[Mutual Devotion + Long-Planned Seduction + Intense Romantic Tension + Jiangnan Qipao Beauty vs. Ascetic, Obsessive Powerbroker of the Capital]
In a shop in an ancient town shrouded in mist and rain, under the dim light, a man pinned Shi Xu between a qipao dress form and a gray-brick wall.
His bespoke suit hung open. Shen Yu's large hand gripped her slender waist, while his burning fingertips brushed her reddened earlobe. His voice was low and husky. "Boss Shi, you're taking my measurements. Why are your hands shaking?"
Shi Xu turned her head and struggled, her gaze cool and guarded. "Mr. Shen, please behave yourself."
His Adam's apple bobbed violently. Suppressing two years of surging desire, he pressed his forehead against hers and panted, "Behave myself? Shi Xu, over these seven hundred nights, how many times have I taken off your qipao in my dreams... Want me to count them all for you?"
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On graduation day, Shi Xu caught her rich second-generation boyfriend kissing an influencer in his car.
She took photos, broke up with him, and blocked him, all in one clean sweep.
She turned down an offer from a prestigious fashion house in the capital, dragged her suitcase back to an ancient Jiangnan town, and started making modern qipaos in her grandmother's old home. All she wanted was to save money and build her career.
Her scumbag ex-boyfriend threatened her: "Without me, Shi Xu won't even be able to afford food. Just wait, she'll be crying and begging me to take her back within three days!"
Who could have guessed that one day, during a torrential downpour, Shen Yu, the head of the Shen family, would waltz into her little courtyard? He was always considered untouchable, and rumors claimed he suffered from severe sexual frigidity.
No one knew that for two whole years, across more than seven hundred long nights, Shi Xu had been the object of every one of Shen Yu's moments of abandon and every outrageous dream.
Her ex-boyfriend regretted everything and chased her to the ancient town, hoping to pester her into taking him back.
Instead, he came face-to-face with Lord Shen, decisive and ruthless in the business world, his gaze dark as he looked at him.
Behind his refined gentleman's facade, Shen Yu was restrained and patient, luring her in one step at a time.