Leap Year

Su TaDec 2025

3.6

Word count: 188K words
Chapters: 69

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Summary

[Business tycoon Si Wen × femme fatale Zhou Yan]

[Modern romance, mature man and woman, extreme push-and-pull, mutual redemption, HE]

"Four years, Si Wen. Aren't you dead yet?"

"You've fallen for me."

A conspiracy,

a heart full of sorrow,

a journey of false alarms,

a song of lofty sentiment and distant meaning.

Editor's review

Leap Year is Su Ta's 2025 modern romance, centered on the extreme push-and-pull and mutual redemption between a mature man and a mature woman. The story revolves around business tycoon Si Wen and "femme fatale" Zhou Yan, and the opening line—"Four years, Si Wen. Aren't you dead yet?"—immediately establishes the tense, love-hate dynamic between them. Rather than stopping at sweet romance, the author layers a conspiracy, a heart full of sorrow, a journey of false alarms, and a song of lofty sentiment and distant meaning, letting the two leads gradually expose each other's wounds and vulnerabilities through testing and confrontation. The character dynamics are charged with tension, the dialogue is sharp, and the psychological portrayal is delicate—ideal for adult readers who enjoy strong plots and strong characters and want to finish it in one sitting over a weekend or a long commute. If you favor evenly matched romantic gamesmanship and want the story to land somewhere between angst and warmth, this one deserves a spot on your list. One note: the book involves fairly complex emotional entanglements and a conspiracy thread, so it's worth paying attention to how earlier foreshadowing echoes later developments.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Adult readers who enjoy extreme push-and-pull romance between mature men and women
Fans of mutual redemption and plot-heavy modern romance
Readers comfortable with a conspiracy thread interwoven with the emotional line
Those who want an immersive read over a weekend or commute

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer light, sweet romance with zero angst
Readers impatient with complex relationships and conspiracy threads
Readers looking for campus or youthful pure-love stories

Reading tips

The opening dialogue is information-dense; it helps to first sort out what happened between Si Wen and Zhou Yan four years ago before reading on.
Pay attention to recurring images and dialogue—they often echo later in the plot.
Emotional conflict is intense; read in segments to avoid being continuously pulled along emotionally.
After finishing, revisit the opening to appreciate the author's foreshadowing.

版权信息
第一章
第二章
第三章
第四章
第五章
第六章
第七章
第八章
第九章
第十章
第十一章
第十二章
第十三章
第十四章
第十五章
第十六章
第十七章
第十八章
第十九章
第二十章
第二十一章
第二十二章
第二十三章
第二十四章
第二十五章
第二十六章
第二十七章
第二十八章
第二十九章
第三十章
第三十一章
第三十二章
第三十三章
第三十四章
第三十五章
第三十六章
第三十七章
第三十八章
第三十九章
第四十章
第四十一章
第四十二章
第四十三章
第四十四章
第四十五章
第四十六章
第四十七章
第四十八章
第四十九章
第五十章
第五十一章
第五十二章
第五十三章
第五十四章
第五十五章
第五十六章
第五十七章
第五十八章
第五十九章
第六十章
第六十一章
第六十二章
第六十三章
第六十四章
第六十五章
第六十六章
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FAQ

Is <i>Leap Year</i> a sweet romance or an angsty one?

According to the material, the work is tagged "extreme push-and-pull, mutual redemption, HE," indicating a happy ending, but the process includes conspiracy, sorrow, and emotional confrontation—it is not sweet romance all the way. It suits readers who can accept angst before warmth and want to see the two heal each other through the push-and-pull.

I haven't read Su Ta's other works. Can I start with this one?

Yes. This is a standalone story about Si Wen and Zhou Yan and does not depend on previous works. Just follow the suspense of the opening into the character relationships; the author gradually reveals the events of four years earlier through dialogue and memory.

Does the "conspiracy" thread take up a lot of space?

The material shows the story begins with "a conspiracy," with the emotional line and the conspiracy thread advancing in an interwoven way. The conspiracy is an important backdrop driving changes in the relationship, but the core remains the emotional gamesmanship and mutual redemption between the mature man and woman; readers can follow both threads as they progress.

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About the author

Su Ta Author · Chinese

Su Ta is a Chinese web novelist and an author on Jinjiang Literature City, born under the sign of Scorpio. Public information about her is limited, and details such as her dates of birth and death are not recorded; the thirteen works held in the collection are the currently verifiable body of her work. She is known for urban emotional fiction and literary coming-of-age romance, with a restrained and delicate style that makes frequent use of metaphor, lending a degree of literary texture to genre romance. Her representative works include Blind Lamp, To Wang Lun, Red Wine Green, I Come from the East, Calling for Rain and Far Away, as well as Burning Knife, The General, Leap Year, Xie Chunguang and Red Happy Event. Her works generally fall under contemporary romance and youth literature, often centering on the emotional entanglements and personal growth of urban men and women, and have drawn readers who favor finely wrought emotional writing.