[An early work, not very polished]
Dear readers, please add my new novel to your collections~
"The Sleepless Harbor"
When Pei Du was seventeen, Xu Liuzheng was asked by someone to take care of him for a year.
Don't go astray.
That was the only thing Xu Liuzheng asked of him.
Pei Du was stubborn and wouldn't bow his head. He never took her words to heart.
He still went around with his friends, sped down deserted roads in the middle of the night, and switched girlfriends in the back of his motorcycle every day.
Everyone watched him with disdain, waiting for him to be thrown away like trash.
Even he was waiting for the woman's patience to run out.
Later, every time he fell, she crossed the muddy ground and patiently pulled him back up, again and again.
From then on, Pei Du harbored the vile desire to draw the moon into his arms.
As he neared the end of his seventeenth year, he astonished everyone.
The proud, aloof Pei Du actually put on his school uniform and traded his motorcycle for a bicycle. He went from a regular at the bar to someone who always sat in the front row, becoming a good student just as she wanted.
The night after the college entrance exam was his eighteenth birthday.
Giving himself a rare night of indulgence, he kissed her while drunk.
The next day, she cut off all contact with him, unilaterally.
He went from a beloved house pet to a stray abandoned on the roadside.
-
Years later, they met again on a film project.
Xu Liuzheng came as agreed to sign a contract.
Predictably, someone else snatched the role from her.
After all, she had a terrible reputation in the industry and no connections. Anyone could trample on her.
As she was leaving, someone called her back and offered her a lucrative contract.
Apparently, the investor had personally chosen her.
Xu Liuzheng tightened her grip on the contract.
That man had an unfathomably powerful background. People spoke of him with guarded discretion, so why would he help her?
When she learned he was at a business dinner, she went to thank him.
The investor sat in the shadows, his gaze drifting lightly over her.
His long, slender fingers held a cigarette, and his tone was flippant and cold. "Is saying thank you all you're going to do?"
Xu Liuzheng stood there, watching him flirt and laugh intimately with his girlfriend. Through the clouds of smoke, his occasional glances were calm and unreadable.
She held back and held back, then strode forward and plucked the cigarette from his hand. "Don't you care about your lungs?"
The room fell silent.
Pei Du froze for a moment. Emotions shifted in his eyes, as though he were suppressing something, before finally settling into cold mockery. "What gives you the right to control me?"
Xu Liuzheng's dark lashes trembled as she lowered her eyes.
-
Pei Du was waiting.
Waiting for Xu Liuzheng to regret abandoning him.
But then he heard that she had taken in someone new.
-
In an old apartment building, the lights were dim.
Xu Liuzheng came home from work.
In the darkness, there was a click, and a weak flame flickered to life.
She turned around in confusion and was immediately pulled into a cold embrace.
The newcomer pressed close to her ear, his voice ghostly and distant, tinged with barely restrained anger.
"You're taking him in? Is he as obedient as I am?"
Theme: Dare to break free from the constraints of reality
