A Burning Response to a Secret Crush

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An occasionally rebellious good girl translator VS an unfairly biased client who's her dream man

1.

Song Jiayi stole a man's car at the airport. She never expected him to personally come after her to return her work ID, only to be showered with attention and flattery by her client.

This man was the one she'd never been able to forget.

Ten years later, Pei Xu was still cool and distinguished, a lofty client surrounded by admirers.

2.

At a company gathering, Song Jiayi got drunk. When her male supervisor offered to take her home, Pei Xu arrived and stopped him. The handsome man's expression darkened as he held the supervisor's hand, the veins on it standing out.

"Who are you?" the supervisor demanded unhappily.

"Song Jiayi's partner," Pei Xu lied.

In the car, Pei Xu tried to buckle Song Jiayi's seat belt, but she shoved him away and poked him in the chest. "Pei Xu, I've liked you for over ten years. Do you know that, or have you been pretending not to?"

In that moment, a surging tide of love filled his world. He pulled her close and kissed her without hesitation.

3.

After a misunderstanding drove them apart, they met again. Pei Xu was a major shareholder on the client side, dressed in a suit and acting nonchalant. As he passed her, he behaved as if they had never known each other.

But during the coffee break, the tall man cornered her in the cramped stairwell, his face icy and the corners of his eyes red.

Their breaths mingled, the tension between them almost unbearable.

"Song Jiayi, if I don't come looking for you, are you never going to reach out to me first?"

She was the one who made the first move that night. Was she really going to walk away and leave him hanging?

Main Story Blurb

A clumsy diplomat who can't express his feelings (marriage before love) and a gorgeous, insecure woman who always thinks she's a stand-in (her secret crush comes true). A story about rekindling a broken relationship and growing together.

1.

Though Meng Xiangyi was the only girl in the Meng family, and was beautiful and well-behaved, she was the least favored of them all.

Her cousin Lin Jieyu, on the other hand, was beautiful and cheerful, beloved by everyone and the apple of their grandmother's eye.

Meng Xiangyi dreaded hearing her grandmother praise Jieyu, because the next words were always, "Xiangyi is just too petty." So she was always dreaming of the day she could finally surpass Lin Jieyu.

She never expected that chance would come in the form of marrying He Yuchuan, the prince charming every girl adored. Both she and Lin Jieyu were among his admirers.

In middle school, Meng Xiangyi's grades fell, and she was often criticized by her teachers and bullied by her classmates. Once, several girls cornered her in the bathroom and demanded her pocket money. When she refused, they started hitting her.

He Yuchuan happened to pass by. He heard the commotion, came to her rescue, and scolded the girls. As he walked her home, he told her, "When people bully you, you have to fight back!"

That was when she began secretly loving He Yuchuan.

2.

As the He family's most promising child, He Yuchuan became a diplomat at a young age. He was exceptionally handsome and talented, and more people liked him than anyone could count.

Like a pine on a misty mountain, he was aloof and proud. When his family asked him to marry Meng Xiangyi, he didn't hesitate. If he couldn't choose for himself, then anyone would do.

After their wedding, they were posted overseas and treated each other with courtesy. When they returned to China for a friend's wedding, He Yuchuan's childhood friend teased him.

"Yuchuan, why aren't you making a move?"

"The person I like is up there."

At that moment, Meng Xiangyi realized He Yuchuan was looking at Lin Jieyu beside her, his gaze full of unconcealed admiration, blazing with passion.

Only then did the truth finally dawn on her. Her husband and Lin Jieyu were fellow disciples and colleagues, one senior and one junior, and they loved each other. In everyone's eyes, Lin Jieyu was the one who deserved He Yuchuan. He had married Meng Xiangyi only because she had the surname Meng.

The ridiculous part was that she had always been wary of Lin Jieyu. She never imagined that she herself was the real third party all along.

Then let's part ways and each live well. Meng Xiangyi briskly signed the divorce papers.

3.

Three years later, she attended an event as an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, bringing her embroidery with her. When she saw He Yuchuan again, he was gracious to everyone else but ice-cold toward her.

But when an international visitor tried to court her, he came over, displeased, and put an arm around her waist to declare his claim.

"Sorry, this is my wife."

Meng Xiangyi: We got divorced.

He Yuchuan: I never signed the papers!

Heaven knows, He Yuchuan had always thought Meng Xiangyi was only pretending to ask for a divorce, trying to get what she wanted by backing away. But then Meng Xiangyi left a divorce agreement behind and disappeared for three years without contacting him once. At first, he sulked and refused to indulge her. Later, he grew timid, afraid that Meng Xiangyi really didn't want him anymore.

When they met again, Meng Xiangyi seemed like a different person: confident and poised, with a crowd of admirers around her, including his childhood friend Shen Xu, who had disliked her most of all back then!

Meanwhile, he had spent the past three years lying awake every night, unable to figure out what on earth he had done to offend this difficult woman.

Now his wife had a "new love," and his own friend was openly trying to steal her away. He Yuchuan had never felt so besieged.

But Commander He is a man who only gets more determined with every setback. This time, Meng Xiangyi, don't even think about running away again!

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