Caught Completely Off Guard

Later, the volunteers teaching in the countryside gathered around and asked Chao Mingyue, "What do you like about the person next door? Is it that he never washes his face and is covered in green camouflage every day? That he's so strong he can carry you away with one hand? Or that he can drive cars, tanks, planes, and artillery?"

Chao Mingyue smiled with her legs crossed. "How vulgar."

Everyone thought they weren't going to get an answer. They exchanged glances and were about to leave when she calmly added, "Of course I like his eight-pack abs and his ridiculously long legs!"

They grinned knowingly. "I get it!"

*

Deep Sea

Everyone says Song Xinjiu is gentle and always smiling, but no one sees the darkness in her eyes.

She has always dutifully played the role of the obedient, sensible, hardworking model child, just to give her maternal grandparents some peace of mind.

Who would have thought that simply starting an ordinary relationship would make everyone think she was a helpless little victim who could be pushed around?

The man's mother looked at her with contempt. "Do you think you're good enough for him? I've seen plenty of women like you. Give them some money, and they'll do anything."

The wealthy heiress from a well-matched family looked aggrieved. "I just like him. I haven't interfered with your relationship... Is it really wrong for me to visit and comfort him when he's unhappy being kept at home?"

The heiress's brother said arrogantly, "Anyone who gets in my sister's way, I'll clear them all out."

The man was locked in his room and never showed up.

Song Xinjiu: "So you want to overthrow the ruling family, do you? Hah, family background? Just wait. You'll be picking through the trash before long."

Coming Soon: Favor

Chen Caini's first eighteen years had already been more eventful than many people's entire lives. She'd experienced every flavor of life, from heiress to someone on the fringes of society.

At her eighteenth birthday banquet, in front of everyone, her fiance put his arm around another woman and announced that he wanted to break off their engagement.

Mao Yuanzhou carefully held a disheveled, soft-figured woman in his arms, but glared up at the elegantly dressed girl on the stage with bloodshot eyes. He said bitterly, "Even if we marry for an alliance, the Mao family won't help you! You deserve to go bankrupt. I would never marry a vicious woman like you!"

Chen Caini's lashes fluttered. She exchanged a glance with the woman in his arms, gently stroked the deep red rose in her hand, and smiled faintly.

That very night, she was sent abroad.

Six years later, Mao Yuanzhou sat alone in a corner, silently drinking. He suddenly heard someone beside him say, "Hey, I heard Chen Caini's back. I saw it on Qianqian's Moments. Her plane should be landing soon, right?"

Mao Yuanzhou's hand stopped mid-sip. When he realized what he'd heard, he quickly grabbed the car keys from the table and rushed out.

Everyone was dumbfounded. After a moment of silence, someone finally said timidly, "I heard... she might be married."

"Yeah."

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