Entangled in Passion

Xu Liangyi got together with Lu Huaizhou in her first year of university.

She was born in a small county town, while Lu Huaizhou was a wealthy young gentleman from Mingcheng.

He was clearly the one who pursued her at first. Once they were together, Lu Huaizhou occupied nine-tenths of Xu Liangyi's heart, but she was nowhere near as important to him.

"Your girlfriend is so obedient," one of Lu Huaizhou's friends said at a party.

Lu Huaizhou replied indifferently, "I like obedient girls."

The year they graduated, Xu Liangyi signed on with a prestigious company in Yancheng and told Lu Huaizhou she wanted to break up.

"Have you made up your mind? There's no going back once you do," Lu Huaizhou said, his voice calm and his reaction muted.

Xu Liangyi left without a hint of reluctance and went to Yancheng.

*

One day, a male colleague drove Xu Liangyi home.

As she stepped out of the car, she saw a man standing beside a utility pole not far away, a cigarette between his fingers. Thick, pale smoke poured from his mouth.

She couldn't see how his eyes had darkened behind the smoke.

She acted as if he weren't there and went straight inside.

That night, his car stayed parked beneath her building until morning.

*

On Valentine's Day, Lu Huaizhou came to Xu Liangyi with white roses. She barely reacted and said calmly, "Mr. Lu, we broke up a long time ago."

Lu Huaizhou stared at her for a long time. His voice was hoarse and indistinct when he finally spoke. "Can't I regret it?"

*

Much later, he placed an achingly tender kiss on her forehead. His warm, unsteady breath enveloped her as he trembled with longing. "Yiyi, I love you."

Not actually obedient x bad-boy CEO

#Straight Couple#

#Happy Ending#

#Winning Her Back#

#Rekindled Romance#

#Sweet One-on-One Romance#

[Next novel: Cold Desire. See the author's profile.]

Luo Ling is breathtakingly beautiful, with a pure, delicate face and a slim figure. She looks clean and harmless, and when Jin Beixiao first met her, he thought so too.

When his good friend said he wanted to pursue her, Jin Beixiao remarked with cool amusement, "Why are you into that type?"

But that very same day,

Jin Beixiao saw Luo Ling change into an ice-blue racing suit and climb into a supercar, helmet in hand.

It was the China GT Zhuhai race.

Seated in the private platinum VIP lounge on the second floor, Jin Beixiao watched the ice-blue car tear down the track and take first place by an overwhelming margin.

After the race, Jin Beixiao went to the drivers' paddock to find Luo Ling.

Luo Ling looked at him with interest and invited him to dinner.

Jin Beixiao gladly accepted.

At the table, he tried to add Luo Ling on WeChat, but she refused.

Then she left coldly after dinner.

Later, Jin Beixiao found out that Luo Ling had a fiancé.

Even so, at the charity gala hosted by her father, he paid an extravagant price for the night's star auction item.

A week later, Jin Beixiao bought the equestrian estate Luo Ling often visited.

In the top-floor tea room overlooking the grounds, Luo Ling kissed him.

Jin Beixiao wanted her to take responsibility and get herself a different fiancé.

But Luo Ling only smiled faintly. "Mr. Jin, that was just a game."

Later still, he heard that Luo Ling planned to get back together with her ex-boyfriend.

Jin Beixiao had her taken onto a helicopter.

He kissed her for a long time, breathing heavily. His voice fell against her ear, sounding almost like a plea. "As long as you don't leave me, what's mine is yours. I'll let the past go."

He knew how she schemed and used him, yet he was happy to let her.

More than any of that, all he cared about was her heart.

A calculating, innocent-looking, secretly ruthless career-minded heroine x a powerful, devoted CEO

"If you're going to bait me, see it through."

"Luo Ling, I'll let you have your fun."

--Jin Beixiao

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