The thing Qi Lin regrets most in his life is taking Zhou Cuo for granted as his “backup option.”
For the first twenty years, he took advantage of Zhou Cuo’s devotion and did whatever he pleased.
He made Zhou Cuo watch him pursue other people, used Zhou Cuo’s possessiveness as a shield, and even sneered, “You’re such a nuisance,” when Zhou Cuo got hurt.
He thought Zhou Cuo was a block of ice: impossible to melt, but impossible to drive away.
Only when Zhou Cuo disappeared for good, dressed in a custom-tailored suit and surrounded by powerful figures and heaven’s favored sons, smiling with gentle detachment, did Qi Lin panic.
At their reunion banquet, Qi Lin stopped him, eyes red. “Zhou Cuo, come back.”
Zhou Cuo casually straightened his cuff, his gaze as indifferent as if he were looking at a stranger. “Qi Lin, stop humiliating yourself.”
Only then did Qi Lin understand.
The person he’d thrown away with his own hands wasn’t just a bodyguard. He was the only person in the world who had ever cherished him above all else.
Now everyone is laughing at him.
The icy man he once trampled underfoot is now untouchable.
And he can only kneel in the ashes of his own regret, weeping and begging Zhou Cuo to turn back.
[Reading guide]
Monogamous pairing, happy ending, both sexually inexperienced
Zhou Cuo: untouchable beauty / cool and chaste / carefree after awakening
Qi Lin: clueless drama queen / regrets everything and chases his husband / consumed by remorse
Lots of romantic rivalry and third parties, with everyone helping them get together. A melodramatic novella.
Wait wait, did I make the mistake?! Zhou Cuo is the one below??