A Love Letter from Hong Kong

★Reunion After Years Apart + The Heroine Runs Away While Pregnant | The Hero Takes Things One Step at a Time + Pursues His Wife | Cold, Overbearing Hong Kong Tycoon vs. Real Estate Heiress and Ice Beauty

☆ Childhood Sweethearts Turned Enemies

1.

Chi Xi never imagined she would see Jiang Yucheng again in this lifetime.

Six years had passed. He was now the renowned "Mr. Jiang" of Hong Kong, one of the people at the very top of the pyramid, the kind who wouldn't spare her a second glance if they crossed paths.

Yet he kept closing in on her, intent on locking her inside a cage barely bigger than herself.

That night, they stood side by side in an open-air garden. His suit jacket draped over her shoulders, she said helplessly, "Jiang Yucheng, let me go. And let yourself go, too."

He said nothing, simply resting his broad hand on her shoulder.

His hands were no longer as refined as they had once been. They had grown heavier and stronger, capable of forcing her to bow her head.

"If I let you go, who will let me go?" he chuckled, gently turning her face toward him. The chill and possessiveness in his eyes made her heart tremble.

Chi Xi was Jiang Yucheng's light, and the unhealable ache deep in his heart.

Because her mother came from a humble background, Chi Xi had always been an outsider in their upper-class circle.

But no one dared pick on her, because she was the Jiang family's young master's childhood friend, and his closest friend.

He held an umbrella for her in the rain. When she was stranded in the mountains, he risked his life to find her, then carried her down on foot. Yet she had never once looked at him properly.

Even that one night of passion had been an accident. Afterward, she called to warn him to pretend it had never happened.

And when his family fell on hard times, she walked away without hesitation.

Before she left, he asked her why.

She smiled and said, "Jiang Yucheng, how are you still so naive? Only people from the same social class can call each other friends."

He smiled, too. She was right. The winners became kings and the losers were forgotten. So even if everyone turned against him and he fell into ruin, he would still become someone above the rest.

During the hardest days of his life abroad, he wrote her countless letters, but they all stayed in a tin trunk. Not one was ever sent.

The closer he got to home, the more apprehensive he felt. Her smile was the only thing he had to hold on to in his gloomy life, and it was so dazzling it could burn his eyes.

Just as his career began to take off, he came back to look for her.

Unfortunately, by then she was already someone else's wife, and they had a daughter together.

2.

Jiang Yucheng's young nephew was beaten up at school, so Jiang Yucheng went to pick him up.

The culprit was a darling little girl with a face like a porcelain doll, yet she acted like a little adult. Pointing at his nephew, she said, "Are you his dad? Teach him how to talk properly! If he messes with me again, I'll beat him to death!"

Jiang Yucheng crouched down, rested a hand on his knee, and tapped it lightly. Rarely was he this patient. "Where are your parents? Is this how they taught you? Fists can't solve everything."

The little girl was left speechless by his few remarks, tears nearly welling in her eyes.

For some reason, Jiang Yucheng's heart softened. The cold, indifferent heart he'd had for years began to stir. For the first time, he bought a lollipop to cheer up a little girl, and settled the matter despite his sister-in-law's objections.

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Later, he often took the girl out to play. He taught her to climb mountains, dive, and ride horses, devoting nearly all his free time to his romantic rival's daughter, determined to gain the upper hand in this contest.

When the time was right, on a sunny afternoon, he smiled and asked her, "Between me and your dad, who treats you better?"

Chi Jiajia froze, then put down her knife and fork. "I've never even met my dad."

Jiang Yucheng: "...Isn't Meng Yuanting your dad?"

Chi Jiajia shook her head in confusion. "No, he's not."

The string inside Jiang Yucheng snapped.

It seemed he'd been making the wrong assumption all along.

The sunny boy of the past, now cloaked in darkness.

A favored son of heaven falls into darkness and fiercely pursues his wife.

★ Both leads have only ever been with each other, physically and emotionally. The heroine and the second male lead are joined by an arranged marriage between their families and are business partners; they each live their own lives.

★ Happy ending. A rekindled romance after a breakup. Sweet overall, but not pure sweetness.

★ Five-year age gap: 26 and 31.

★ Romance-focused, with the relationship between the leads as the main plot.

Note: The heroine is a real estate developer. In keeping with national policies and initiatives, she considers environmental protection in her projects and has always actively advocated sustainable development and working in harmony with nature.

Theme: Rediscovering the beauty of the past and finding the courage to face what we've been afraid to face.