The Thorny Rose

[Mature Romance + Reunion After Years Apart + Long-Planned Scheme + Hong Kong Entertainment Scene]

A qipao beauty who only cares about money X a business tycoon, cold on the outside and warm at heart

Zhou Yu loved Zhou Zijun for ten years.

She had believed that one day he would finally look her way. Then disaster struck, shattering her empty dream and leaving her mired in despair.

At last, she came to her senses and chose to leave.

Six years later, they met again and their lives became entangled once more.

By day, she was merely his employee. By night, she was an hourly companion he couldn’t acknowledge in public.

The day before their contract expired, he asked her,

“Zhou Yu, have you ever really loved anyone?”

“I have.”

“Who was it?”

At his question, Zhou Yu looked at him, her gaze flickering between light and shadow. “It wasn’t you.”

*

Later, rumors spread that the heir to the Zhou family of Ningcheng went berserk and ran over anyone who got on his nerves. He was even said to suffer from severe sexual dysfunction. Though he showed no interest in women, every three months he would visit a different grand theater to hear the new Kunqu opera star sing.

Until a private video was leaked...

The man went mad, dragged the woman away from the engagement banquet, and flung her into the passenger seat of his car. “If you dare marry someone else, I’ll steal you away!”