Her Pride and Joy

[The full story is complete. Thank you for supporting the official release.] [Follow-up modern romance, Stepping Stone, is open for advance bookmarks~] Outside Lincheng University. A girl in a dress stood with her white clothes fluttering, her eyes red-rimmed. “Gu Rang, I’m worried about your mother’s illness, but...” “The arrangement is off. Let’s break up.” The boy cut her off first. His faded shirt hem fluttered in the breeze, and his restrained, composed expression remained unreadable. Only after the girl disappeared did his straight back bend slightly, weighed down by helplessness. Qin Chan sat in a luxury sedan, tapping the steering wheel as she watched the heartbreaking scene of young love unfold. She raised an eyebrow, opened the car door, walked over to the boy, and handed him a tissue. Gu Rang’s voice was cool and distant. “I don’t need it.” Qin Chan smiled. “You misunderstand. It has my lipstick mark and contact information on it.” “I’ll be waiting for your call.” * Gu Rang knew he was like a prisoner trapped in the palm of Qin Chan’s hand. For six months, he could never refuse any of her requests. All he had to do was stay by her side. Humiliated and resentful, yet powerless. He hated her for a long time, until he became a rising star and she disappeared. Gu Rang, who could barely stand alcohol, drank with abandon all night. In his dreams, he kept murmuring, “Come back.” #He should have spread his wings and soared, yet willingly became a servant at your feet# Reader's Guide ● They are each other's one and only. The male lead has never been with anyone else. ● Younger man and older woman romance, with a three-year age gap. Coming soon: Stepping Stone When Tang Sijia was twenty-two, she had just entered the working world. She rented a shabby old apartment on the top floor, cold in winter and hot in summer, and lived all alone. Then one day, she came home from work to find a boy in the stairwell. Eighteen-year-old Shi Chuan was covered in bruises. He looked at her with clear eyes and took her hand. “Sis, help me.” Tang Sijia, as if bewitched, brought him home. From then on, there was someone waiting for her there. The boy was handsome and cheerful, sweet-tongued and considerate. What began as a sibling-like bond slowly crossed the line, spreading like wildfire. After they were intimate, Shi Chuan said, “Sis, I’m leaving.” Eighteen-year-old Shi Chuan had long since learned to hide his fangs. He used a fool who yearned for a family and would never resent him as a stepping stone, climbing bit by bit into another social class. Tang Sijia watched from upstairs as Shi Chuan walked away without looking back. She truly did not resent him. It was just that she could barely stop herself from vomiting at the mere touch of anything Shi Chuan had touched. * Later, Shi Chuan never expected he would see Tang Sijia again. It was evening. The clouds on the horizon looked like a dog. Tang Sijia stood outside a client's company in a pale moon-white dress, waiting. Shi Chuan knew her company was about to be swallowed up, and she had come to ask him for help. Just like he had once done. Shi Chuan gave a scornful smile. After leaving her waiting for a few minutes, he walked up to her. “Miss Tang, I won't help you.” Then he watched Tang Sijia quickly retreat several steps, avoiding any contact with him. Her gaze passed over him and fell on someone behind him. She smiled, just as she had smiled at him all those years ago. She said, “Mr. Shi, I've come to pick up my husband.” Older woman and younger man romance Dog-taming romance Theme: Love her, and never let her down.