Fireflies in Midsummer

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After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Became My Former Fiancé's Master's Wife

Childhood friend vs. new arrival // Stealing someone's girl // Long-planned scheme // Older man dotes on her

Sweet, kind-hearted girl x a proper gentleman on the surface, but competitive and possessive behind closed doors

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After five years of being engaged, Xin Yang finally realized that her fiancé wasn't distant because he was busy. He was in love with someone else.

She decisively called off the engagement, but her mother objected. In a fit of anger, she ran off to a bar to drown her sorrows.

But while drunk, she let her lust get the better of her and forcibly kissed a man.

Only after sobering up did she realize that the man was her fiancé's graduate advisor!

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Zhong Wangcen, the youngest professor at Jiang University, had a perfectly sculpted face, refined and dignified.

Only his eyes were different, cold and desolate, as if steeped in moonlight from the summit of a snowy mountain.

To outsiders, he was like an ascetic monk, interested in nothing but research.

Until one day, a young woman moved into his villa, as cold and quiet as an ancient tomb.

His friends thought that his heart, untouched by the mortal world, had finally broken its vows.

Only Xin Yang knew that the man had no heart at all.

Otherwise, why had he shown no reaction, like a stone statue, when she pounced on him and forcibly kissed him on the sofa while drunk again?

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One night after they had gotten together, after a long kiss, Xin Yang finally asked the question on her mind. "When I kissed you while drunk before, why didn't you ever respond?"

The man leaned back against the sofa and settled her on his lap. His long fingers brushed the loose strands of hair at her cheek. His deep, bright eyes fixed on hers, now glistening with tears, and he said hoarsely, "I was afraid of scaring you."

Xin Yang didn't understand, but soon she grasped what he meant.

This man, who seemed to want nothing, was astonishingly greedy when he gave in to desire.

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Xin Yang had always thought that she and Zhong Wangcen had crossed paths because of her former fiancé.

Only later did she learn that ten years earlier, she and Zhong Wangcen had already formed a bond strong enough to risk their lives for each other.

For ten years, he had quietly watched over her from the shadows, watching her grow up and watching her get engaged.

All the while, he planned how to make her break off the engagement, and how to make her fall in love with him...

"I wandered the barren world until I met you. Only then did everything become gentle and meaningful.", Albert Camus

Reading guide:

1. Both leads are virgins. The professor is the male lead. The former fiancé is the second male lead and will have to win her back.

2. The male lead's daughter is not his biological child.

3. All professional details in the story are sourced from the internet.

Theme: Love and companionship