[Childhood Friends] [Mutual Pining Turns to Love]
There's a shared understanding in Beijing's financial circles: Shen Yuecong and Liang Xunian, who control two of the "Big Three in Finance," are sworn enemies.
They're close in age, boast dazzling resumes from top universities, and are equally ruthless in their methods. They can even lay identical traps in the same merger-and-acquisition deal.
The financial headlines are full of photos of the two facing off with icy expressions, beneath the bold headline "When Kings Meet, Neither Gives Way."
What no one knows is that Liang Xunian was once a closely guarded secret of the Shen family.
The illegitimate son who'd come north from Hong Kong to escape persecution by his family was sent to the Shen household for refuge at age ten. Shen Yuecong, three years his senior, led him inside by the hand.
Shen Yuecong taught him to hold a pen and ride a horse, shielded him from attacks both open and covert, and spoiled him into a willful boy who couldn't live without Brother Cong.
In those years, Liang Xunian was glued to Shen Yuecong. Shen Yuecong fed him and soothed him to sleep. Just one tearful "Brother, I miss you" from Liang Xunian was enough to make him fly halfway around the world that very night to be with him.
Liang Xunian thought that kind of affection would last forever. He never imagined that a carefully planned betrayal would cost him everything and drive him far from home.
Years later, Liang Xunian returned and pushed Shen Yuecong's limits at every turn, each move so ruthless it seemed intended to destroy him.
Everyone said Liang Xunian hated Shen Yuecong to the core.
Until one late night, after a party, at the end of an empty hallway.
Pinned against the wall, Liang Xunian breathed unevenly and sneered through clenched teeth. "What's this supposed to be, Mr. Shen? Can't take what you dish out?"
The man, usually so poised and composed, loosened his collar and clasped Liang Xunian's slender waist. His voice was hoarse, almost a sigh, almost a soothing murmur.
"Xunian, the game's over."
"If you've had enough, let's go home."
*Powerful gong x powerful shou, business rivalry, intense push and pull
*Older gong, three-year age gap, both each other's first love, gong has a secret crush on shou, shou doesn't realize he's in love
*My sworn enemy became my boyfriend, then my husband
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