The most unusual thing in Ji Ning’s utterly ordinary life is probably having a classmate like Yan Beicheng, the CEO of a publicly traded company.
Not only is he exceptionally capable, he’s also remarkably handsome, the unreachable dream of every girl at school.
Still, Ji Ning and he barely interacted. They exchanged fewer than ten words in all four years of college.
Then, with graduation approaching, rumors spread through their department that Ji Ning and her boyfriend were getting married. Soon after, something happened to Ji Ning’s family.
With no other choice, Ji Ning turned to Yan Beicheng for help.
“Fine.”
The cool, handsome man rose from behind his desk and slowly walked over to her.
Close enough for their breaths to mingle, he gazed at her with dark eyes, looking her over from her hair to her lashes, from the bridge of her nose to her lips, bitten pale, and inch by inch downward.
His gaze was direct, almost predatory.
“But I want you.”
[A story of mutual pining that turns into possessive love]
[Timid and soft X cunning, beautiful, strong, and tragic]
[Both virgins / HE]
Content warning: The female lead originally has a boyfriend. The male lead steals her away and forcibly breaks them up. Neither lead is written as a perfect person, so please read with caution if that bothers you.
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Blurb for the next book, A Sugar Cube, No Ice:
Zhou Li has been excellent at everything since childhood, a proud swan for twenty-three years.
Then, overnight, her parents are listed as debtors subject to enforcement, and the family company faces delisting.
Ji Chuxu’s friends, former classmates whom Zhou Li had trampled and looked down on, finally see a chance to get their revenge. They call on Ji Chuxu to join them in mocking her.
Ji Chuxu glances over lazily. “How childish. Are you in elementary school?”
Ji Chuxu wouldn’t kick someone when they were down, but he didn’t give it much thought either.
What he never expected was that the very next day, this woman would use some underhanded trick to persuade his grandfather to insist that he marry her.
His friends don’t even get the chance to mock her before they’re thoroughly face-slapped.
That’s the Ji family of Beicheng she’s marrying into.
It’s hardly an exaggeration to say Zhou Li will be crowned queen.
After marriage.
Zhou Li watches as Ji Chuxu feeds her medicine, spoonful by spoonful.
“Why are you so good to me?”
“Like the chicken, so the chicken; like the dog, so the dog.” Ji Chuxu sighs. “What can I say? I’m your husband.”
For some reason, Zhou Li is annoyed. “You’re pretty old-fashioned.”
Ji Chuxu clicks his tongue and wipes the corner of her mouth. “With a personality as unlikeable as yours, you’re lucky I’m so good-tempered. Otherwise, I’d have dumped you ages ago.”
Cool and aloof X seemingly frivolous, actually a doting daddy type
Theme: Being moved by love is what gives you a sense of security
