Cool, aloof college girl x powerful figure from Beijing's elite circles
The first time Jing Yuzhi met Ying Qiji, they were at a poker table in Las Vegas.
The exclusive VIP section was open only to high-net-worth clients.
A friend brought her along as a companion, and she quietly watched the rich play their games.
As the host, Ying Qiji exuded a grace and ease unlike anything she had ever seen.
Everyone else was fawning over him. Jing Yuzhi alone remained calm and composed. She saw it only as a chance to earn good money through a part-time job.
She paid no attention to the people or things around her.
When the holiday ended, she returned to Beijing.
She never expected to run into him again and again, with him witnessing her at her most disheveled every time.
Under the twenty-four-section black wooden umbrella above her head, she said coldly, "Mr. Ying, I don't think we're close enough for this."
He smiled. "Is that so? But we've already kissed."
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His world was far too complicated. Jing Yuzhi knew they weren't cut from the same cloth, so after enjoying what they had, she took the initiative to leave.
While they were together, Ying Qiji treated her very well, taking her to all kinds of glittering, extravagant events and freely introducing her to useful connections.
She liked his bad side. She liked the way he held her close in the heat of the night, calling her name again and again.
When she suggested they part ways, he neither agreed nor refused. His eyes held a deeper look than usual.
Many years later, one night in an old Beijing alley, he leaned in and kissed her greedily. "Had enough fun? Come back when you have."
Jing Yuzhi's expression remained as cool as ever. "Mr. Ying, we're already over."
He didn't mind her avoidance at all. With a warm fingertip, he brushed the hair at her temple aside and said calmly, "Over? Not until I'm dead."
Only then did she realize he had never intended to let her go.
*The day she returned to Jinyuan, a flurry of heavy snow fell over Beijing, as if welcoming her home.
*No one knew that Ying Qiji had dreamed of this snowfall. And of her.
Six-year age gap, 20 x 26 at the start.
The hero seems mature and rational, but has a dangerously obsessive side beneath the surface.
Both are virgins, and neither has ever been with anyone else.
Synopsis screenshot archived/2026.06.05
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