When Shen Jiao was little, he loved playing with the chauffeur's son.
The chauffeur's son was handsome, but solitary and arrogant, and always ignored him.
Shen Jiao didn't care. His family was rich, he was gorgeous, and he had a spoiled temper. He would always threaten with a little frown, "If you don't play with me, your dad will lose his job!"
Gu Qingchuan would glare at him furiously with black eyes like a wolf cub's.
Shen Jiao wasn't afraid of him. He loved clinging to him and ordering him around, making him wash clothes, cook rice, and prepare meals. He treated Gu Qingchuan like a little wolfdog he'd tamed, obedient, docile, and easy to keep.
But who could have guessed that one day this little wolfdog would try to rebel? Shen Jiao viciously mocked him and then fled in a panic. After that, Gu Qingchuan disappeared without a trace.
Seven years passed in a flash.
By then, Shen Jiao had fallen from a favored son of heaven to the child of an economic criminal. With nothing but his beauty to his name, he spent his days running around for his father's case and tasting all the bitterness life had to offer.
The messy, disheveled boy from back then had become an arrogant, prestigious company president. Gu Qingchuan wore a perfectly pressed, custom-tailored suit, his manner casual and dismissive, a spark of fire dancing between his lips.
"Why should I help you?"
Shen Jiao trembled as he kissed the man's hard lips.
"Would this do?"
"You can take revenge on me however you want."
"Then marry me."
The person Gu Qingchuan hated most in this life was Shen Jiao. Shen Jiao had seen him wag his tail like a dog, foolishly pining for something he could never have. He was good at trampling true feelings into the dirt. That had been Shen Jiao's cruel little pastime.
During the years he spent abroad, Gu Qingchuan kept a close eye on Shen Jiao, always thinking about how to get revenge for what had happened.
But damn it, the moment he saw Shen Jiao's face, the thought that came to mind was, "Will you marry me?"
A healing and redemption story
Childhood friends
Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting
A spoiled, arrogant youth who becomes a self-conscious, pitiful beauty as an adult (bottom)
A calm, rational, says-one-thing-means-another, utterly devoted husband (top)
"The person who loves you will embrace every one of your thorns."
Blurb screenshot taken on 21.8.3
Theme: Forever young, forever moved to tears
