[Possessive pursuit + groveling to win her back + powerful man bends for love]
[Coolheaded, highly intelligent heroine vs. scheming, unhinged hero]
Two years ago, Fu Yanlin set his sights on a woman. Nothing came of it, but he couldn’t forget her.
A light rain fell. The woman wore a black dress, her long hair pinned up, as she offered a final farewell at a funeral that was little more than a farce.
Fu Yanlin sat in his car. Amid the crowd jostling outside the window, that elegant figure seemed untouched by it all, yet she caught his eye. Cool raindrops landed on his fingertips as his expression turned unreadable.
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Ming Lai knows full well that getting close to Fu Yanlin is a huge gamble, and her odds of winning are pitifully low.
She needs to uncover the truth about the past, and getting close to Fu Yanlin is something she has to do. But he is more troublesome than the King of Hell himself.
Everyone knows the Fu family’s new head is capable and well-regarded both inside and outside the family. Only Ming Lai knows how cold his words are and how ruthless he can be beneath that handsome exterior.
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By the time the truth comes out, she has already prepared an escape route for herself. But she is detained and taken away on charges of “illegally stealing company files.”
Ming Lai doesn’t know how long she has been waiting in the detention room. She only hears footsteps approaching, one after another, before the door slowly opens.
She looks up, and a familiar face appears before her.
Those hands once gently stroked her hair. Now they clamp down hard on her chin. The tenderness is gone, forcing her to look up at him.
“If you want to leave, don’t blame me for breaking your wings myself.”
