[Older man + male lead is 28 + female lead is 19 + one-on-one, devoted romance + celibate big shot + sweet pampering, no angst + slow-burn love]
Lu Xining was abandoned at an orphanage as a child, stabbed someone at ten, was expelled shortly before her college entrance exams, escaped death… and was also the unloved biological daughter of a wealthy family.
Everyone in Beijing’s elite circles knew that Si Xuanjin was a famously celibate, Buddha-like figure, and the walking embodiment of the Si family’s house rules. He scolded his younger brother, then his parents; no one in the family was spared.
His entire family was hopelessly lovesick, leaving him the only one of his kind.
He saved her life; she repaid him with one night.
Lu Xining thought it was just a one-night favor. She never expected the big shot from Beijing’s elite circles to take it seriously.
He investigated her background, arranged her life, killed for her, and paved her way. Every move was calculated, every detail accounted for.
Later, he dragged himself down from his own pedestal and became the lovesick fool he had always sneered at.
Watching the person she had wanted to get rid of countless times, Lu Xining asked Si Xuanjin, “How long will he be locked up?”
The man’s voice was perfectly calm. “He’ll die.”
Lu Xining was eager to get started. “Then can I cripple his hands and feet now?”
“His left hand is fine. The rest still have their uses.”
That night, he stood behind her, wrapped his hand around hers as she raised the gun, and asked, “Do you know how to shoot?”
Lu Xining shook her head.
He leaned close to her ear, his voice gentle. “If you’re scared, close your eyes.”
After experiencing the taste of power, Lu Xining came to him with an ulterior motive: “What are your terms for marrying me?”
At first, Si Xuanjin said, “No terms.”
Later, Si Xuanjin said, “Ningning, the condition is that you love me!”
[Set in a fictional world. Please do not compare it to reality.]
