(Let’s see if I can save up 200 bookmarks before I start. Hehe.)
(Decided to start writing on a snowy night in Milan.)
[Clear-Headed College Student VS Debauched Hong Kong Socialite]
The charity gala at the Roseate Hotel was the first time Bo Ling met Levi.
He gently looked after the woman at his side, his manner impeccable and his eyes seemingly full of affection. He was the very image of an elegant young gentleman from high society.
Watching him from afar, Bo Ling assumed it was simply the polished image he was born with.
The second time: they met at an art exhibition.
Rumors buzzed all around them. Everyone was certain that this elegant exhibition had been painstakingly arranged by Levi for the woman he loved. They all assumed that the girl hidden behind the exhibition was the girlfriend he cherished and openly spoiled.
The rumors were so widespread they were almost taken for the truth.
The third time: they met at Hong Kong University.
After the school year began in September, she saw Levi again at a scholarship award ceremony.
He was there representing the Li family.
In everyone’s eyes, the notorious playboy was just as languid and casual as ever. He sat quietly beneath the stage and listened to the entire presentation, leaving almost no impression at all.
That is, until someone jokingly brought up the art exhibition and asked him in front of everyone whether he had held it for the woman he loved.
With a single, indifferent reply, he gently overturned every rumor:
The exhibition had nothing to do with romance.
Bo Ling stood off to one side, watching coldly as she slowly pieced together the truth.
How interesting.
Everyone thought he was a playboy who could handle anything, had countless women at his feet, and could never be hurt by anyone.
But after seeing him three times, she reached the opposite conclusion:
He seemed unattached, but in truth, all his weaknesses were laid bare.
He fell too easily, and was far too easy to lure in.
[Central is so romantic. You have to love a bad man to really make the most of it.]
A man of loyalty and affection.
Love was just free publicity.
Only then did Bo Ling learn just how far it was from Xuanwumen in Beijing to Central in Hong Kong.
Reader’s Guide:
This is a love story between two bad people.
Yes, there is love between them.
Neither is virtuous | Sincere scoundrels | A tangled push and pull | Happy ending
Reading and Understanding:
The moon waxes and wanes.
Neither the plot nor the characters are perfect in every way.
Image source: Wan Feng
Theme: Love sincerely, love simply
