Dependency

At a charity gala, Lu Zhaoqian once again ran into his rotten first love.

Five years ago, however, Ning Jiawen had left without a word for his own unattainable love, Li Yulin. Lu Zhaoqian had been furious and vowed to make Ning Jiawen suffer all the torment and hardship he'd endured over the years.

So, during the gala's auction, he bid an exorbitant amount for Ning Jiawen's painting, just to get his contact information.

After that, Lu Zhaoqian did whatever it took to win him over, with gentle seduction and domineering protection. Ning Jiawen fell for him again, little by little. Could anyone really love him? After all, Ning Jiawen had always been desperate for love.

When Lu Zhaoqian saw Ning Jiawen with the unattainable love of his youth, he was deeply shaken. He immediately took Ning Jiawen abroad to get married.

Lu Zhaoqian: I finally married my first love.

Ning Jiawen: Why does he hate me so much? He'd even make himself sick just to keep me trapped.

Lu Zhaoqian finally had Ning Jiawen bound to his side, never to leave. But he discovered that his first love seemed different from before...

When the opportunity came, Ning Jiawen, who had suffered for so long, made a choice of his own for the first time. He decided to get away from Lu Zhaoqian. But when he truly stepped out of the cage, he realized he was already sunk deep in the mire. Leaving didn't seem to be his only choice after all.

One day, someone condemned Lu Zhaoqian's tyranny and tried to rescue Ning Jiawen. But Ning Jiawen said something that nearly made them spit blood: "I think I can't live without him..."

Obsessive, domineering CEO top x love-starved, sickly beauty painter bottom

Top: Lu Zhaoqian. Bottom: Ning Jiawen.

A melodramatic story.

The bottom has psychological trauma, and the top is extremely obsessive.

Readers with extreme top or bottom preferences, beware.

Theme: Learning to build a healthy intimate relationship