Everyone said Shen Qing Xian was reaching above her station.
Then the man she was reaching for dumped her.
That very night, his uncle, Fu Cha Tian Chi, pinned her against a car door. "Reach for me. I'm the one who's out of your league."
And so Shen Qing Xian became Fu Cha Tian Chi's secretary and mistress.
On the day her ex called in tears, begging her to come back, she was sitting on Fu Cha Tian Chi's lap, peeling lychees.
Fu Cha Tian Chi gripped her chin and made her open her mouth, feeding her a lychee before leisurely taking the phone.
"What is it, nephew? Tell your uncle. Don't bother your aunt."
After that, Fu Cha Tian Chi guarded her like a thief, tracking her phone, demanding her itinerary, and personally picking her up whenever she came home late.
Cornered against a wall, Shen Qing Xian asked him, "What are you so afraid of?"
He pulled her into his arms, his voice so hoarse it was barely recognizable.
"That someone else will do what I did... and steal you away."
