The day my older brother went abroad, I was still crying at the airport like an idiot. But when I woke up the next morning, I found a black luxury car parked in the space next door. The man who stepped out was the last person in the world I wanted to be alone with.
Gu Yanzhi
My brother’s best friend: a calm, rational man so dangerous that even the air around him felt oppressive.
He said he was only staying temporarily, only looking after me for a year on my brother’s behalf, only keeping a promise.
But from that day on, my life was turned upside down.
Whenever I came home late, he was always waiting at the door a step ahead of me, coolly saying, “Let me know in advance next time.”
Whenever I went out with friends, he would discreetly ask where we were going, when, and who I’d be with.
When my ex cornered me downstairs, he had everything taken care of before his expression even changed.
I thought he was just my “guardian” who had moved in next door.
I had no idea that his world concealed a revenge plot sixteen years in the making, or that beneath his calm, composed exterior lay a darkness that would never fade.
And I was the one variable that should never have appeared in his plan.
He moved in next door.
But before I knew it, he had moved into my heart.
I just didn’t know this:
When light draws near the abyss, will it illuminate it, or be swallowed whole?
Playboy x sunny sweetheart (Content warning: both leads have past relationships; the heroine has an ex-boyfriend, and the hero is a playboy.)
