[Rekindled love + intense push and pull + groveling, brooding devotion + mutual salvation, one-on-one, both leads' first love]
Also known as: Substitute for the Light
*
Years later, when they meet again, Mo Ruyu casually tests the waters:
"Want to do it?"
Tires screech sharply. Shen Lijin looks at her with utmost calm and nods. "All right."
*
Mo Ruyu has always believed money comes first. She's a true, unapologetic opportunist.
So after Shen Lijin helps her once again, she decisively sells herself to him.
"Want to do it?"
She asks him the same question again.
To her surprise, the next moment Shen Lijin throws her right out.
Mo Ruyu stares at the closed door in front of her, with a growing sense that something isn't right.
Last time, this man was crying and begging her not to leave.
*
[A glimpse of what's to come]
Mo Ruyu wraps her arms around his neck:
"You were the one who seduced me."
"You used to say such sweet things to me."
"You even told me plainly that you loved me."
"Shen Lijin, you only love me."
He kisses her, smiling tenderly and helplessly.
"That's right."
Note:
* Happy ending
* Flawed protagonists
* Male lead is hopelessly in love
