Self-made CEO X fallen heiress
In the summer heat of S City, in a damp and stuffy old lane, sixteen-year-old Li Sang met Yu Jingming.
One was a rich girl who wanted to become an investigative journalist;
The other was a handsome boy whose parents had both died, leaving him all alone.
Their lives crossed that summer, and they fell passionately in love like a thunderstorm.
*
Then a shocking tragedy burst into the open, and suspicion pointed straight at the Li family. Photos of Li Sang were spread everywhere, maliciously tormenting her.
The only place she could find shelter was the damp old house Yu Jingming's grandmother had left behind.
Outside, the storm raged. The boy held the broken, disheveled girl and said in a hoarse voice, "Sang Sang, don't be afraid. I believe you."
Just then, Li Sang saw the photograph beside the bed. It was an old picture he treasured of himself and his little sister.
The round-cheeked, adorable little girl in the photograph looked exactly like the youngest victim.
The boy whose embrace had once made her feel safe suddenly sent a chill through Li Sang's whole body.
She said in a trembling voice, "Jingming, I... I want some mint candy. Go buy me some..."
"All right. I'll get you some. Don't be afraid, Sang Sang. Wait for me to come back..."
*
Many years later, the case had long since been settled, and Li Sang returned to the country.
At a class reunion, she saw the man she'd loved when she was young again.
He now held a senior position at his company. The white T-shirts he used to love wearing had been replaced by expensive suits, and his refined, unruly features had taken on a mature charm.
But a dazzling new lover was by his side.
Li Sang smiled silently and, under everyone's watchful gaze, lowered her head and drained her glass of liquor.
It was as if their old love had become nothing but the past.
No one knew that his knuckles had turned white as he nearly crushed his glass.
*
Outside the private room, the stairwell was dimly lit. The man's voice was sharp as he asked, "Why did you run away back then?"
He gripped her waist in the darkness, demanding again and again, "Sang Sang, why did you run away?"
That day, rain poured down so heavily that the water in the alley rose above their ankles. The boy ran from shop to shop before finally finding the imported mint candy she loved.
But by the time he got home, she had disappeared.
She had left him behind just like that, vanishing from the world without a trace.
The rain-soaked mint candy tasted bitter and was hard to swallow. During the years when no one paid him any attention, he tormented himself by tasting it again and again.
Highlights:
1. 1v1, happy ending, both virgins, male lead dotes on the female lead.
2. The male lead is a self-made CEO with a free-spirited, unruly personality. The female lead is clever and stubborn, not a naive sweetheart.
3. A rekindled romance after a breakup. Readers who dislike melodrama should proceed with caution.
4. Some of the cases involving women in this story are adapted from real cases.
Theme: Love life, and study hard
