[The Bad Boy's Groveling, Self-Sacrificing Plan to Win Her Back]
The night Qiao Yining was driven out of the Qiao family, winter rain poured down in torrents.
Qiao Yining shivered as she walked along the deserted highway. Her beauty was breathtaking, but she was a miserable mess in the rain.
Blinding high beams flashed toward her.
A black Maybach pulled up beside her.
The rear window rolled down. Through the curtain of rain, the man’s profile looked stern, and his half-closed eyes lazily opened.
“Want to come to my place?”
His voice was low and smooth, blending into the steady patter of rain.
It made Qiao Yining feel even more dazed.
Later, Qiao Yining became Gu Jinshen’s pampered canary.
The wealthy young women in their social circle were all green with envy, and they gossiped behind the back of Qiao Yining, the Qiao family’s illegitimate daughter who must have done good deeds in a past life to earn such favor.
Even Qiao Yining herself nearly felt grateful for Gu Jinshen’s special treatment.
Until she discovered that the past three years had been a scheme he’d personally planned.
Qiao Yining’s heart sank into an icy abyss, and she asked to break up.
Gu Jinshen leaned against the sofa, a cigarette burning between his elegant fingers.
His handsome face was indistinct behind the curling smoke, his expression unreadable.
“Have I been treating you too well lately?”
He flicked off a little ash and glanced lazily at her. “Qiao Yining, are you asking for a spanking?”
The oppressive atmosphere around them left no room to breathe.
Qiao Yining took a deep breath. “Mr. Gu, I understand that we each got what we wanted, so let’s part on good terms.”
She spoke with forced composure, gripping the handle of her suitcase.
“I think I made sure you enjoyed yourself these past three years, too.”
After saying that, she fell silent and left his villa that very night.
*
After falling out with the all-powerful head of the Gu family, everyone in high society waited to see Qiao Yining become a laughingstock.
But six months went by, and nothing happened in Beicheng.
They kept to their own lives, as though they didn’t know each other.
Until Gu Jinshen developed gastric bleeding after working nonstop, forcing Qiao Yining to show up at the hospital.
Gu Jinshen was lying in bed with an IV drip when he grabbed her hand and refused to let go.
His face had grown much thinner, making his brow ridge look even more defined. His lips were pale, drained of color.
His voice hoarse, he softened his tone.
“Yining, three years weren’t enough for me.”
“Come back, okay?”
Theme: Love and peace (not really).
