Cool and prickly vs. polished scoundrel
Eight-year age gap, with the man older
Lin Wu once saw Zhou Du in Bincheng.
It was an April night, fragrant with flowers. A tall man stood beneath a camphor tree, looking up, while someone nearby waited on him attentively, making him seem even more indolent and arrogant.
Back then, she only thought he was handsome, with sharp brows, bright eyes, and an air of unfathomable nobility.
After a life-changing event, Lin Wu was taken to the Zhou family home in the capital.
The Zhou family was wealthy and prominent, yet understated and dignified. Behind its high walls and deep courtyards, she understood her own position. She was always obedient and sensible, cautious in everything she did.
At first, everything was perfectly normal, until one day Zhou Du decided he would personally pick her up from school every Friday from then on.
After that, Friday became the day she dreaded most.
Later, the Zhou family's matriarch tried to set Lin Wu up with Zhou Qingyue, the Zhou family's grandson.
After Lin Wu went on a date with Zhou Qingyue, he knocked on her door that night. When she didn't answer after repeated knocks, he called her.
On the other side of the door, a phone kept vibrating on a mist-blue armchair.
Zhou Du held Lin Wu in his arms, his tall body hemming her in. His breath brushed her nose as he asked with deliberate cruelty, "Why aren't you answering?"
Lin Wu slapped him and called him a beast.
She didn't know that the first time she'd called him that, three years earlier, he'd savored it all night.
Note:
1. Both leads are virgins, each other’s one and only, HE.
2. Not a female power fantasy. Neither lead is perfect.
3. If it's not for you, feel free to close the book. No unsolicited writing advice of any kind, including suggestions about the plot, wording, or phrasing.
Theme: Keep moving forward. Don't look back.
