Morning Star

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Qi Zhixing never expected her paths to cross with Gu Qi's again, ten years later.

By then, he was not only the most coveted catch among the wealthy families of Yujiang City, but also the mysterious founder of LY Capital, the legendary Wolf of Wall Street.

Qi Zhixing was unemployed straight out of college and had nowhere else to turn when she landed a job as LY's president's secretary. That's when she found out her boss was none other than Gu Qi.

Qi Zhixing kept in mind that she and Gu Qi belonged to different worlds and devoted herself to her work.

Even she didn't expect that she would want to do the boldest thing of her life:

Propose to him.

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When her friend learned that Qi Zhixing was marrying Gu Qi, she was so astonished she could barely speak. "Didn't you say you and Gu Qi were from different worlds?"

Qi Zhixing explained, "You know I have a fear of intimacy, and he just happens to be no good in that department."

In the private room next door, separated by only a door, silence fell.

Gu Qi's friend across the table fought to hold back his laughter, his gaze sweeping over Gu Qi like an MRI scanner.

The face that was always composed, whatever happened, darkened for once.

Gu Qi called over the owner and pointed at the oysters on the menu, expressionless. "Send two portions to the room next door."

Later, Qi Zhixing lay limp in Gu Qi's arms, the corners of her eyes red, as he breathed hotly against her ear and threatened her nonchalantly: "Still spreading rumors?"

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Qi Zhixing had an old phone containing every text message she'd exchanged with her father around the time he died.

Long afterward, on a whim, she texted her father to tell him how happy she was now. Then she heard a message alert coming from Gu Qi's study.

★The moon is an adornment to splendor, the sky is round and the earth square, and my star will shine on its own.

*Brave, resilient, and a little unhinged heroine x gentlemanly, suave playboy hero

*Both virgins, happy ending, unrequited love becomes mutual, slow burn. The author is terrible at writing blurbs.

Theme: Pure love