Summer Breeze

Qian Yuxi first met Xia Jingchen in a dim, damp dead-end alley. A disheveled young man was huddled beside a pile of discarded junk.

A gang of hoodlums had surrounded Xia Jingchen. Unable to stand by and watch, Qian Yuxi came to his aid and cheerfully took the little beggar home.

Only later did Qian Yuxi learn that the scruffy little beggar was actually the pampered son of Jing City’s richest man, a proud and distinguished young master. Despite her shock, she promptly forgot all about him.

But Xia Jingchen had etched her deep into his heart. The peach-blossom village beneath the first rays of dawn, the wisteria waterfall at noon, the evening primrose fields bathed in sunset: each was a picturesque meeting place Xia Jingchen had deliberately arranged.

Xia Jingchen was obsessive and brooding, ruthless and cold-blooded toward everyone, yet he cherished Qian Yuxi with all his heart, loving her so deeply it bordered on obsession.

When Xia Jingchen was feeling low, he always hid in a dark corner to lick his wounds, just as he had when they first met. That was why even the faintest glimmer of light could brighten his world, and Qian Yuxi was that glimmer.

"I was the one you saved back then. Saving me once is saving me, and saving me twice is saving me. If you can do it twice, you can do it three times. If you don't want me anymore, then I can only never see you again, in life or death. My heart has long since been lost to you, so save me one more time, won't you?"

Xia Jingchen nudged the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, bent his tall frame, and slowly leaned closer to Qian Yuxi. He breathed softly beside her ear, while a wicked glint shone behind his lenses.

"That day, dusk was dim and the rain was misting. I couldn't see your face clearly. Now that you're mine, could you let me take a good, thorough look at you?"

With one hand braced against the wall and the other gripping Qian Yuxi's slender waist, Xia Jingchen wore the unruly air of a refined scoundrel, grinning with brazen abandon...

Reader's guide: One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, sweet romance.

Thesis: Love means growing together