Both leads have been with other people | Terrible people with real feelings | Using each other | Older, domineering man | Hong Kong-style romantic tension
Meng Ning, the eldest daughter of the Meng family, was domineering and willful, with a naturally foxlike face. Ever since she was a child, everyone had doted on her.
Then her identity changed overnight, and she was no longer as powerful as before.
Her fiancé called off their engagement, she lost power within her family, and even the young lover she paid to keep began treating her with disrespect.
In the end, she became nothing but a pretty shell, and her family planned to marry her off to a third-rate nouveau riche.
When Meng Ning heard the news, she was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window of a villa in Xiangshan. She lit a Marlboro cigarette, then said without turning around, "They say the wedding is set for tomorrow."
A powerful arm appeared around her waist and drew her gently into an embrace.
The man behind her spoke in a cool, steady voice, with the authority and pressure of someone older. Yet his words were tender beneath the coldness. "Baby, I won't let anyone touch what's mine. You know that."
Meng Ning gave a soft laugh, blew a ring of smoke in his face, then casually stubbed out her cigarette.
"That's right," Meng Ning said with a smile. "Keep an eye on me until the day our agreement ends."
"Of course."
"But Gu Boting, when our agreement ends and I dump you, will you regret it?"
"Regret it? Don't be ridiculous." Gu Boting's voice was calm. "I just don't like other people laying hands on what's mine. Once our agreement ends, you and I have nothing to do with each other."
"I thought so."
Meng Ning was satisfied.
This was how it worked: give and take, using each other, exchanging benefits.
That way, she wouldn't have to worry about being unable to get rid of him later.
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But on the night their agreement expired, on a winding mountain road in the rain,
a Maybach forced a Mercedes-Benz to pull over.
Gu Boting got out and walked to the Mercedes. His voice was still infuriatingly steady. "Baby, get out."
Meng Ning gave a furious, icy laugh. She rolled down the window and cursed, "Gu Boting, you fucking idiot! Get lost!"
Gu Boting's bodyguards standing outside the car exchanged stunned looks, then immediately lowered their heads, breaking into a cold sweat.
But Gu Boting only smiled. "That's a good insult, baby. If you'll just come back with me, I'll even accept being made to kneel."
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*The female lead is 25, the male lead is 37. The 12-year age gap makes him a genuinely domineering older man.
*Neither lead is sexually inexperienced. Avoid if that's a dealbreaker. Overly extreme comments that make false claims about the content will be deleted.
Screenshot taken on March 7, 2026.
Theme: Face-slapping and falling in love against your will are part of human nature.
