[Long-planned pursuit + sweet romance + older man + covert flirtation]
After a breakup, Wei Ying calls in the dorm’s full squad of dating strategists that very night and orders ten male escorts at the club.
Outside the private room, drunk, she steals a kiss from a man, then forgets the whole thing.
The morning after, the company where she is interning gets a new CEO. He looks familiar, but she drank too much that night and cannot remember a thing.
Little does she know that when they pass each other, the aloof and distinguished king of Beijing’s elite circles smiles faintly, burning desire hidden in his eyes.
It is all part of the carefully woven snare he has laid for her. He advances one step at a time, intent on making her fall for him.
Wei Ying is sure there is something strange about the new CEO.
He offers to drive her back to campus, even though his hilltop mansion is so far from Peking University that the round trip could take him all the way around Beijing…
At the annual party, he frowns and tells her not to get drunk again. What does he mean, “again”?
A new junior intern is chatting happily with her. What on earth is he getting angry about?
By a twist of fate, the scene is recreated.
Wei Ying finally learns that the man she kissed that night was him, and she is furious.
So he had been plotting all along, using covert flirtation to win her over.
Fine. She will give him a taste of her own push-and-pull tactics.
But before she can get anywhere, the man pins her against the door, and a fierce, passionate kiss crashes over her.
He sheds his usual refined reserve. His eyes are bloodshot, brimming with deep affection and a determination to claim her.
“You can only have me in your heart.”
“If you dare go looking for him again, I’ll kill him.”
Everyone says that Lu Yixing, a powerful figure in Beijing’s elite circles, is ruthless, aloof, and ascetic. But with Wei Ying alone, he lays down all his pride. When subtle seduction fails, he resorts to taking what he wants by force, fighting and competing for her.
