A Dream Beyond Reach

[The next book I'll write is "Empathy"] Wen Ye was born with an extraordinarily beautiful pair of flirtatious eyes. His eye sockets were deep, his eyes long and narrow, and his double eyelids were especially lovely. Whenever he looked at someone, he always seemed both absentminded and full of tenderness. Cheng Sui'an was fooled by those eyes for five whole years. She thought Wen Ye's feelings for her were different. At the very least, she thought he had feelings for her. - On the day Cheng Sui'an left, she made him breakfast as usual, arranged for the "girlfriend" who was supposed to keep him company, ironed his suit, and polished his leather shoes until they were spotless. She even smiled as she kissed him. But once Wen Ye had left, she went away. When she did, she didn't look back even once. - Wen Ye couldn't understand how someone so gentle could become so damn stubborn once she got going. The proud young master had even gotten down on his knees to beg her. Why wouldn't she come back? "You are my mirage, the one thing I dream of but can never have." Proud young master vs. gentle but stubborn assistant Once I see you clearly, I will leave you. [Content Warnings] The male lead is a scumbag early on! A total scumbag!! Old-school! Over-the-top melodrama! Readers who only want spotless male leads, beware. If you really can't stand him, just drop the book. Why make things hard for yourself? A fake substitute, meaning there is a misunderstanding! The male lead is still a scumbag!! That's what makes the later redemption arc so satisfying! The later torment doesn't cost the male lead his life, nor does it leave him disabled. If you want to see him killed off, please click the X. Readers who are emotionally young and might have their outlook or behavior changed by a novel are not recommended to read this! Let adults have a little fun. The next book I'll write is "Empathy," an old-school, bittersweet, over-the-top melodrama. That man saved Lu Huaishi when she was at her most desperate. Lu Huaishi regarded him as her benefactor and thought he was the last ray of light Heaven had left for her. Only later did Lu Huaishi learn that the man and her father were mortal enemies. What she had thought was a chance encounter had all been part of his plans. - Everything was going according to Ying Chong's plan, but the more smoothly things went, the worse he felt. He couldn't bear to see Lu Huaishi hurt or in pain. Seeing her tears hurt more than a knife cutting into him. So he let Lu Huaishi go, thinking it might make things a little easier. Who could have guessed that on so many nights after she left, he would miss her so much he couldn't sleep, biting back his anguish as he called her name again and again while clutching the scarf she had given him? - Everyone said the third son of the Ying family was the coldest man around. He had no close friends, and people thought he would probably spend his whole life alone. But no one knew that Ying Chong had once lost control of his heart for someone, overwhelmed by feelings he couldn't suppress. He had held her down and kissed her again and again, refusing to let go. In a hoarse voice, he had begged in her ear, "Shishi, come back. Please." - "I thought I would hate you too, but when you truly sank into the mire, it hurt me to my very bones." "Ying Chong loved her so quietly that even he never realized it." 1. A series of stories about chasing one's wife to the crematorium 2. Both leads are each other's only partners; old-school melodrama Theme: A young woman works hard to pursue her dreams