I Love Your Pride

Sweet, delicate girl x domineering middle-aged boss, ten-year age gap When Xu Li was eighteen, she fell in love with a man. Her feelings were too secret to ever confess, so she spent two years privately nursing the bitter fruit of her unrequited love. When she saw he was about to go on a blind date, she could hold back no longer. One dark and stormy night, she got him drunk with the fine liquor her father had treasured for twenty years, then left a row of ambiguous tooth marks on his Adam's apple. ---Did you drink the liquor my dad set aside for his daughter's wedding? Could you try liking me first? / Jiang Ye had spent years making his way in the business world. He was always cool, disciplined, and proud, and there had never been a woman by his side, not even a female kitten. Later, his friend's daughter came to study in his city, and the friend asked him to look after the young woman. From then on, Jiang Ye considered himself dutifully attentive. Whatever Xu Li asked for, he did it all. Until one day, she came close to him and pleaded with red-rimmed eyes, "I want to marry you." Jiang Ye's heart was steeped in sweetness, but he could only smile ruefully. If his friend found out this was how he was looking after the girl, he would probably fly over in the middle of the night and beat him to death. Still, when it came to proposing, shouldn't the man be the one to do it? Synopsis screenshotted on 2021.5.7 Theme: Warmth and salvation, both in the name of love