Angsty push and pull / star-crossed lovers / older woman, younger man
Top-tier star and bestselling author vs. deputy editor-in-chief of a top magazine
Liang He: Holds grudges, vain, compulsive liar, ambitious, morally bankrupt, walks away after sex without a second thought, cold-hearted and unfeeling
Jin Xingjian: Victim of all the above
Leaving Langsheng's office tower, Liang He thought back to the interview she'd just conducted in the president's top-floor office.
Jin Weixian sat in an armchair by the sofa, hands clasped, his gaze mocking. He paid no attention to the camera rolling beside him.
"Editor-in-Chief Liang, we met nine years ago. In fact, my opinion of you has never changed. Ambition isn't a bad thing, but too much is too much. Your motives aren't pure. I'll say it again: if I weren't repaying a favor to Editor-in-Chief Lin, someone like you wouldn't even have made it into Langsheng's building."
The cold wind blew through, clearing Liang He's head a little. She gathered her thoughts and was about to walk to the parking lot when her phone vibrated in her coat pocket.
Liang He took it out. There was a message on the screen.
From Jin.
[Are you coming over today?]
Liang He gave a faint smile and replied with a single word.
[No]
The reply came just as quickly.
[Okay.]
A few minutes later, Liang He got into her car. The phone in the center console vibrated again.
From Jin.
[When you interviewed my dad just now, did you not tell him?]
[Not long ago, you walked away from his son's bed without a second thought.]
I know she's cold and heartless, selfish, and has been playing with me all along, but I can't help it. I've still fallen in love with her.
Content warnings:
The female lead is morally bankrupt!! Selfish and self-serving! If this isn't your thing, don't open it.
The woman has experience; the man doesn't. The angst is mainly on the male lead's side. He gets hurt.
Star-crossed lovers, melodramatic plot, male lead gets hurt.
Happy ending, but the female lead loves herself most of all. (She'll rely on men or women, and use whatever she can.)
Theme: Love yourself well
