Cheng Zhiyi had been her parents' good little girl, her teachers' favorite student, and the envy of every parent as the perfect child. She followed the expected path, going to school and getting a job... But on the eve of her engagement to a man she'd met through a matchmaker, she discovered that the good friend he was so eager to introduce was the one and only reckless mistake of her otherwise steady life...
Years ago, she and this handsome stranger had spent a night in the throes of passion, tangled together until dawn. After that night, they never crossed paths again. They hadn't even asked each other's names.
In the private room, the flame of the man's lighter flickered on and off. His irreverent gaze met hers, and he watched her with amusement.
At the time, her prospective fiancé had an arm around Cheng Zhiyi as he introduced them:
"This is my best friend, Zhong Dingxi. Young Master Zhong, meet her!"
"Cheng Zhiyi, call her Sister-in-law!"
A trace of amusement and coldness shone in the man's eyes.
Cheng Zhiyi's heart sank. She spent the rest of the gathering putting on an act and making excuses to leave early.
She thought the man would keep quiet about what had happened, just as she did.
Until, later, after their engagement was called off, her former fiancé laid it all out: He couldn't accept marrying a woman who'd been with his friend.
Cheng Zhiyi left in a daze, her lips sealed. At the corner by the exit, she ran into Zhong Dingxi, who had just arrived at the same restaurant with a female companion.
They passed each other without a word. Cheng Zhiyi pretended she had never known him.
She had brought it all on herself and was reaping what she'd sown. Sick of a life shackled by the word "good," she had opened Pandora's box...
Now, she had paid the price for the one time in her life she had lost control.
She never expected that work would bring them together again later. Zhong Dingxi repeatedly made things difficult for her.
But when Cheng Zhiyi really left the city, Zhong Dingxi paid whatever price it took to find her and cling to her.
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Born into a wealthy family, Zhong Dingxi was a free spirit, and women flocked to him in droves. He had always believed that men and women pursued pleasure and each got what they wanted.
But he despised women who pretended to be perfect or put on airs of purity.
Ruining someone else's relationship had never been his intention. It had happened by accident, but he couldn't remember how many times he'd played the villain, so what was one more?
At the same time, he had no idea that his prejudice and the way he'd treated Cheng Zhiyi had cost her her engagement and almost cost her her job.
By the time he regretted it, it was already too late. Later, Zhong Dingxi, who had once said, "I've seen plenty of women like her," was reduced to a miserable wreck, desperate to win someone's heart for the first time.
"Cheng Zhiyi, would you be willing to get to know me again?"
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1. The leads genuinely judge each other unfairly at first, and neither is perfect. Please give it a try if you're okay with that.
2. The original blurb was posted on October 17, 2022. Some details were added later, and screenshots have been saved.
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