Before they parted, Chu Mei sent him one last message: "Let's end it here, Yan Tuo. Don't see me again."
That long, absurd spring night came to an abrupt end.
Three years later, they met again in Wang Hai. A friend warned Yan Tuo, "She has the face of Guanyin and the heart of a snake or scorpion. Her feelings for you are nothing but an act."
Someone like her certainly did not deserve such devotion from the heir to one of Nan City's most prominent families.
Amid the clinking glasses, the lights flickered for an instant, and everyone's gaze fell on the newcomer. Yan Tuo and his friend turned to look together.
In the distance, Chu Mei stood slender and graceful, like an iris in a golden vase, beautiful in every way.
"And then?"
"...And then, she's a bad person!"
"I know." His expression was calm, but his long lashes fluttered like a butterfly's wings.
"I do this willingly."
He knew all too clearly:
In Chu Mei's heart, fame and fortune came first, and he came second.
And all anyone ever seeks in life is to have their wishes fulfilled.
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Chu Mei was thoroughly confused. This distant man, as cold as the moon in the sky, had actually come near her again.
"Do you still like me?" She raised her beautiful face, her rosy lips forming a cruel question. "Or have you fallen for me all over again?"
Before he could answer, the sharp, wintry scent of pine enveloped her.
Their lips met in an instant.
He clasped the back of her neck with one hand, making her keep her head tilted back, and shamelessly stole her breath. Their soft lips moved against each other, slow and lingering.
A shiver ran down Chu Mei's entire back.
It was a wet, passionate kiss.
The upright gentleman stopped holding back, and the snow on the high mountains melted from that moment on.
"I used to think that loving you meant letting you be free, waiting for you to come to me of your own accord."
"And now?"
"Now..."
"I only want you by my side."
Even if you hate me.
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A calculating charmer with a hidden dark side X a cool, refined young gentleman
Rekindled romance | Feigned affection, true love | Sweet with a little angst
PS: Some parts of the blurb differ from the story itself.
Theme: Love never ceases
