Coloring [Hong Kong Circle]

The groveling ex / possessive love / eight-year age gap / Hong Kong vibes

[Being near her would turn his world bright.]

Hou Yulin, the youngest and most cherished daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong jewelry tycoon, was free-spirited and uninhibited. For twenty-two years, she had lived on her own terms, with no one daring to hold her back.

Huo Wenheng, the eldest son of the Huo family, had called Hou Baochang, head of the Hou family, his godfather since childhood. The two families were close, and Hou Baochang thought highly of Huo Wenheng. When Hou Yulin turned eighteen, he announced that he would marry his precious daughter to him.

But Huo Wenheng rejected the offer in front of both the Huo and Hou families. “Godfather, Yulin is like a sister to me. I'll always see her that way.”

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Hou Yulin had admired Huo Wenheng since childhood. His rejection left her humiliated, so she began dating men out of spite, though none of those relationships lasted more than three months.

When she was twenty-two, Hou Yulin returned from studying abroad and introduced her new boyfriend, a doctor, to her family and Huo Wenheng.

Huo Wenheng wasn't concerned. They'd break up in three months at most.

But Hou Yulin firmly announced, holding her boyfriend's hand, that she was going to marry a man she'd known for only three months.

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That early autumn, the weather bureau reported an approaching typhoon. Sirens sounded across Hong Kong, urging residents to stay indoors.

Neither Huo Wenheng nor Ivan, Hou Yulin's boyfriend, could leave the Hou residence.

On a night of lightning, thunder, wind, and rain, Hou Yulin was trapped in a man's arms, unable to get away. She bit down hard on his shoulder. “Huo Wenheng, you bastard! Let go of me!”

“Why don't you say it louder, like you did when you were with me on your eighteenth birthday? Let your boyfriend hear exactly what we're doing.” Huo Wenheng's refined, stern face looked more terrifying with every flash of lightning.

“If you didn't want to marry me back then, why are you interfering now with who I want to marry? I love Ivan. I'm going to marry him!”

“Do you think you could still marry him if he saw us like this?” He put his hand on the doorknob.

Hou Yulin grabbed him, tears streaming as she shook her head. Huo Wenheng brushed the tears from the corner of her eye with his lips and coaxed her softly. “Be good. Break up with him, and I'll marry you.”

That night, Hou Yulin finally saw Huo Wenheng for who he really was.

He was a wolf who had been lurking by her side for years.

He hadn't refused to marry her because he didn't want her. He simply liked taking what belonged to someone else.

A push-and-pull romance between a Hong Kong tycoon and a wealthy heiress.

They are godbrother and godsister, with no blood relation.

Revised blurb: Screenshot taken on 2025.12.21

Theme: Born for love