The King and the Nightingale

Wen Sangyu was Pei Xiujin's kept canary, docile and obedient, doing her duty as a pretty ornament.

When asked in an interview about his relationship status, Pei Xiujin parted his thin lips and said, "Single."

At that moment, Wen Sangyu became a joke.

Everyone thought Wen Sangyu couldn't leave Pei Xiujin, but then one day she suddenly vanished without a trace.

The one who went mad was Pei Xiujin.

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Three months later, rising star Wen Sangyu shot to fame with her superb acting skills. But what set the internet ablaze even more was a photo of her passionately kissing that famously faithful, double-award-winning actor in an underground parking garage.

Wen Sangyu responded, "Teacher Qi is wonderful. It would be an honor if things between us could develop further."

A reporter dug into her past and asked about her relationship with Pei Xiujin.

Wen Sangyu's tone was indifferent. "We're not close."

The words reached Pei Xiujin. He replied unhurriedly, "She's just a plaything. Sooner or later, she'll come crawling back and beg for mercy."

But that night, after the interview ended, Wen Sangyu had barely returned backstage and turned on the light when a large, well-defined hand shot out of the darkness and seized her slender waist. A storm of heated kisses landed on her, leaving no room for refusal.

Wen Sangyu could only arch her head back and endure, helplessly.

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky outside, illuminating the violence in the man's eyes. He gritted his teeth.

"We're not close? Would you hold hands with a man you're not close to? Kiss a man you're not close to? Sleep with a man you're not close to? Hmm?"

"Had enough?" She slapped him across the face without expression. "Get lost."

They say the rain poured that day, and Pei Xiujin knelt step by step through the downpour, yet couldn't earn even a backward glance from Wen Sangyu.

Stubborn, stunning caged bird x brooding, obsessive man in power

[Afterword]

Why pretend you have no desires?

From your hair to your fingertips,

I want to possess every inch of you.

Love is no temple. It's Yangzhou stretching ten miles, its lights never going out.

Theme: Desire should be a wild horse, but all I want is you. - Pei Xiujin