Returning Sparrow [GB]

[Noble heiress x down-and-out male celebrity | Light coercion | Tormenting the man | Age gap | Bittersweet push and pull]

At nineteen, Zhuang Xifa already held all of the Zhuang family's wealth and power. Countless men went to absurd lengths just to catch Miss Zhuang's eye and make her smile.

Lin Ting was twelve years older than her. He had been blacklisted for years and was down on his luck. Only his handsome face remained, catching the eye of the young heiress as she glanced at him from across a room of glittering excess.

He thought he hated her, hated how she loved trampling his dignity and crushing his pride, treating him like a novel toy and playing with him as if he were in the palm of her hand. She watched him struggle in vain, then beg for mercy, crying in humiliation and despair.

At last, Miss Zhuang grew tired of playing with him.

But why would a bird released back into the wild still long for the cage locked at her feet?

It turned out he didn't hate her. He only hated that, though she had kissed his lips and body countless times, not once had she truly loved him.

-- Description screenshotted on June 30, 2026

Theme: Love is willingly given