Pear Evolution

[Rekindled romance + wealthy families + sweet and angsty + chasing his wife + a powerful man willingly falling from his pedestal] Heiress × illegitimate son Summer nights in Hong Kong City clung to the salty, damp sea breeze. When sixteen-year-old Jiang Muli met Zhou Yan’s gaze, she failed to see the schemes hidden beneath his roguish smile. All she remembered was the cigarette between his fingers and the way his Adam’s apple bobbed as he called her “Miss Jiang.” She was the heiress of the Jiang family in the capital, and her mother was the head of the Chi family in Haicheng. Her parents’ marriage, built on appearances rather than love, had long since reached an impasse. A trip to Hong Kong City with her father made her fall for this boy of uncertain background. That “forbidden” affection ultimately earned her a one-way ticket abroad. Five years wore away the sharp edges of youth. After finishing her studies, Jiang Muli returned home, thinking the time difference had long since faded the flutter she once felt. But at a dinner gathering after her return, she ran into Zhou Yan again. He had shed the boyish awkwardness of his youth. His once-defiant gaze had settled into a deep, chilling intensity, and his smile was polite yet distant. Only when he said her name did the lingering trace of his old roguishness return to his voice. The only thing unchanged was the split in the middle of his right eyebrow. “Jiang Muli, you didn’t say goodbye back then.” He pressed his forehead against hers, his voice rough and roguish. “Miss, this time, I’m doing it willingly.” - Their reunion had been carefully planned, yet somehow they fell in love for real. The past they had tried so hard to avoid somehow became their destiny.