Radiant, flamboyant superstar × reserved, deep-thinking piercer
Cheng Zhao × Yu Cheng
| Misaligned love | Life in a rented apartment | Rekindled love | Love and hate intertwined | Powerful man goes mad for love |
It was a stormy night.
Yu Cheng had packed away his piercing tools and was about to close up when the doorbell rang. A woman walked in.
Her wavy hair fell beside her face. She wore a strapless red dress, her heels clicking as she walked.
“Hey, handsome. Can I stay the night?”
Yu Cheng was about to refuse without a second thought, but the woman kept pleading until he couldn't hold out. Reluctantly, he agreed.
That one concession was all she needed to take advantage of him.
From asking him out for coffee to booking a hotel room, Cheng Zhao enjoyed every minute of it.
But whenever Yu Cheng asked what they were to each other,
she always gave him a vague, evasive answer.
Later, whenever she came over, she would frown.
After that, Yu Cheng didn't dare ask again.
Until he saw Cheng Zhao announce her relationship in the trending topics.
He wanted to confront her, but she'd already blocked him.
*
Cheng Zhao saw Yu Cheng again at a banquet.
Her manager kept reminding her that she absolutely had to seize the chance to audition for the genius director.
She put on a perfectly measured smile.
But when she looked up, she saw the man she hadn't seen in so long.
Yu Cheng had traded his usual casual clothes for an ink-black suit, luxurious yet aloof. Tall and slender, he looked at her with calm indifference.
Cheng Zhao handled herself with ease. But when her manager asked what their relationship was,
she still blurted out, “We don't know each other.”
*
Back in that same piercing studio.
Warm yellow light fell across the corner of the bed.
Yu Cheng held her captive in his arms, lifting her shirt. His fingertips touched the cold silver ring on her chest. He tugged at it, gritting his teeth.
“The piercing hasn't even healed. How could you say you don't know me?”
Cheng Zhao looked up at him, trembling slightly, her smile as dazzling as it had been that day.
Blurb written on June 15, 2026
Content warnings
1. Older man/younger woman, five-year age gap.
2. Written to indulge a personal kink.
3. The male lead will go mad for love. Don't read if that's not for you.
Theme: Love is respect
