A Glimmer of Light at the End of the Long Road

Female owner of a paper effigy shop vs. retired celebrity

The first time Zou Qi met Qi Xian was in the second semester of her junior year. Zou Qi was frantically worrying about finding an internship, while Qi Xian had just entered the entertainment industry. He could sing and dance, and all her roommates were fans. They liked his sunny, cheerful personality, like that of a passionate puppy.

Zou Qi didn't say it, but she liked him too. She liked the cool air about him, how he lived at the center of a crowd yet watched the world with detached eyes.

On the other side of a screen, he was a fantasy she could never reach.

The second time Zou Qi met Qi Xian was two years after she graduated. As the only daughter of the Zou family, which ran a paper effigy shop, she went to meet the man the older generation had arranged for her to marry.

Qi Xian was polite throughout the meal. He asked her, "Is there someone you like?"

Zou Qi lied. Pinching her fingertips, she said no, but in her heart she was saying, "If being a fan counts, I secretly liked you once."

He asked again, "Will you marry me?"

Zou Qi nodded.

The third time Zou Qi met Qi Xian was at their wedding. She was led along by him, feeling rather awkward. He lowered his head and leaned close to say, "Don't be nervous. When you want to leave, I'll let you go."

Later, Zou Qi decided Qi Xian didn't love her, so she wanted to leave. Just as he'd promised, Qi Xian let her go.

But even Qi Xian himself never expected that after Zou Qi left, he would lie awake night after night. He sat at a club with his "bad-influence friends," drinking one glass of hard liquor after another, his face dark. One day, he saw his face reflected in the liquor he'd spilled. He suddenly stood up to leave. Someone stopped him and asked, "Where are you going?"

Qi Xian loosened his tie, his face still dark. "To win my wife back."

"Which one?" someone asked.

Qi Xian's gaze deepened. "Who else could it be?"

Later, he finally found her and faced her repeated attempts to push him away.

Qi Xian finally grabbed Zou Qi by the wrist and tied her up with his tie. His eyes held a smile as he looked down at her. "Sis, I regret it. I'm not letting you go."

Female owner of a paper effigy shop vs. retired celebrity

1. The husband pursues his wife after losing her

2. Younger man, the woman is four years older

3. No supernatural events. Believe in science.

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Six months into their relationship, Si Tao disappeared.

Gong Cheng searched frantically for a long time, but found nothing.

He began spending every night at bars.

A frightening chill emanated from Gong Cheng. His friends, who usually joked around with him, didn't dare speak as they watched him down one glass of hard liquor after another.

For two whole years, Gong Cheng was like a machine that couldn't smile. He was ruthless in business and came home to drink himself into a stupor.

One day, he was idly flipping through the channels at home when he suddenly saw a cast event for a new series written by Si Tao.

As he watched her smiling brightly on the screen, Gong Cheng felt something inside him snap. He could no longer hold it back.

The next time he saw Si Tao was at a dinner after the drama's wrap party. The producers kept trying to get her to drink.

A friend sent Gong Cheng a video of what was happening. He had been standing in the shadows of the corridor, but now he stepped out and strode to the door of the wrap-party room, kicking it open.

He walked in with a cold expression, took Si Tao by the hand, and tried to lead her out. A producer smiled and stopped him. "You just barged in here and now you're taking one of my people away?"

"Your person?" Gong Cheng retorted coldly. His eyes were red like a beast's, and his fury had reached its peak.

Si Tao hurriedly led him into the corridor and casually tried to soothe him as they walked toward the elevators. "Calm down."

Before she could finish speaking, Gong Cheng pinned her against the wall, gripped her chin hard with one hand, and kissed her fiercely.

In an instant, the taste of alcohol and blood burst across their mouths.

A moment later, Gong Cheng let go.

His eyes bloodshot, he choked out, "Who do you think you are? What right do you have?"

A twisted romance. The male lead has an almost cruel possessiveness. Bad ending.

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