Mad Dog

※ [Complete. The only official version is on Jinjiang]

1.

When she was ten, little Ming Yao pointed at the cool, aloof-looking boy in the newspaper and said to her father, "He looks so pitiful. Can we sponsor his education?"

Before long, she had a fifteen-year-old older brother named Lu Jinxiu.

The beautiful young man seemed gentle and gentlemanly, but in truth he was eccentric and cold-hearted.

Little Ming Yao became a ray of sunshine, doting on him, coaxing him, caring for him, and warming him.

But five years later, before she could deliver the love letter she had only half finished writing, he left her a bank card and disappeared without a word.

2.

At twenty-two, Ming Yao quit her job in investment banking to avoid an arranged marriage and opened a mellow bar.

On opening night, she got drunk and crossed paths with the rumored business-world rising star, whose name was on everyone's lips.

The next morning, Ming Yao held a bank card between her slender fingers and curled her pink lips into a smile. "Mr. Lu, your payment."

Lu Jinxiu leaned down, his fingertips, roughened with calluses, brushing lightly against her lips. His voice was cool and detached. "Who taught you to flirt and then run away?"

3.

Later, during an open lecture at Jiang University,

Ming Yao couldn't understand a thing. She laid her head on the desk and drifted off.

The male student beside her nudged her elbow and kindly reminded her, "Hey, wake up. Professor Lu is coming over."

Ming Yao slowly sat upright, looking as if she hadn't fully woken up.

Just as everyone expected Professor Lu to blow his top, they watched him casually take off his navy suit jacket and drape it over her. He said flatly, "Why are you calling her a classmate? She's your professor's wife."

Everyone: "...!!!"

[I will always stand one step away from you, waiting for you to favor me.]

When they were young: [Kind-hearted ray of sunshine, beautiful girl X aloof, gloomy young beauty]

As adults: [Radiant heiress X possessive beauty]

[Both are each other's first and only love / Feel free to criticize the male lead, but no need to tell me if you're dropping the novel]

[The title comes from Xu Song's Photography: Memories are a rabid dog / Chasing and biting for so many years / Yet still unable to learn when to hold back]

[The final line of the blurb is sourced online. Rights holder, please contact me for removal.]

[Blurb posted on 20/7/19. Please don't accuse me of copying another work.]

☆☆☆ Please check out my other novel, Secretly Keeping You ☆☆☆

1.

Chu Ling first met Bo Yu on a night of heavy snowfall.

Everything around them was blanketed in white. He was injured, his tall, lean frame looking worn and haggard, snow dusting his brows.

She brought him home and cared for him attentively.

A few days later, once he had recovered, he left without a word.

When her friend heard the news, they immediately cursed him out. "What a thankless jerk. Good riddance."

Chu Ling merely gazed out the window without saying a word.

2.

Later, Chu Ling met Bo Yu again at a business reception.

In a Klein blue suit, he looked elegant and otherworldly. His white shirt was buttoned to the collar without a single wrinkle, but when he looked at her, his eyes held a distant indifference. He was like a completely different person from before.

Chu Ling heard the people around her call him "President Jiang."

She had thought they would never cross paths again.

But after the reception ended, Jiang Yunmu cornered her in the lounge. "Miss Chu, have we met before?"

Alcohol had flushed Chu Ling's beautiful face. She smiled, lifting the corners of her eyes, then raised a hand to hook it around his neck and pull him down

Rising onto her toes, she left a suggestive, rosy lipstick mark at the corner of his lips.

3.

One day after they had started dating, Chu Ling attended a film's production launch banquet wearing a honey-colored qipao.

Partway through the banquet, she went out into the hallway for some air.

She accidentally missed a step and fell into a warm embrace.

Jiang Yunmu steadied her waist with one hand, then idly entwined his fingers with her jade-white ones. He bent down to kiss her neck, desire plunging fathomlessly in his deep blue eyes.

Chu Ling thought she knew his temperament

Jiang Yunmu would never do something like this in public.

Afraid someone might see them, she pushed at him. "Bo Yu, stop fooling around."

But his kisses only grew more fierce and urgent.

Jiang Yunmu held her chin and tilted it up. His voice was low and husky:

"You still can't tell me apart from him?"

"How about I teach you to tell the difference tonight?"

"Our souls will eventually become one. His wishes are my wishes, too. There are thousands of roses in this world, but you're the only one I want to keep for myself."

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Theme: In the end, someone will teach you how to love