Slowly, I Lure You In

[Reunion After Years Apart, CEO, Workplace, Government, The Powerful One Bows His Head, Both Leads' First and Only Love]

Su Qingqing never dared dream that she would see Xu Beiting again in her lifetime.

Back then, she'd deceived him with a fake identity and had always felt guilty about it. Now she had something important to ask of him.

The matter was hugely consequential and involved many people. If it fell through, a leader would surely be disciplined.

Su Qingqing had no choice but to steel herself and seek out Xu Beiting.

Calling him "Third Brother" was only an attempt to use the bond they'd shared over those few years to ask for forgiveness and help everyone avoid blame.

She kept work and personal matters separate, and buried her unrequited love deep in her heart.

They were just colleagues.

They were now, they would be in the future, and they always would be.

In his thirty-odd years of life, the thing Xu Beiting regretted most was slapping Su Qingqing.

If he could do it all over again, he would never have acted so impulsively.

That slap made Su Qingqing disappear for more than three years. If he hadn't come to Dongxin City, he and Su Qingqing would have missed each other for good.

Filled with remorse, Xu Beiting approached her cautiously and tried every way he could to make amends.

After they reunited, they both carefully avoided talking about the past.

It was as if, as long as they didn't bring it up, nothing had ever happened between them.

A friend teased Xu Beiting:

"They say seventy-three and eighty-four are dangerous ages. You're thirty-four this year, so you've hit both numbers. Win Su Qingqing over, and you'll get past this year's hurdle..."

Xu Beiting stubbornly denied that Su Qingqing was his "hurdle."

That is, until he learned Su Qingqing had a boyfriend. Then he lost his composure.