Endure the Pain and Push Through

“You’re just an ordinary college graduate. What makes you think you can negotiate with me?”

“You’ll only shine if you stay by my side.”

When Chen Jie singled Xiao Yu out from the crowd, he thought he was her savior.

She came from an ordinary family, had just been rejected by her boyfriend’s family, and was lost after graduation. A girl like her should be grateful that he was willing to personally mentor her.

He molded her into the person he wanted her to be.

Her code, her presentations, her work habits, her sense of style, even the way she liked her coffee: he shaped it all.

He relished having that kind of control, until she learned the truth. She was nothing but a shadow of his ex-wife, a piece of work he could sculpt.

She left.

“Once you’re gone, don’t come back,” he said dismissively, as if brushing off an unruly intern.

But he had already grown used to having her around...

When they met again, he pinned her against the wall...

[This isn’t pure angst, all misery and pain. It’s an anguished story with a little warmth, restraint, sophistication, growth, and heart~~~]

[Without pain, life brings no awakening; without a guide, growth goes astray.]

[Pacing: hard crossing…hardness…hard crossing…hardness…]

[A chef determined to use words to force*fully devour the souls of readers]

The instant side dishes include: [the suffocating feeling of a starved brain] [the loneliness of having no one to trust] [the heroic feeling of clashing with the world] [the brightness of a pitch-black winter night] [the tenderness tempered through awakening]