The Second Book by Pu Shuo Mi Li Huan

[Depressed, Ice-Cold Top Actress vs. Extreme Ascetic, Wild, Tough Guy]

Everyone in the industry said that actress Qiao Sui was a snow lotus blooming atop an icy mountain: aloof and proud, impossible to approach.

That was until a secretly taken photo set the internet ablaze:

On a vast, wind-swept stretch of Gobi Desert, Qiao Sui wore a torn silk dress and clung to the neck of a burly tough guy, kissing him with abandon. His huge, calloused hands gripped her slender waist, while every muscle in his body tensed. His raw, untamed intensity was enough to make anyone blush and their heart race.

He was Lu Xiao, a private guide living in seclusion in the Gobi, the toughest man for a hundred miles around.

At their first meeting, he barely glanced up. His voice was rough as he said, “Stay away from me. I don’t have the patience to play games with a pampered young lady.”

Qiao Sui exhaled a ring of smoke and ran her fingertips over the scar on his back. “Boss Lu, want to give it a try? Let’s see who loses patience first: you, or me begging for mercy.”

Later, in a minimalist, industrial-style shelter, cold and spare in its design,

Lu Xiao pinned her against a solid wood workbench. His scorching kisses fell against the side of her neck, his breath thick and dangerous. “Qiao Sui, call me Lu Xiao, and I’ll give you my life. How about it?”

Qiao Sui had thought this was nothing more than a self-destructive plunge.

She never realized that every night her depression flared, the silent, wolfish man held her hand tight, eyes red as he begged, “Sui Sui, don’t go. Please.”