Older woman/younger man | age gap | coming-of-age romance
Ambitious female CEO x a scheming, slightly unhinged puppy
Time is a long river. Ye Zhenzhen is on one bank, Lin Jian on the other.
For twelve years, he could only watch her from afar.
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I don't need to be saved.
That is the road I took to get here.
There's nothing to be ashamed of.
Ye Zhenzhen has always been strong, tough, and enigmatic.
Her life does not exist to fulfill anyone else's expectations.
So it doesn't matter if nobody expects anything of her.
Even if no one applauds this journey, she will still walk it beautifully on her own.
*
When he was desperate, he saw a ray of light.
And so that light became everything to him.
Even if
it was all a lie.
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I used to resent fate for not letting me meet you sooner.
But now I'm only grateful it brought you to me in the years when I had the most courage.
So I wouldn't give you up over some stupid cost-benefit calculation,
and could follow you with nothing but reckless bravery.
I understand everything people say, but I don't want to hear it.
*
She went from an orphanage girl to vice president of a publicly listed group, a journey that took many years.
She gave it her time, her heart, and every bit of her affection.
Yet when success was just one step away, she received devastating news: her backer, company chairman Qi Siming, had suddenly developed acute pancreatic cancer and had less than a year to live.
Should she switch sides, or place her bet on someone else?
She looked at her former boss, a charming womanizer in his youth. “Is there a third way?”
“What?”
“Take the emperor hostage to command the nobles.”
She is an empress. She will not bow to anyone.
Even if she hates them, it doesn't matter.
“You said you love me?”
“But you don't know anything about me. What gives you the right to say you love me?”
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Ye Jian is a male escort.
Not the kind of male model who poses for photos, but the kind who works at a club, known as a “model bro.”
Twenty-four years old, a middle-school dropout, with nothing but his youth and good looks.
He often stares blankly at the sky, feeling that his life is a muddy mess. He wants to work hard but doesn't know how, and can only watch himself being swallowed up bit by bit.
Until one day, he meets a woman.
I have nothing, so my wholehearted loyalty is the only thing I can offer you.
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Note: The heroine has had an ex-boyfriend and a first love, and a complicated romantic past. The hero has not.
The story begins with the heroine plotting against the hero.
The hero does everything he can, but still can't resist, and soon follows his big sister's every command.
Theme: Be independent and strong, and work hard through adversity.
