Looking North Toward Jing'an

[Powerful-family romance] [Older man/younger woman] [A sea of love] [Urban workplace]

[Reunion after a long separation] [Adversarial couple]

[Fox-like secretary/spy & wolf-like CEO] Jing He & Shang Beiyue

Pure love in the beginning, pure *love later.

“Life is truly beautiful. Let us cherish every tomorrow when the sun rises again.” [San Mao]

Australia was a time she would rather not remember.

Sorry, but I, Jing He, have never been above using any means necessary, and I always repay every slight.

Shang Beiyue, you know in your heart how I’ve treated you. You can feel it.

*

Singing out against the odds in a life gone adrift

When I was seventeen, I thought the whole world would come to me

Now, I don’t need the whole world

I only need myself, the kind and strong Jing He.

*

A self-made man, ruthless, calculating, and reliant on no one, not even family.

Not one step I’ve taken forward has been down to luck.

This is how I love, Shang Beiyue. Jing He, are you ready to take it?

After they reunite:

She’s a thoroughly bad woman. I know.

She’s really damn gorgeous, with a figure and eyes that could tempt anyone. All it takes is one beckoning finger, and I’m there.

She doesn’t care about anything. She’ll use whatever she can as leverage to get what she wants, including me.

She’s clever, proud, rational, and independent. I admire her, and I hate her.

*

Even heroes can’t resist a beautiful woman.

For Shang Beiyue, the one he can’t resist is Jing He.

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“If you want to have a proper relationship with me, I…”

“Mmm…” (She bites him…)

“…will say yes.”

*

Dear Miss Jing He, go enjoy the life that belongs to you. The world is vast. May you always shine, live freely, and flourish.

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The volume title was adapted from Borges.