Orange at Dusk

【Complete! Please leave a five-star review, everyone~ | Soft but resilient girl x sly, calculating capitalist】*Pirated versions are incomplete. Please support the official release. “This is Shawn, the youngest partner at Boyuan Capital. He’s invested in a lot of high-profile projects. Do you know him?” When Lin Wancheng ran into Xi Zhun at an IPO celebration, the tall man was surrounded by people offering toasts. Amid the bustling crowd, he kept his attention fixed on her, making her look away in a transparent attempt to hide her feelings. At the time, she was a private banking salesperson, and he was a potential client of her boss. Since they had only run into each other in public, she could only reply quietly, “We’ve met a few times. We’re not close.” No one knew that they were actually more than familiar. Lin Wancheng had ridden in his car, borrowed his umbrella, and even lived in his home. She knew everything about him. - Every young woman trying to make it in a big city has a dream of becoming ambitious and successful. Lin Wancheng was no exception. Money and fame were all she wanted. Pure and driven, she kept climbing toward the summit without giving up, and the one thing she’d foolishly let herself get tangled up in was a man far beyond her reach. They’d been involved for three years. He was sharp and brilliant, full of ambition. In private, though, he was willing to be a good lover, carefully building her a sanctuary with his own hands. But Lin Wancheng knew that there were some things he would never be able to give her. “Do you love me?” she asked softly, her face flushed, amid Beijing’s brilliant city lights. The night she left Xi Zhun, an incredibly damp rain fell over Beijing. - Xi Zhun remembered the bright, smiling eyes Lin Wancheng had when she explained how she got her name. “It means ‘great things come late.’ Oranges ripen latest in the year, around April or May. My mother said it’s okay if it takes a little longer to achieve something, as long as you keep at it.” For the first time, the man who had always stood high above everyone else became a patient hunter, luring her step by step into the web he had woven. At first, he thought he had only grown a little fond of her. Later, he realized she had become entwined with his life. Xi Zhun never imagined that one day he would board a red-eye flight alone to New York, letting the late-night wind cut through him, all just to see her. Nor did he imagine that, burning with fever and gripping her hand tightly, he would stubbornly ask in a hoarse, quiet voice, “Have you really found someone new?” ◆ Private banking salesperson x private equity partner ◆ Innocent, resilient, ambitious woman x powerful capitalist Reader’s notes: 1. The story is set mainly in Beijing and Shanghai, with lots of finance, city life, workplace, and business-war plotlines. The leads have a seven-year age gap: 24 and 31. 2. They have a friends-with-benefits relationship, not a romantic relationship. The heroine remains committed to her dream and won’t change her ambitions because of her relationship with the male lead. She grows step by step. 3. Neither lead is a virgin. This is not your typical mature romance. Expect realistic relationship tension, with both sweet and bitter moments. *Private banks serve high-net-worth clients. The minimum deposit is ten million, and clients typically have liquid assets worth over a hundred million. The heroine’s job involves both bringing in funds and providing professional investment services. . Please keep comments friendly. I’ll delete comment threads if I see people fighting. The author revises obsessively and takes no responsibility for pirated copies. Theme: Stay true to your original aspirations. Love must be earned with sincerity.