Qi Zhen never imagined that one day she would become bedfellows with her colleague's son.
[Older woman-younger man romance | Five-year age gap | Will-they-won't-they tension | Younger man takes the lead]
At a simple family gathering, Qi Zhen's colleague, Sister Yan, comforted her after she'd just broken up with her fiance, and even offered to introduce her to a high-quality man around her age.
Everyone at the table joined in the teasing, except Sister Yan's son, Yan Siyou, who remained silent and seemed indifferent to everything around him.
Qi Zhen laughed along absentmindedly, saying only that she had just broken up and needed some time before thinking about marriage.
After dinner, she used a trip to the bathroom as an excuse to go upstairs. A figure who had been waiting for her immediately pulled her into a dark study.
The man who had worn an expressionless face at the table now pressed her against the wall and kissed her fiercely, as if he wanted to devour her. Qi Zhen could barely breathe. In a soft voice, she quickly told him to stop. "I can't stay long. Your mother will notice..."
But Yan Siyou bit her ear and smiled wickedly. "What will she notice? That we're secretly kissing upstairs, or that we've already..."
They had already done things far more daring than kissing.
Not just today, and not just once.
[The events in the blurb have already occurred in the story]
[Reserved, patient heroine x cold-on-the-outside, intense and brooding younger man]
Reading guide:
1. The female lead has had previous partners, the male lead is a virgin. One-on-one, happy ending, male-female romance, strong male lead and weaker female lead.
2. The female lead only gets together with the male lead after breaking up with her fiance.
3. This isn't a story about an independent, all-powerful heroine. She grows gradually through experience, eventually moving from holding things in to taking it out on everyone. Not realistic fiction. Romance and daily life take up most of the story, while career and work get very little attention.
Theme: Being yourself is the best way to love yourself.
