*
Before she was fourteen, Jiang Zhiyou knew clearly that he saw her only as family.
At eighteen, Jiang Zhiyou knew clearly that she wasn’t his type.
At twenty-three, Jiang Zhiyou knew clearly that the heart beating for him had finally come to rest.
At twenty-seven, Jiang Zhiyou knew clearly that she deserved a love just as deep as her own.
Just as she prepared to lay bare the true feelings she had kept hidden for years and give her heart to someone else, Quan Zhilong suddenly appeared and clung desperately to her hand.
“What’s your problem?! I’m just dating someone. What does it have to do with you?”
Quan Zhilong pulled her into his arms before she could refuse, his low voice almost hypnotic. “Zhiyou, what’s so great about them? Date me. I promise you’ll never forget it.”
“Really? Like your last girlfriend? The one who called you a scumbag after you broke up?” Jiang Zhiyou scoffed.
“What, are you scared?”
“Trying to provoke me won’t work. I don’t date people from my own circle.”
“Whether you do or not isn’t up to you.”
*
From childhood sweethearts to strangers in all but name: it took only eight years.
Quan Zhilong couldn’t understand how the girl he had cherished for more than a decade could suddenly find fault with everything he did.
When he dated, he never forgot to look for a suitable partner for her. When his career took off, he immediately paved the way for her. And when he reached the pinnacle of fame and fortune, he even helped her become an award-winning producer.
He thought he had fulfilled his responsibilities as her older brother!
Then one day, Jiang Zhiyou told him she had fallen for someone, and Quan Zhilong was overcome with inexplicable irritation and bitterness.
By all accounts, this was a good thing. After all these years, it was the first time she had ever said she liked someone.
But when he saw them being intimate with his own eyes, the thread of reason snapped.
He dragged her into an empty corner and trapped her between his arms. His scorching breath brushed her ear, his voice hoarse.
“How did you kiss him just now?”
“Now do it again, with me!”
*
The heroine is a film and television producer.
At first she is an ordinary, sweet, unassuming nobody, but she goes through a transformation. Later, she becomes a dazzling, independent swan.
No transmigration or rebirth. A melodramatic story, with the male lead chasing his wife after driving her away. Twenty percent angst, eighty percent sweetness. Happy ending.
Theme: Love yourself before you love someone else
