A Letter from Hong Kong

Name: A Letter from Hong Kong
Author: Lychee Egg Cake

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by Lychee Egg Cake (荔枝鸡蛋糕)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 145k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Billionaire CEO
Updated: 8mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

“I want her to be like the rain, falling into my arms of her own accord.”

Content warning: The heroine's brother, Zhao Yanchuan, has a BL (also known as danmei) storyline, but he has little page time and it won't affect your reading. If you're particularly uncomfortable with this, please proceed with caution.

A pampered, sharp-tongued rich girl from Beijing × a refined, roguish, fatherly smiling schemer from Hong Kong

Zhao Sinian, head of the Zhongzhou Group, has a son and a daughter. As the apple of her family's eye, Zhao Qingli has doting parents and a big brother who always has her back, so she's grown up spoiled and willful.

On the day she returned from studying abroad, Zhao Qingli learned she was about to be sent to Hong Kong for an arranged marriage. Her match was an older man, eight years her senior.

A calamity. An absolute calamity.

Furious, she chased after her big brother and berated him, clawing and snapping as she accused their father of selling his daughter.

After thinking it over for a night, she packed her bags and headed to Hong Kong.

She'd have to meet her fiancé to find out whether he was a man or a monster, wouldn't she?

The Ming family of Hong Kong has three sons, and the second son, Ming Huai, is the most famous.

A fixture in high society and a regular in financial magazines.

Charming and socially adept, he keeps himself above reproach and greets everyone with a smile.

One day, a gossip magazine suddenly reported that he had broken his leg trying to escape his wedding.

Zhao Qingli stared at the magazine, lost in thought.

...Was her fiancé really this wild?

No one had faith in this match linking Beijing and Hong Kong. Their age, personalities, and interests... they were worlds apart.

Until they clasped hands beneath the fireworks and kissed before the eyes of thousands.

In the evening breeze over Victoria Harbour, Ming Huai signed his name with solemn care for the first time outside a contract.

Where the ink spread, it read: “Love is a tide that never breaks its promise.”

A light ensemble cast, with several couples.

The heroine is pampered, but she's no submissive wife. She's independent and clear-headed, though not a powerhouse heroine.

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