Ambitious queen vs. fallen godlike tycoon
[Two strong leads + mature romance + possessive love + a trash man’s arduous quest to win her back + intense push and pull + a deranged Buddhist devotee]
At twenty-seven, Qiao Man witnessed her husband of three years cheating on her.
She didn’t cry, make a scene, or threaten to take her own life. Instead, she turned around and walked into the bedroom of Zhou Yubai, the most powerful man in Beijing’s elite circle.
Zhou Yubai wore a string of ebony prayer beads wrapped around his hand year-round. He was aloof and chaste on the surface, but ruthless in his methods.
Only Qiao Man knew how unhinged he could be in private.
In a private room, she said to him, “Mr. Zhou, Song Heng is out. I’m your new partner. What do you think?”
The man stopped turning his prayer beads. His gaze was amused and dangerous, his voice tinged with madness. “I, Zhou Yubai, never work with people of unknown origins, much less… my brother’s woman.”
“Unless you’re willing to trade yourself.”
One reckless night, and each got what they wanted.
She used his influence to reclaim what belonged to her;
he craved her body, became addicted to her, and wanted her day and night.
Until one day, a bloody case buried for eight years came to light.
Only then did she discover that the mastermind behind her family’s brutal destruction was the Zhou family!
On a stormy night, she held a sharp wooden splinter to her throat. “Zhou Yubai, you disgust me! I’ll make the Zhou family pay for their crimes in blood!”
He held her tightly in his arms and kissed her with a sick, frenzied intensity. “Manman, my life is yours. You want to destroy the Zhou family? Fine. I’ll put the knife in your hand.”
“In this life, even if we end up in hell, you can only be with me!”
This time, the Buddhist devotee fell from his altar.
Love was nothing but an illusory game.
The longer it lasted, the deeper the love…
