Sweet Orange

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At eighteen, Xiang Cheng was smart, pretty, and good at school, but also sensitive, timid, and afraid of causing trouble.

After a family upheaval, she moved in with the Shang family, where their younger son, Shang Xingyao, took a liking to her.

When Xiang Cheng rejected Shang Xingyao, he flew into a rage and bullied and tormented her in every way he could.

All she could do was secretly cry every day and endure it in fear.

Shang Xingyao relied on his family's wealth to act like an arrogant playboy, afraid of no one. The only person who could keep him in line was his older brother, Shang Sui.

When he saw Shang Sui, it was as if he were looking at the living King of Hell.

One night, while trying to escape Shang Xingyao's forceful advances, Xiang Cheng accidentally stumbled into Shang Sui's room.

Shang Xingyao pushed open the door and joked casually, "You reject me every day. Don't tell me you've gone for my brother instead?"

Xiang Cheng bit her lower lip and nodded, serious and resolute. "Yes!"

Shang Xingyao: "..."

Just then, Shang Sui had returned home from the airport. He stood outside the door, watching the girl with damp, almond-shaped eyes curled up on his bed. He loosened his tie with one hand and raised an eyebrow.

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Born into a distinguished family, Shang Sui was handsome and wealthy, the dream of countless people. He was also cold and rarely sincere.

For a while, a girl was often seen by his side, sparking no shortage of rumors. To everyone's surprise, he never denied them, only smiled.

Everyone said he treated that girl differently. But Xiang Cheng knew the truth: Shang Sui's so-called special treatment was just a little pity he had taken the trouble to show her,

letting her hide under his wing and scrape by. He had never returned her feelings or made her any promises.

Xiang Cheng had loved Shang Sui. Knowing there could be no happy ending, she finally turned and ran.

Years later, when they met again, Shang Sui caught Xiang Cheng in front of everyone as she tried to run off once more.

The emotions in his eyes were almost out of control as he pulled her into his arms. "Still running? Was I not good enough to you back then?"

Reader's Guide:

1. The heroine suffers first, then the hero; happy ending.

2. Nine-year age gap.

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Blurb

1. "Sex without love" was how Huo Cen defined his marriage to Xu Tingning. At night, as he gripped her waist, he would repeat those words, cruel and cold.

Even so, Xu Tingning loved Huo Cen for many years. She loved him madly, loved him desperately.

Later, after learning that he had spent the night with his white moonlight, Xu Tingning sat on her hospital bed and used the hand with an IV drip to shakily write out a divorce agreement.

2. Huo Cen thought he shouldn't care about Xu Tingning. It wasn't until after he had signed the divorce papers with her that he learned what pain was.

Later, when he saw a photo of Xu Tingning with her pregnant belly, he ran to her, grabbed her hand, and slapped himself hard.

*Angsty, steamy melodrama. The heroine suffers first, then the hero. Happy ending.

Theme: Pursuing true love.