Don't Go Around Kissing Your Rival

The Tao and Lin families both built their fortunes as jewelers, with generations of feuding between them. Lin Ji, raised to stay away from the Tao family, accidentally learns that her destined love is none other than her sworn rival, Tao Zhiwei. Desperate to escape this prophecy, Lin Ji takes every measure, but her efforts backfire—each attempt only brings her closer to Tao Zhiwei. At Tao Zhiwei’s home, surveillance catches her forcefully kissing the woman. In a dream, the woman sweetly calls her by a nickname and kisses her in an intimate place, startling her awake and leaving her sleepless. During a resort getaway, despite sleeping separately, she wakes up cradled in the woman’s arms. Wasn’t the plan to avoid each other forever? Why does she keep ending up in intimate moments with her rival? --- Tao Zhiwei naturally held little regard for the Lin family—except for the youngest daughter, Lin Ji, whose fiery temper and sharp tongue made her puff up like an angry blowfish. Though Tao Zhiwei prided herself on her composure, she found herself repeatedly teasing Lin Ji, unable to resist. But Lin Ji always surprised her. Initiating kisses, embraces, and even climbing into her bed one night at the resort. The more they interacted, the more Tao Zhiwei wanted more. She realized she had developed feelings she shouldn’t have. For the first time, she found herself unable to let go… One night, after Lin Ji repeated for the hundredth time, *“I hate Tao Zhiwei the most,”* Tao Zhiwei patted her bottom and dragged her back by the ankle— *“Let’s see if you can still talk tough later.”* --- Next up: **"Dating Mom's Rival"** After another fight with her mother, Ran Xi runs out into the winter night wearing nothing but a thin nightgown. A car stops in front of her, the rear window rolls down, and a beautiful woman offers, *“Need help?”* Ran Xi recognizes her—Kong Lingyi, her mother’s sworn enemy. Too frozen to speak, she watches as the woman steps out, drapes a warm coat over her shoulders, and opens the car door. *“Get in.”* That night, after calming down, Ran Xi belatedly realizes she shouldn’t be in this woman’s home. But her plea for forgiveness to her mother is met with a red exclamation mark. Tears spill as she crouches in a corner, whispering, *“Mom…”* Kong Lingyi, watching from nearby, quirks a brow. *“Who are you calling ‘Mom’?”* Stung by rejection, a spark of mischief flickers in Ran Xi’s eyes. *“Who else would I mean?”* *“If you said that in front of Ran Xu, I’d be much happier.”* --- Ran Xi’s relationship with her mother remains strained, and she increasingly seeks refuge at Kong Lingyi’s place after disputes. Hoping to mend things, she asks the woman for advice. As her mother’s longtime rival, Ran Xi figures Kong Lingyi must know her well. But the day Kong Lingyi takes her home, the woman’s usual hostility vanishes. Instead, she sweetly suggests to Ran Xu, *“A disobedient child needs discipline.”* What Ran Xu doesn’t expect is how spoiled and willful Ran Xi acts around Kong Lingyi. That evening, rose petals float atop the bathtub water, concealing the red marks on Ran Xi’s skin. Kong Lingyi grips her shoulders and shoves her under, water splashing wildly. *A lesson for disobedience.* #IfMomWon’tDisciplineHerSomeoneElseWill --- **Next: [Badass Older Woman x Spoiled Brat]**