Sweet Surrender

Yu Cun was the boss. When he attended the launch event for his company's new film, people mistook him for a stunning newcomer making his debut, and he shot straight to the top of the trending charts.

After the company issued a statement, the topic exploded.

The spin-off topic [Who Will Be the Woman to Save the Solar System?] stayed near the top of the trending charts.

When Jiang Miao saw it, she was celebrating Valentine's Day with her friends. She glanced at the post on her phone and curled her lip.

Yeah, right. Saving the solar system is basically the same as stepping in dog poop.

Distracted for a moment, she lost a game of Truth or Dare and had to accept her punishment.

Borrow a belt from the next man who walked in.

A boring, old-fashioned prank.

When someone came in, all her friends got excited. "Girl, go for it! The solar system is waiting for you to save it."

Jiang Miao muttered a quiet "Damn," then sighed, "You never know when you'll run into someone again."

Her ex-husband, no less. Might as well take the chance while she knew him.

It was only a belt. She'd even unbuckled it herself before. Was she really afraid to ask to borrow it?

After the third person who had tried to hit on Yu Cun left, Jiang Miao approached him under her friends' watchful gazes, a wineglass in her hand. In the light, the dark red liquid swirled languidly, its subtle fragrance drifting through the air. It was breathtakingly beautiful.

"Sir, could I borrow your belt?" She held out her glass, smiling sweetly.

Yu Cun looked at the woman before him and gave a slight, crooked smile. "Sure."

He took the glass from her hand and leaned toward her. His thin lips parted, his warm breath brushing her earlobe as he spoke through gritted teeth. "I'll deliver it right to your door."

And so...

That night, at midnight...

Jiang Miao's hands were bound with the belt she'd borrowed...

After their passionate night, Jiang Miao fished 250 yuan out of her pocket and tossed it at the face that netizens called devastatingly handsome. "Payment in full."

Yu Cun shot her a sidelong glance, counted the money, put it away, then turned over and went to sleep.

And then, night after night,

Jiang Miao could only watch as her ex-husband brazenly let himself into her home, always with an excuse so fresh and original it was impossible to refute.

"I'm short on cash. Thought I'd come earn some pocket money."

Jiang Miao: "..." You son of a bitch.

Jiang Miao had always told herself that marrying Yu Cun was just a stepping stone to escape the Jiang family. She had never expected it to last.

But when the day came that it had to end, she finally understood: some things had already become part of her very bones and blood. Take them away, and it would kill her.

Theme: Compromising for love