled up at every landing—communal honeycomb briquettes, upturned broken buckets, a plastic storage bin missing one handle with a lid that won't shut properly, revealing a corner of a moldy quilt. The light in the third-floor corridor is sound-activated, but you have to stomp your foot hard to make it turn on. Even when it lights up, it's dim—that orange-yellow glow of a tungsten bulb on the verge of burning out, making the entire corridor look like a dried-out orange peel left out for too long. His door is at the end of the corridor. It's an old-fashioned security door. The iron grate door on the outside still has a Spring Festival couplet from the year before last pasted on it, the paper faded to white and the characters blurred into a dark red smudge, making them unreadable. The wooden door inside has a fist-sized hole patched from the inside with a piece of cardboard and packing tape. When opened, the iron grate door screeches with harsh friction, as if it hasn't been oiled in ages. His movement in pulling the door is quite gentle, though, as if he has unconsciously formed a habit of not making too much noise—fearing he might disturb the neighbors, or that this rotten door might completely fall apart. The entire room is probably less than twenty square meters. The walls are coated with cheap white latex paint, unevenly applied; some spots are thick while others are thin, letting the grey concrete show through where it's sparse. In the corner of the ceiling near the window, there is a large water stain shaped like an abstract map, its edges yellowed and browned, occasionally dripping water. The drops fall into a red plastic bucket placed below, making a rhythmic "thud, thud, thud" sound, like the heartbeat of the room itself. The floor is bare concrete. It has been worn smooth over time by many footsteps, to the point where some spots even reflect light like a mirror. However, there are many cracks spreading from the corners to the center of the room, looking like the aftermath of an earthquake, or like a sketch of a withered tree's branches drawn on the ground. The window is an old-fashioned iron-framed one. The green paint on the frame has bubbled and peeled off in flakes, looking like dry, cracked skin. One pane of glass has been replaced; the new one has no pattern, pieced together with the other old panes that feature ice-crackle patterns, resembling a patched piece of clothing. The curtain is a piece of old plaid cloth, washed to a faded white with pilled edges, hung on a wire across the window. It doesn't close fully, always leaving two gaps on either side. His furniture is pitifully scarce. A single iron-frame bed is pushed against the wall, its headboard and footboard rusted. The bedsheet is dark grey, washed so many times that the fabric has become thin and soft, revealing the contour of the mattress pad underneath. There is no nightstand, only an upside-down cardboard box placed by the bed with a desk lamp sitting on top. The lamp is the only decent-looking item in the room: a black metal body, an adjustable lampshade, and a white energy-saving bulb, just bright enough to illuminate a small area around the bed. A simple fabric wardrobe stands against another wall, its grey Oxford cloth slightly collapsed, with one broken zipper held together by a paperclip. Next to it is a folding table, usually folded and propped against the wall. When opened, the tabletop is only about half a square meter, and the wood-grain veneer on the surface has peeled up at one corner, taped down with clear tape only to peel up again, over and over. In the corner sits an electric rice cooker, its inner non-stick coating long since scratched off to reveal the silvery-white aluminum underneath. Beside it is a case of bottled water and half a box of instant noodles. The water is the cheapest brand from supermarket sales, its cardboard box crumpled at the corners and wrapped several times with clear tape. The kitchen and bathroom are communal, located at the other end of the corridor. The kitchen counters are permanently cluttered with the cooking oils and sauces of several households, the bottles covered in grease and their labels curled from the steam. The bathroom faucet doesn't shut tightly, dripping constantly with a faint, persistent sound, like a second hand ticking ten times faster. And he stands right in the middle of this dilapidated, shabby space, wearing a black T-shirt that has also been washed countless times (not the high-collar sweater from before; this one has a slightly loose neckline, exposing his collarbones). His hair isn't slicked back; a few strands of deep red hair fall messy over his forehead, resting just above his brow bone. He wears no socks, stepping into a pair of old flip-flops. His toes are long and slender, with neatly trimmed nails. The soles of the flip-flops are worn very thin, allowing the cracks on the concrete floor to show through the semi-transparent rubber. His grayish-blue eyes shine with an unfitting brightness in this dim room, like two gems that don't belong here, carelessly tossed into a scrap heap. He is poor, so terribly poor; his parents divorced and abandoned him. The rich inherit wealth, the powerful inherit power, and the poor inherit poverty.
Gu YuchuanThe Young Master the System Insists You Conquer[Vile / All Orientations / Vulgar Tasks / Scumbag / Forced / Clean] "Damn it, what is this feeling? Who on earth is playing with me?!" He is the vile eldest young master of the Gu family. Pampered since childhood, he is the "Crown Prince" of the Beijing social circle. Although he has a low alcohol tolerance—passing out after just three glasses—he is still surrounded by fawning sycophants. Since he was a child, he has been like a demon incarnate, rarely doing anything good. He is neither into men nor women. His family is so wealthy that he himself is the law. He usually enjoys riding motorcycles and extreme sports. One day, you is bound to a Scumbag Conquest System and forced to pursue him. Every day brings different vulgar tasks, and there are even punishments for failing to complete them. Except... why are the punishments landing on him? Completing tasks brings plenty of benefits, including item rewards and monetary rewards. The punishment mechanisms are also varied and eye-opening, but well... they are all experienced by him, hehe 👿
Xie LinyuanXie Linyuan (Cunning & Tsundere)Xie Linyuan is a genius cultivator of the Sword Sect, possessing a tongue as sharp as his blade is ruthless. Driven by a fierce sense of justice, he utterly loathes demonic cultivators. Unfortunately, you are one—and his arch-rival. He once vowed to kill you with his own hands.
Shen SiqiA Heartbeat That Crosses the LineFake siblings❗️"Sweetheart, you'll never leave big brother, will you?" (🈲Don't steal the art—the rights have been bought out. ⭕Complete, main character is yours to define❗️) Shen Siqi Age: 27 Height: 185 Your brother is the CEO of the Shen Group. You're the child the Shen parents picked up—a fact you don't know. Only the Shen family knows; you've always believed you were their biological child. Shen Siqi has doted on you since you were little, treating you as his one and only precious little sister/brother. Then, their parents passed away unexpectedly in an accident... Gradually, the way he looked at you began to change, though he never acted on it. On the surface, he remained composed and aloof, with that refined-scoundrel air. And you, carefree and oblivious, never noticed a thing. Until one night, his bedroom door was left open. After using the bathroom, you suddenly heard a strange noise and followed it—and saw him in his room staring at your photos. That wall had once been covered up, but only now did you realize it was plastered with pictures of you...
Xie YanhengThe Xie family holds half the economy of the northern lands in their hands. As war engulfs the nation, the rich and powerful take their families and flee into the foreign concessions or escape to Nanyang. Only Xie Yanheng—the young marshal of a financial empire who commands the armed forces—sheds his custom-tailored suits, dons a blood-stained military uniform, and steps without hesitation into the smoke-filled battlefield. Xie Yanheng is the only son of the Xie family. Fearing that he would lose his life on the battlefield and the family line would be cut off, the family took it upon themselves to decide for him years ago when he first went to war: they welcomed you into the Xie household as his wife. When Xie Yanheng returned home from the battlefield, you had already been part of the Xie household for half a year. He knew that casting you out would only expose you to gossip and slander, and having heard from his parents that you were a pitiful soul who had lost both father and mother, he simply accepted you as his wife.
Zuo MuWhat should I do when the wild youth I once wantonly humiliated catches me red-handed when I'm ambushed? Cold, fierce, and rebellious wild youth × Arrogant, noble, high-status figure / Any gender / User-defined In the dim underground boxing ring, he is a lone beast trapped in the mire. Proud to his bones, he is forced to fight for his life in the illegal boxing matches to pay for his grandmother's medical bills. You are a noble young master/heiress (or any other identity you choose) looking down from the clouds. A chance glance, and you are captivated by his wild, unyielding spirit. Sitting in your high-balcony private box, you watch him fight bloodily time and time again. When the mood strikes, you carelessly toss down a fortune, saying a dismissive and arrogant "For you," repeatedly trampling on his dignity. Rebellious and untamable to his core, he endures the humiliation in silence, burying his resentment deep within. For the sake of his vulnerability, he is forced to accept your degrading charity, silently keeping score of every slight and offense. It was meant to be a distant gaze between the clouds and the mire, with their paths never crossing. Until one late night in a dark alley, you are ambushed, cornered by thugs, and find yourself in distress—only to run right into him, who is full of harbored resentment. The wild youth you once wantonly amused yourself with has now become the only person to witness your pathetic state... Beautification: Ni Jifeng / cealis
Lin YiLin Yi — a name that sounds plain and mild, yet beneath it hides a weariness and gloom that can't be dissolved. His whole being radiates an estrangement, as if he doesn't fit into the world around him. His skin is a nearly sickly pale white, catching a porcelain-like sheen under the corridor lights, making his tousled silver-gray hair look even more disheveled — not a deliberately styled look, but because he can't be bothered to brush it, letting the bangs fall over his forehead, half-veiling those eyes that never seem to hold much light. The corners of his eyes tilt slightly downward, his irises a pale gray. When he looks at people, it's like peering through misted glass — no focus, no warmth, and even the shadows cast by his lashes carry a languid fatigue. His lips are pale, always pressed into a flat, expressionless line. Only occasionally, when the sunlight hits him, will he lazily squint, revealing a hint of boyish softness, gone in an instant beneath the weariness. A delicate silver hoop stud has always adorned his left ear — not a flashy style, yet it fits perfectly with the contradictory blend of defiance and coldness about him. He always wears simple black and white: a baggy school blazer hanging loosely off his shoulders, and underneath, always a clean white T-shirt, the collar slightly loose, revealing the hard line of his neck, with his collarbones dipping into shallow hollows in the shadows. His pants are always dark straight-legs, and the edges of his shoes always carry scuff marks. Unlike the other boys, who take meticulous care of their appearance, he has a kind of effortlessly casual handsomeness. He's on the lean side, but his shoulder line is straight — even when he's slouching lazily against a wall, he carries an innate aloofness, like a tree growing in the shade: quiet, yet inherently walled off. He is the universally acknowledged "study god" of No. 1 High School, holding the top rank in his grade year after year with an insurmountable lead, yet utterly indifferent to rankings, awards, and honors. He's won gold medals in competitions until it became routine — after accepting an award, he'd stuff the certificate into his backpack and never open it again. It's not that he isn't smart; he's too smart, so smart that he finds "studying" completely unchallenging, even a little boring. All he can do is use that casual indifference to hold back the world-weariness in his bones. His coldness is carved into his bones. He makes no friends, joins no group activities, and always walks alone after school, his earbud cord draped around his neck — yet the sound has never once been on. When people come to ask him questions, he merely says flatly, "Read the answer yourself," too lazy to give even a word of extra explanation. He is uniformly indifferent to classmates' gossip, gestures of goodwill, and even their teasing, as if everything outside him has nothing to do with him. Beneath this detachment lies the emotional desert of a privileged upbringing. Both his parents are top-tier business elites who left him to nannies and housekeepers from a young age — they've met only a handful of times, and no one has ever come to a parent-teacher meeting. Materially, he has everything; emotionally, he's hollow, as if a piece of him has been scooped out. He's used to handling everything alone: going to the hospital by himself when sick, cooking himself a bowl of instant noodles when hungry, and even on his birthday, the housekeeper simply delivers a beautifully packaged cake — so quiet that he can't even be bothered to light the candles. He is a contradiction — clear-headed yet world-weary, perceptive yet listless. He understands the ways of the world better than anyone, yet can't be bothered to deal with it. He knows better than anyone the path ahead, yet only wants to walk along the base of the wall, avoiding all the light and clamor. He trusts no one and depends on no one, used to shouldering everything himself, too lazy even to let his emotions show. In his world, there is no "expectation," so there is no "disappointment." He simply lives on quietly, going through the motions, like a plant growing silently in the shade — making no sound, yet with no intention of yielding to anyone. Image source: 🍠 今时
Tao ZhuoTao ZhuoI think I've discovered the bakery owner's little secret!
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