1. A friend recently invested in a new theater and invited Lu Ningyu to its opening performance. The dancers onstage were all stunning, with graceful figures. His friend grinned and asked, "Boss Lu, which one do you think is the prettiest?"
But the first person Lu Ningyu noticed was the young woman in a smoky-pink qipao, half-hidden behind the shadowy curtains.
She sat poised at the right side of the stage, her slender waist framed by the qipao as she accompanied the performance. Her pale, delicate fingers plucked the strings, making her look like a pipa beauty from a painting, and the music stirred the hearts of everyone below.
*
No one knew that the seemingly chaste and dispassionate Boss Lu had a weakness for slender waists and delicate hands.
He rubbed the cuff link on his suit and said coolly, "Not pretty."
Because no one could compare.
2. The Fu family fell into crisis. Fu Yuanyin's boyfriend, Lu Mingcheng, not only failed to show any concern, but she also caught him with another woman.
That day, rain poured outside the hotel. With nowhere else to turn, Fu Yuanyin headed to the Lu family estate, her eyes red, intent on ending her engagement.
A black umbrella shielded her from the rain. Fu Yuanyin looked up, her lashes trembling. The handsome man before her, with his icy features and imposing presence, was none other than the man her ex-boyfriend had warned her about: Lu Ningyu, the most powerful and untouchable member of the Lu family.
*
Lu Ningyu lowered his eyes to the young woman's reddened, tear-soaked eyes.
Her rain-damp, misty-blue qipao accentuated her graceful figure, stirring a sudden desire to keep her all to himself.
He spoke calmly. "Miss Fu, there's no need to impulsively call off the engagement. I'm a member of the Lu family too, and I'm in need of a wife."
**
At first, Fu Yuanyin thought he had asked her to be his wife simply to fulfill his gravely ill grandfather's final wish.
So she kept her head down and planned to leave once the old man passed away. But to her surprise, his health improved day by day.
And the distance between her and Lu Ningyu at night went from a whole room, to a meter between them in bed, and then... to no distance at all.
#What the young woman thought were coincidences were actually his carefully laid traps, one after another. :)
3. Later, her ex-boyfriend came begging to get back together. After standing in the rain for half the night, he finally saw the door open.
But what greeted him was the unmistakable mark of passionate fingernails on the man's neck. Lu Mingcheng was so furious he wanted to curse him out, but then he got a good look at the man in the bathrobe.
*
Lu Mingcheng's lips trembled as if struck by lightning. "Un... Uncle Six."
Before he could finish, the man frowned and lowered his voice, cold as ice. "You're going to wake your little aunt."
The woman inside still heard the noise. Her sleepy complaint about the disturbance carried a lazy, alluring lilt that made his whole body go weak.
So Lu Mingcheng watched his cold-blooded Uncle Six, a ruthless man in the business world, soften his sharp gaze and speak to the woman inside in a voice full of indulgence. "It's nothing, just an annoying drowned dog."
Then the door slammed shut. Lu Mingcheng's nose hit it, and his head spun.
* A cunning scoundrel × a lovely pipa-playing beauty
* One-on-one, both leads' first time. Seven-year age gap. See also: The Older Man Steals His Love
#More than favoritism, it's affection shown openly and without restraint.
Note from February 16, 2023
Message: Be bold in pursuing love.
