My Hiking Buddy Is My Crush

A sweet winter treat

Love at first sight x a secret crush come true

[Blurb]

To lose weight, Ji Ying found herself a free hiking buddy.

When she first saw Jiang Lin, he was standing beneath a cherry blossom tree. He was just as good-looking as the lovely scenery around him, except for the sour look on his face, as if someone owed him money.

Before Ji Ying could even get close, she saw two girls blushing as they went up to ask him, "Hi, could I add you on WeChat?"

He didn't even raise his eyelids. He turned them down quickly and decisively, leaving no room for negotiation.

A handsome guy with a bad temper.

That was Ji Ying's first impression of him.

But after spending more time together, Ji Ying realized Jiang Lin was actually cold on the outside but kind at heart. His aloofness was just a defense mechanism!

When she sprained her ankle, he gently carried her down the mountain.

When she was sad, he took her for a drive by the sea, her favorite place, to help her unwind.

When she was sick, he drove dozens of kilometers to the hospital and stayed with her all night.

So Ji Ying took advantage of their closeness, felt his abs, stole his first kiss, and got a taste of what he had to offer.

Until one day, she unexpectedly learned her hiking buddy's true identity:

A young Chinese CEO, the entertainment industry's biggest power player.

She'd somehow managed to offend someone so influential. Thinking of all the unspeakable things she'd forced him to do late at night...

Ji Ying suddenly felt that getting blacklisted and driven out of show business was just around the corner.

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The deed was done, and she couldn't afford to offend him, but she could still run.

Ji Ying quickly typed out a text confessing her guilt and breaking up with him, packed her things, and fled to a remote mountain forest to film and hide from the world.

But that very night, the man stormed onto the set with a group of bodyguards dressed in black, just in time to see her filming an intimate scene with a male actor.

After the scene, before Ji Ying could even remove her makeup, the man dragged her into his RV.

Before she even had time to turn on the light, he gripped her waist and sat her on his lap. Abandoning his usual gentleness, he asked, "Baby, who's better at kissing, me or him?"

Ji Ying was kissed until she could barely breathe. Her broken, halting words were drowned out by the sound of water, barely forming a sentence.

The man chuckled softly, lowered his head to kiss her eyelid, and said word by word:

"Can't you tell?"

That's okay, baby. The night's still young. We'll take our time."

Theme: Someone will always love you.