Forbidden to Fall

When Jiang Ruoling started university, her school was too far from home, so her family asked her brother's friend, Qi Xu, to look after her.

After she moved into Qi Xu's home, they both left early and came back late, so they rarely ran into each other.

At the time, one was a legendary figure in the business world, born into privilege, while the other was still a student in her ivory tower.

Nobody knew that Jiang Ruoling had been harboring feelings for Qi Xu for years. Now that they'd finally become acquainted, she clumsily tried to enter his life.

But love was impossible to hide. When Qi Xu found out, he was still wearing his black suit. He stood not far away, gazing down at her with a profound look for a moment.

"Know your place."

Jiang Ruoling's eyes instantly reddened. Choking back a sob, she ran upstairs and locked herself in her room.

But as she went up, she caught sight of the exquisite gift that should have been in Qi Xu's room, lying quietly in the hallway trash can.

The next day, Qi Xu returned home to find that everything of hers had been cleared out of the villa.

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After two months of silence, Jiang Ruoling's application for an exchange program in the UK was accepted.

At two in the afternoon local time, she posted an intimate photo with a foreign male classmate on her social media feed. Their shoulders touched, and they smiled sweetly.

Qi Xu couldn't sit still. He flew straight to her city and waited all night outside her apartment building.

At last, Jiang Ruoling came out. He restrained himself as he approached her. "Do you really like that guy?"

His feet were surrounded by cigarette ash, and his eyes were bloodshot from staying up all night.

Jiang Ruoling smiled. "Mr. Qi, know your place."

Cool CEO x warm, sweet girl

Age gap / celibate type / both inexperienced

Inspired by a prompt on 2021.9.21. Blurb written on 2021.11.20

---- Up next: "Sunset Stars in Motion" ----

[Boss and subordinate | The boyfriend she slept with and dumped suddenly becomes her boss. Help!]

1

During the holidays, Yun Yi was assigned by her TV station to film a documentary at the famous summer resort in Ning Town.

There, Yun Yi met a man in a white shirt and slacks, wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He was refined and elegant, with a handsome face that always wore a faint smile.

Whenever she went out to film with the camera operator, she would see him standing at the entrance, as if waiting for her. He would greet her warmly and watch her leave.

One evening, at a private dinner, Yun Yi got drunk, threw caution to the wind, and spent the night with him.

After a while of ambiguous flirtation, Yun Yi sensed something was off. The documentary was finished, so she took the camera operator and fled overnight.

2

Yun Yi had always thought that what happened at the summer resort was over.

That was until the TV station welcomed an inspecting official one day, and she saw that familiar face again. He shook her hand with a faint smile.

"..."

When they were alone, the man cornered her in the office.

"Qiaoqiao." He called her by her pet name, smiling gently. "Didn't I teach you not to take a bite, wipe your mouth, and then pretend it never happened?"

Well-mannered scoundrel x dazzling reporter

Age gap / both inexperienced

Theme: Love can break the ice