An Unconventional Love Affair

[Pampered heiress × workaholic who makes an exception only for her]

[Desire first, love later | Each other's one and only | A push-and-pull romance]

The room was brightly lit, the drinking party in full swing, and every exchange of glasses came with flattery and probing questions.

The young man in a dark shirt lowered his eyes and listened to the praise, composed and distant, never joining the noisy crowd.

In an unnoticed corner, his phone began vibrating under the table.

He stepped outside and answered. A girl's piercing scream came from the other end:

"Jiang Feng!"

"There's a bug!"

His calm expression, unchanged all evening, suddenly came to life. He smiled. "Okay, I'm coming right now."

When Xue Heqing first met Jiang Feng, he was an intern, yet he managed to put the person who had once made her cry firmly in their place.

The second time they met, he was the founder of Changhe Technology, a rising young entrepreneur at the height of his success, with a bright future ahead.

In the dark, she asked him, "Would you sleep with me?"

But later, their relationship became about more than just sleeping together.

Aside from calling him when she encountered a bug, the things Xue Heqing asked him to do included, but weren't limited to: choosing classes, staying on a call to soothe her to sleep, accommodating her picky tastes, and helping her manage her mother-daughter relationship...

Jiang Feng always responded without hesitation. He canceled meetings, turned down awards, and came whenever she called. Eventually, Xue Heqing felt a little guilty. "Why don't you take care of your own work first? I don't actually have to..."

"Do you still want me to come tonight?" he asked, and that was all.

"...Yes."

Their peaceful routine lasted for a while, until someone dropped a bombshell.

"You two aren't even dating?"

Xue Heqing suddenly saw the truth.

Afraid that this impulsive affair might eventually get out of hand, she drafted a text: "Let's end things here," then went abroad on an exchange program.

They had been entangled for long enough.

Perhaps she really should return to the proper path of a well-behaved young lady and find a suitable match for an arranged marriage.

A junior colleague accidentally learned about Jiang Feng and Xue Heqing's relationship and was stunned.

He listed everything Jiang Feng did in a day: getting up early, attending the morning meeting, negotiating with investors, meeting clients, going to a drinking party, then heading back to the office afterward to review the next day's proposal...

All his remaining personal time was spent serving Miss Xue.

"I'm worried you'll work yourself to death before your startup even gets off the ground, right in your girlfriend's apartment."

"Oh, wait, she's not your girlfriend. She still won't even admit you're together."

"So what?" Jiang Feng didn't see a problem at all. He sneered, "Sounds like you're jealous."

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a text from Xue Heqing.

"..."

On a foreign street, Xue Heqing had just left the theater when she saw a man standing a few steps away, his face expressionless.

The heavy darkness blurred his sharply defined features, leaving only his eyes, cold and piercing.

Like a silent ghost.

"These past few days..."

He walked toward her unhurriedly and smiled gently at the young man beside her.

"Thank you for taking care of my girlfriend."

*

When Xue Heqing first picked Jiang Feng, she hadn't given it much thought. Of all the people around her, he was the one who wanted the least from her, and that made her feel safe.

At first, Jiang Feng truly had no demands of her.

A title or a difference in social class was never an obstacle. The one thing he wanted was for Xue Heqing to keep her eyes on him alone.

Of course, he later discovered that having an official relationship was actually pretty important.

Seize the day vs. always there when called

Theme: Do your job well.