Orange at Dusk

[Complete] Please leave a five-star review, everyone~ | Soft yet resilient girl x sly, scheming capitalist

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"This is Shawn, the youngest partner at Boyuan Capital. He's invested in quite a few high-profile projects. Do you know him?"

When Lin Wancheng ran into Xi Zhun at a listing celebration, the tall man was surrounded by people offering him drinks. Amid the bustling crowd, he kept his eyes fixed on her, making her pointedly look away.

At the time, she was a private banking salesperson, and he was a potential client of her boss. They could only exchange a light greeting when they ran into each other in public. "We've met a few times, but we're not close."

No one knew that they were closer than anyone could imagine. Lin Wancheng had ridden in his car, borrowed his umbrella, and even lived in his home.

She knew everything about him.

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Every girl striving to make it in a big city has a dream of becoming an ambitious career woman. Lin Wancheng was no exception.

Money and fame: she pursued them with clear eyes and a pure heart, refusing to give up on the difficult climb to the top. The one thing she had foolishly done was become entangled for three years with someone far beyond her reach.

He was brilliant, sharp, and full of life. Yet in private, he was willing to be a devoted lover, carefully building her a world of her own with his own hands.

But Lin Wancheng understood that there were some things he could never give her.

"Do you love me?" she asked softly, blushing, amid Beijing's dazzling lights.

On the night she left Xi Zhun, Beijing was drenched by an unrelenting rain.

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Xi Zhun remembered the bright, smiling eyes Lin Wancheng had when she explained the origin of her name: "It means success comes late. Oranges ripen latest in the year, around April or May. My mother said it was all right to keep at something a little longer if I wanted to succeed."

For once, the man who had always held himself above others became a patient hunter, luring her step by step into the web he had spun.

At first, he thought his feelings were only beginning to stir.

Then he realized she had become woven into his life.

Xi Zhun never imagined that one day he would take a red-eye flight to New York alone, braving the cold wind deep into the night, just to see her.

Nor did he imagine clutching her hand feverishly, his voice hoarse as he stubbornly asked, "Have you really found someone new?"

◆ Private banking salesperson x private equity partner

◆ Naive, resilient career woman x powerful capitalist

Reader's Guide

1. The story is set mainly in Beijing and Shanghai, with plenty of financial-city, workplace, and business-warfare plots. The leads have a seven-year age gap: 24 and 31.

2. The heroine stays true to her dreams. Her ambitions don't change because of her relationship with the hero, and she grows step by step.

3. Neither lead is a virgin. This is not a typical mature-couple romance, but a realistic push and pull with both sweet and bittersweet moments.

*Private banking is dedicated to high-net-worth clients. The minimum deposit is ten million yuan, and clients typically have over a hundred million yuan in liquid assets. The heroine's job involves both bringing in funds and providing professional investment services.

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Coming Soon: Where Snow Meets Clear Skies

In the bleakest year of her life, when she could barely afford the rent, Ni Zhen decided to travel to the far northwest for research, hoping three months away would save her failing radio show.

"You little brat, you're going away for so long. What am I and your brother supposed to do?"

Ni Zhen hung up on her mother, curled up on a green-painted train, and listened all night to lines from her idol Bai Ye's dubbed role in a TV drama: "Live well. Don't give up hope."

Bai Ye was the hottest voice actor of recent years, but for some reason he had suddenly disappeared from the scene two years ago. Even so, Ni Zhen still loved the warmth and gentleness his voice conveyed.

On her first night in Dunhuang after a long journey, she finally found a clean, modest little inn and called her grandmother to let her know she was safe.

"Nannan, is everything going well?"

Ni Zhen didn't mention how frightened she was to be setting off alone into the unknown. "It's pretty good, except... the owner's a little scary. He seems... mute, too. It's kind of sad."

Before she could finish, Ni Zhen abruptly stopped toweling her hair dry.

The man outside, bent over repairing a car, straightened up. He was tall and imposing, built like a man from the northwest, with sharp features and an intimidating air.

He stared at her coldly, then finally spoke his first words, his voice hoarse and rough. "What are you looking at?"

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In the second year after leaving Beijing to recover in his hometown from psychogenic muteness, Liang Baiyu met a girl. Watching her work hard to live her life brought color to the dark, austere place.

◆ Former top-tier star voice actor x radio podcast producer

| The hero is cold and taciturn at first, but his voice will recover later.

| Five-year age gap, wolf-and-rabbit romance, but essentially a sweet story.

P.S. The author's self-healing story, a short novel of around 150,000 to 200,000 words.

Theme: Hold on to your original aspirations, and exchange love with a sincere heart.