Before the Spring Night Ignites

[Seven-year age gap / winning her back / secret love comes true]

Benefactor x female student

1. Wen Ran would never forget the day she met Bo Qiwen again.

The rainstorm still raged as she stood alone outside a high-rise. When she looked up, a Bentley with a matching license plate stopped in front of her.

The driver came over with an umbrella. "Sir says he can give you a ride."

Through the curtain of rain, the car window reflected the man's aloof, distinguished profile.

Wen Ran recognized him at a glance.

He was a snow-capped mountain, unreachable among the powerful, a moon she could never touch.

Back then, she called him Uncle Bo.

He saw her only as a junior in need of guidance.

Until one snowy night, Wen Ran was stranded at his villa.

Bo Qiwen pulled her into his arms, his breath hot and heavy as he teased her by her ear. "Really don't want to like me anymore?"

"..."

Wen Ran's eyes reddened. She stubbornly turned her head, but she still couldn't escape his grip, and his lips met hers.

2. Everyone knew that Bo Qiwen was refined and proud, and kept his distance from women. Wen Ran was the first.

That year, to pave her way to stardom, the man spent a fortune, protecting her so thoroughly that everyone in and out of the industry envied her. But Wen Ran knew how effortlessly he handled things, and how cold he was.

She was a fleeting beauty he had fallen for in a moment of passion, a caged bird he had taken under his wing on a whim.

He would never give anything up for love, especially not the wealth and status of the social elite. Once the spring night burned out, their romance would end as well.

The only exception was the night she moved out of the villa.

Bo Qiwen abandoned his usual refined manner and pressed her against him, his gaze cold and sinister. "Did you ever truly love me?"

Wen Ran: "No."

Bo Qiwen had never truly loved her.

Why should she keep clinging to him?

3. When she was fifteen, Wen Ran received financial support from a wealthy businessman.

Her benefactor was a Buddhist, so the students he supported went to a temple to meet him.

Back then, Bo Qiwen was elegant and refined, with an air of otherworldly grace.

Wen Ran stood in a dim corner of the Buddhist hall, feeling nothing but timid and insignificant.

That day, he became the deepest secret in her heart. Every year, she went to the temple to pray for his safety and good fortune.

Until she was twenty-three.

Beneath a mist-shrouded mountain temple, a Bentley with a matching license plate blocked her way. The man she hadn't seen in months stood tall and graceful, holding an umbrella over her himself.

Wen Ran's eyes stung. "Mr. Bo, it's been over between us for a long time."

Bo Qiwen held the prayer ribbon she had treasured for eight years. His voice was hoarse, his deep eyes clouded and reddened. "But the Bodhisattva says we're still destined to be together."

"I am a snowflake trapped in the past."

"I don't dare hope for spring."

- Song Youci

* A man in power descends from his pedestal for love

* Seven-year age gap / winning her back / secret love comes true

* Both inexperienced, 1v1, happy ending

* No unsolicited writing advice

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Man in power x prey

"You are a rose I've been waiting to seize."

Long-planned pursuit | stealing someone's lover | a scumbag's futile road to redemption

Everyone in the capital's social circles knew about Nan Ju and Song Yuanzhou's years together.

The carefree young master gave her his whole heart, but he still couldn't escape an arranged marriage.

Nan Ju became a laughingstock overnight, while Song Yuanzhou gave her a bank card and tried to persuade her to become his mistress after he married.

Nan Ju slapped him and bought a plane ticket abroad that very day.

That autumn, she met Gu Shenli.

As she left the airport, she nearly fell, and the gentlemanly man caught her. "The ground is slippery. Be careful."

When she looked up, Gu Shenli's features were gentle and composed.

A flirtatious beauty mark sat at the corner of his eye. He had an elegant, steady bearing and striking good looks. It was immediately clear that he came from a distinguished background.

It was hard to say who fell first, but Nan Ju didn't refuse this fleeting romance.

He was mature and unflappable, far more considerate and patient than Song Yuanzhou. He was a perfect lover with no discernible flaws, but still only a lover.

Nan Ju didn't want to repeat her old mistakes. After a brief spell of happiness, she decisively walked away.

She thought they wouldn't meet again.

But at a company party, she saw Gu Shenli calmly take his seat amid everyone's obsequious flattery.

The impeccably dressed man glanced at her casually, his emotions unreadable. "She doesn't drink. Don't pressure her."

Only then did Nan Ju learn that he was the legendary group chairman who struck fear into the business world, and Song Yuanzhou's uncle.

He had forced Song Yuanzhou to marry.

He had planned everything long ago.

That night, Nan Ju was still captured by him.

In the dark hotel suite, Gu Shenli murmured seductively by her burning ear, "You keep saying you want to move on, but after going around in circles, don't you always end up back by my side?"

-

Gu Shenli had once fallen for a girl.

In a remote border town, he was injured during a mission. The first thing he saw when he woke was her yawning as she said, "You're finally awake. I stayed up all night watching over you."

They met again at a museum of broken relationships, where she wept over old keepsakes, each tear landing on his heart. Later, she became his lawful wife.

Nan Ju never thought someone as cold as Gu Shenli could have much love to give, until one day after their marriage, she found the farewell letter he had written during his military service. Her childhood nickname was clearly written as the recipient.

[Bonus Scene]

Song Yuanzhou was unhappy every day after getting married. One night, drunk and acting crazy, he went looking for Nan Ju again.

But Gu Shenli was the one who opened the door.

Song Yuanzhou was stunned on the spot.

Gu Shenli, for once, didn't look annoyed. He raised an eyebrow. "Perfect timing. Let me introduce you to your little aunt."

#BothC.1v1.HappyEnding

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