On the Verge of Collapse

[Updated daily, at an irregular time in the evening.] [Weibo: @Di An Ba Lei.] [New stories in my collection: Overdependence and After Mistaking Him for My Husband ~~] When Tang Qiyu was still called Lu Jiuyun, she was living in dire straits. Her adoptive mother was seriously ill. That was when she entered Yi Yaobei's life. A Rong had thought Tang Qiyu was there to serve Yi Yaobei tea and water. Tang Qiyu always stood at the edge of group photos, too. Tang Qiyu went to many places with Yi Yaobei and tried many new things. He always liked to ask her, "Wanna have some fun?" Later, Tang Qiyu continued to think of their relationship as just having fun. It wasn't until Tang Qiyu became the heiress of the Tang family that Yi Yaobei realized their relationship had changed long ago. -- After the Tang family acknowledged her, people said Tang Qiyu had become a real princess. She no longer worried or cried about money, and she left Yi Yaobei behind for good. When Yi Yaobei went after her, Tang Qiyu had someone new by her side. A Rong still remembered what Yi Yaobei said when he saw her with her arm around someone else: "She's smiling so hard her face is going to split." A Rong teased him, saying the job he was best suited for was being Tang Qiyu's around-the-clock bodyguard. -- Tang Qiyu knew Yi Yaobei was no good, but she never expected him to break down and go crazy beyond anything she could have imagined. Before that, he had always been so high and mighty. Almost every day, she could hear him pleading and complaining, sounding so aggrieved. "Could you not get so close to him?" "Could you spend some time with me?" "I'm hurting. Could you hold me?" "Please don't ignore me." Tang Qiyu remained cold toward him, right up until the night before her engagement party with Lin Xinan. Drunk, Yi Yaobei bit her shoulder and held her tightly in his arms. "Yesterday, I left my belt at your place and forgot to take it." *Reading guide* 1. Ambitious heroine x love-struck male lead 2. There are no truly good or bad people; everyone has their own position. 3. The male lead goes crazy for love, with no limits or principles. Blurb for Overdependence From the moment Lin Yanshan got into that office through the back door, she sat across from Yan Ming, who had beaten out thousands of candidates to get the position. One was a spoiled young lady sent by her family to coast through an internship and get a certificate. The other was a polite, gentlemanly, and gentle high-achiever. From the day they sat across from each other, the office was full of gossip. The general consensus was... Yan Ming must hate that pretty vase who was late and left early every day, filling the entire office with the scent of her perfume. -- One afternoon, Lin Yanshan woke from a nap and heard people gossiping in the break room. She raised an eyebrow in indifference and turned to look at the male lead they were talking about. Her glitter-polished toes were still resting on his nap bed. "They say you hate me?" Lin Yanshan propped her head on one hand and looked at Yan Ming, who was lying on the floor. Yan Ming could never sleep during his lunch break. Suddenly, he remembered what she had said to him the night before. He slowly opened his eyes and turned toward her. His clear eyes looked at her, their corners red. "They know I slept on your nap bed..." She watched his reaction casually. "Even though I have a private break room of my own..." "You can do whatever you want to me... just... don't break up with me..." "Anything I want? What about this?" Her fingers traced circles on his chest. "Or this?" Her leg reached down, too. She made his breathing go ragged, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but she still wasn't ready to let him off. He grabbed her ankle. The corners of his eyes grew redder, and his eyes glimmered with tears. "You said yesterday that you'd kiss me again today..." "Oh, I forgot." "Maybe next time." Theme: An inspiring life.