In a bar awash with dazzling lights, Xu Youyu flees in a panic and accidentally stumbles into someone else's private room.
The man at the center has cool, aloof features and wears a sharply tailored suit. Refined and distinguished, he is surrounded by people like the moon by stars.
Xu Youyu has heard the rumors about him: the youngest CEO of a publicly listed company, rational and detached, with an aversion to all disorder and unexpected events.
Sure enough, the bar manager's face changes. He signals for security to escort her out while repeatedly apologizing with an ingratiating smile.
Yet, to everyone's astonishment, Wen She rises and walks to the door. He bends slightly, extending his long fingers toward her. His sapphire cuff links catch the light in a dazzling gleam. "Miss, do you need help?"
*
When adults deal with one another, the worst thing is failing to read the room.
So when Xu Youyu hears that Wen She is going to get engaged to his girlfriend, she takes the initiative to leave and end their secret relationship.
Wen She listens quietly to what she says, then sighs softly and wraps an arm around her slender waist. "Youyou, haven't I treated you well enough? Why do you think my girlfriend is someone else?"
[Sensitive and resilient x refined and controlling]
-Wen She is a businessman, with calculation and indifference etched into his bones. Yet when it comes to Xu Youyu, he fell at first sight and lost control for the second time.
-She has never been my possession. If anything, I'm her prisoner.
☆ One-on-one, both leads' first time, ages 21 and 28, an old flame rekindled, losing control while clearheaded.
☆ Weibo: @Jinjiang-Yi Yan. Blurb screenshot dated 2024/04/05.
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Word has it that the Liang family's heir is considering marriage. Men and women in their social circle are all eager to try their luck, dreaming of rising to the top overnight.
The Cheng family is among them.
Cheng's father goes to great lengths to make connections with him, but it is the heir and the elder daughter he tries to match. Cheng Zhiwen is merely there to make up the numbers.
In the private room, her father ingratiates himself as he raises his glass. Her stepmother pulls the shy, coquettish elder daughter close and beams. "Our Zhenzhen has always admired Mr. Liang."
"Is that so?" Liang Sheng glances over lazily and replies with a faint smile, "Miss Cheng is very pretty too."
The elder sister is overjoyed, unaware that beneath the table, Liang Sheng's long, distinctively knuckled fingers are caressing Cheng Zhiwen's thigh, inching farther and farther forward.
*
In a dim corridor, Liang Sheng pins her in a corner. "Pretending you don't know me, Miss Cheng?"
Her elder sister and stepmother's footsteps draw closer. Cheng Zhiwen's eyes brim with anxious tears. "Mr. Liang..."
Liang Sheng chuckles and bends down, kissing her without restraint. "Wrong. Call me brother-in-law."
[Gentle and sensitive x refined and uninhibited]
-People aren't born higher or lower, but society has its ranks. Cheng Zhiwen always thought she belonged at the bottom, until Liang Sheng took her hand and led her up to the clouds, through a blaze of light.
-Liang Sheng: My beloved shines so brilliantly that no one can compare.
Theme: Never give up on saving yourself