When Jiang Yang and Young Master Xu were at the height of their romance, Madam Xu slapped a check for five million into her hands.
And just the day before, she'd broken up with Young Master Xu.
So Jiang Yang put on a face of suffering and, after nine rounds of struggling, hesitating, and playing hard to get with Madam Xu, accepted the fortune that had been forced on her.
Unexpectedly, Madam Xu gave her another five million later on.
This time, it was to get Jiang Yang back together with her son.
After being out of touch for so long, Jiang Yang thought Xu Jingzhou had deleted her ages ago.
Taking a chance, she finally sent him a message: "How have you been lately?"
"Pretty good. I'm getting married soon."
Xu Jingzhou called almost immediately. His voice was cold and low, but he was calling to share his good news with her: "A couple of days ago, I brought home a beautiful woman with a big belly. My parents were so excited."
Jiang Yang fell silent, feeling a faint ache in her heart. She couldn't bring herself to say the words "Congratulations."
He was going to have a child.
Who knew the man on the other end would give a soft scoff, then say leisurely, "Because I told them the baby isn't mine."
Jiang Yang: "?"
*
Jiang Yang went to London at Madam Xu's request. One day, six months later, she accidentally fell down the stairs from the second floor. When she woke up, her new neighbor had already taken her to the hospital.
Even in a slum, there was still kindness. Her neighbor was humorous and good-natured, and even cheerfully helped fix her toilet. Jiang Yang thought he was a really good person.
Until one morning two years later, when she learned what it felt like to be walked by a dog. She ran into her neighbor emerging from a private mansion, yawning, and he came clean to her:
"Perhaps men in love are always irrational. Before I volunteered to fix your toilet, I hadn't actually looked into how to do it. Those two hours when I told you I was going to get my tools? I was secretly watching videos to learn, then came back after asking the repairman at home to show me how. I even broke a toilet in the process. Once I'd figured it out, I pretended to be skilled and showed up in front of you with a toolbox. I'm glad I pulled it off. Jiang Yang, getting your WeChat through that was even more exciting than getting a transfer from you."
Lin Shubai lifted his wineglass and took a small sip. At last, he was no longer the witty, carefree, approachable man he'd deliberately pretended to be in front of her. His every gesture and word now revealed an inborn, aristocratic elegance. Even as he recounted the countless schemes he'd carefully laid for her, he did so with relish.
A jealous second young master who talks himself into love x a scheming little white flower who falls for someone else
Drafting
(Screenshot archived 2023.9.5)
Theme: Love may lie beyond mountains and seas, but mountains and seas can be crossed.
