Love Letters from the Equator

1. On the eve of her engagement, Zhu Chengyong learns that she looks about fifty percent like her fiancé's ex-girlfriend. She was only his second-best choice. To escape the wedding, she makes an excuse about recuperating and heads to a remote island. The person waiting to meet her at the station is her fiancé's older brother. The wind lifts the hem of his clothes. The cigarette between his fingers glows and fades, its scent mingling with the fragrance of soap in the air. When the smoke clears, she sees a pair of cold, indifferent eyes. Like a primitive, dangerous signal, they brand themselves into her heart and stay there. Zhu Chengyong immediately sets her sights on him and pursues him fiercely. 2. Jiang Zhilie’s life had been as bland as water until Zhu Chengyong appeared and stirred up a storm in his world. After that, the scent of gardenias always lingered around him through the long nights. The young woman’s body was scorching hot, as if she could melt the ice in his heart along with everything else. He developed countless new desires, but Zhu Chengyong left everything on the island behind and followed her fiancé back to the city. All she left him was, “Let’s part on good terms,” and a bright red exclamation mark on WeChat. 3. Three years later, Zhu Chengyong set foot on Qing Island once more. Across the blazing bonfire, she saw those eyes again, red in the firelight and roiling with emotion. The man leaned down, his warm breath brushing her ear. “Why come back after you left?” Zhu Chengyong replied coolly, “I didn’t come back for you.” Jiang Zhilie’s voice trembled at the end, but his hand around her wrist couldn’t bring itself to tighten. “Don’t provoke me again.” Everyone thought Zhu Chengyong was deeply in love with Jiang Zhilie and had come back for him. No one knew that many years ago, when Zhu Chengyong stepped off a bus with a suitcase, her white skirt fluttering in the wind, Jiang Zhilie had begun dreaming of her day and night. Heartless, cool beauty x ruthless man in a suit Snow-white and mud The triggers are all in the blurb. The male lead is a virgin; the female lead is engaged, but will break it off later. Theme: Have the courage to pursue the one you love