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Taboo

Rating 3.1
Word count
110K words
Chapters
45

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Summary

[Roguish and rebellious Zhao Feiming vs. gentle and resilient Li Yan]

[Modern romance + urban + quality fiction + younger man + forced love + mutual healing + redemption + loyal dog + 1V1 + HE]

Zhao Feiming looks down at her mockingly: "Done seducing the old one? Now you want to seduce the young one?"

Li Yan: "Even if I were seducing someone, it wouldn't be a kid like you who hasn't even grown his hair in yet."

"Didn't you say I haven't grown my hair in yet?" He stares at her face—though he clearly despises her, his eyes revealing disgust and hatred, yet his body pins her down hard. "I'll show you whether I've grown it in or not."

Editor's review

This is a modern romance novel built around a younger-man relationship. Zhao Feiming's roguish rebelliousness and Li Yan's gentle resilience form a sharp contrast; from verbal sparring to emotional tug-of-war, the two bring out the themes of mutual healing and redemption within a forced-love framework. The pacing is fast and the dialogue sharp, suited to readers who like strong conflict and high-tension emotional lines. The male lead's loyal-dog quality and the female lead's toughness form the emotional fulcrum, and the HE ending gives readers a clear emotional landing point. While reading, pay attention to the turning point where the relationship shifts from confrontation to closeness—that is where the emotional intensity peaks. As a quality urban romance, it is better suited to emotional reading in spare moments than to serious literature seeking realistic depth.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Romance readers who enjoy younger-man relationships and high-conflict emotional lines
  • Urban fiction fans who prefer themes of mutual healing and redemption
  • Readers who can accept a forced-love setup and expect a HE ending
  • People who want light emotional reading for commutes or bedtime

Not a good fit for

  • People who feel uncomfortable with or dislike the forced-love setup
  • Readers who prefer slow-burn, realistic, serious-literary tastes
  • Readers expecting exploration of complex social issues

Reading tips

  1. Read the first few chapters to feel the sharpness of the leads' dialogue before deciding whether to go deeper
  2. Watch for the key turning point when the relationship shifts from confrontation to closeness, to understand the redemption arc
  3. If you are sensitive to the forced-love setup, learn about the relevant plot in advance before choosing to read

About the publisher

Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a cultural enterprise focused on planning and publishing literature and social science books. Public information is limited, and the available details come mainly from its in-house catalogue. Its publishing areas cover prose and essays, foreign literature, social science classics, mystery and detective fiction, and history books, with attention to reissues and boxed sets of classic works. Representative titles include Wang Zengqi's essay collection Renjian Youwei, Wanwu Youqu, The Little Prince, a boxed set of Western philosophical classics, Mao Dun's classic works, a collection of Yasunari Kawabata's award-winning works, Cai Lan's essays, and the Eddie Flynn courtroom mystery series. Its authors include Chinese and foreign names such as Wang Zengqi, Mao Dun, Yasunari Kawabata, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius, reflecting a publishing profile that brings together Chinese prose, foreign literature, and philosophical and social science classics.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 第一章
  3. 第二章
  4. 第三章
  5. 第四章
  6. 第五章
  7. 第六章
  8. 第七章
  9. 第八章
  10. 第九章
  11. 第十章
  12. 第十一章
  13. 第十二章
  14. 第十三章
  15. 第十四章
  16. 第十五章
  17. 第十六章
  18. 第十七章
  19. 第十八章
  20. 第十九章
  21. 第二十章
  22. 第二十一章
  23. 第二十二章
  24. 第二十三章
  25. 第二十四章
  26. 第二十五章
  27. 第二十六章
  28. 第二十七章
  29. 第二十八章
  30. 第二十九章
  31. 第三十章
  32. 第三十一章
  33. 第三十二章
  34. 第三十三章
  35. 第三十四章
  36. 第三十五章
  37. 第三十六章
  38. 第三十七章
  39. 第三十八章
  40. 第三十九章
  41. 第四十章
  42. 第四十一章
  43. 第四十二章
  44. 第四十三章
  45. 第四十四章

FAQ

Is the romance in this book sweet or angsty?
Overall it is dominated by strong conflict and high tension. Early on the leads spar fiercely and the relationship carries a forced-love flavor, but the arc moves toward mutual healing and redemption, ending in HE, with a warm emotional landing.
Is the younger-man relationship clearly expressed in the book?
Yes. Zhao Feiming's rebellious roguishness and Li Yan's gentle resilience form a double contrast of age and personality. The heroine's line about "a kid who hasn't even grown his hair in yet" is a direct expression of their younger-man dynamic, and the later emotional tug-of-war revolves around this gap.
I haven't read the author's other works—can I read this one directly?
Yes. This is a standalone story that does not depend on prior background; you can dive right in. It is recommended to read the first few chapters to get used to the dialogue style and pace of conflict, then judge whether it suits your reading preferences.

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About the author

苏玛丽 Author

Su Mali is an author in the field of Chinese online romance and youth literature. Publicly available information about her is limited: her nationality, dates of birth and death, and real name are not clearly recorded. The library currently holds twenty-four of her works, including representative titles such as Upstairs and Downstairs, Deity, Stealing Joy, Dog Man, Soft Fragrance, Exchange, Fishbone, and Model. Judging from these titles and the common categories, her writing centers mainly on modern romance and youth literature, with themes often revolving around the emotional entanglements of urban men and women, intimate relationships, and psychological fluctuations during youthful growth. Her narratives tend to emphasize emotional tension between characters and everyday details, and her book titles are relatively direct and colloquial, carrying a certain flavor of online literature. Because verifiable biographical information is insufficient, her writing experience and literary influence cannot be further described; readers may learn about her work through the titles mentioned above.

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