Tender Wilderness

Wen Xuye is famous in Jingzhou as a playboy, a dissolute young master. His face is dazzlingly beautiful, especially those alluring peach-blossom eyes. When he smiles, it feels as though the skies have cleared all around you.

Ying Xu grew up obediently, following her family's expectations step by step. Her skirts always reach her ankles, and she speaks softly. Usually, she does nothing but read or study. Her life is bland and dull.

No one would ever think to connect the two of them, just as no one knows that, through countless stifling, pitch-black summer nights, they clung to each other, wishing they could merge into one another's very bones and blood.

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In Wen Xuye's eyes, Ying Xu is a heartless woman.

When they first met, he fell in love with her at first sight.

The young master was a notorious troublemaker, but he reined in his temper for her. If she wanted the stars, he wouldn't settle for the moon. All his pride crumbled in her hands.

Countless times, when he lay on top of her, blissful as if in heaven, he couldn't help saying he wanted to give her his life.

Back then, Ying Xu would only smile gently and say she didn't want it.

She truly didn't. She wanted neither his life nor him.

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When they met again, someone who knew they'd attended the same university asked if they knew each other.

Ying Xu answered coolly before he could speak: