Crossing the Line in Spring

The print edition is now available. /He falls for her first/ On a rainy night during a power outage, Sang Zhi accidentally mistakes her boyfriend’s roommate for her boyfriend. When her boyfriend gets back, he curiously asks what the bite mark on his roommate’s Adam’s apple is from. Bo Xu’s eyelashes flicker. He glances at Sang Zhi, who looks a little guilty beside him, and says coolly, “The cat bit me.” . Not long after, during a spring downpour, Sang Zhi breaks up with her boyfriend, her heart and body soaked by the rain. When she is stranded, unable to move, someone holds an umbrella over her. The rain blurs Bo Xu’s refined, cool features. His eyes half-lowered, he asks the drenched girl beneath his umbrella in a deep voice, “Will you come with me?” Those three days with Bo Xu, without night or day, are a secret. Afterward, Sang Zhi never sees him again. Until years later, on a similar spring day, Sang Zhi meets a blind date. She feels awkward. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know it was you.” The man opposite her, immaculate in his suit and calm in expression, gives a slight nod. “It’s fine. I knew it was you.” . “His love for her grew wild in secret, and every time he stole a glance at her, it was as if his very breathing depended on it. Only the one with a secret crush knows the frustration, jealousy, and ache it brings.” Both are each other’s first. The male lead’s secret crush is a painful one. Later, the heroine falls in love after marriage. / Coming next: Spring in the Slump [Marriage first, love later / he falls for her first / stealing her away / coveting his younger brother’s fiancée] With her wedding date approaching, Ming Jiayin returns to China to get married. Her fiancé is nowhere to be seen, but she keeps running into his older brother. Ming Jiayin doesn’t know much about this older brother. The first time she met him was the day he was brought back to the Liang family as an illegitimate son. The boy she remembers, with his cool, aloof features, has become the youngest head of the Liang family, ruthless and ambitious. Ming Jiayin doesn’t expect to have much to do with Liang Tingzhuo. Whenever they meet, she remains polite and courteous, never noticing how his dark, piercing eyes fix on her each time, predatory as if she were prey about to leap into his hands. Not long afterward, the Liang family officially changes hands. Liang Tingzhuo not only reclaims everything the family owes him, but also takes over the marriage alliance between the Ming and Liang families. This is a marriage alliance between families, with business interests coming first. Ming Jiayin thinks it is absurd to change her marriage partner at the last minute, especially when the new groom is her former fiancé’s older brother. Still, she follows the arrangement and honors the engagement. After all, they’ll only be married in name, each getting what they need. It doesn’t matter who he is. Ming Jiayin thinks Liang Tingzhuo feels the same way. Until their wedding night. Her breath is forcibly stolen from her. Liang Tingzhuo’s fierce kiss leaves her unable to breathe, and as her eyes lose focus, he deliberately bites her lip hard enough to hurt. At the same time, the man grips her chin and says coldly, “Don’t get distracted. Whoever you’re thinking about, you’re looking at me now, ” “Open your mouth.” - Years ago, at the Liang family home, Liang Tingzhuo had only just met Ming Jiayin when someone made a point of reminding him that she was his younger brother’s fiancée, and that he must never entertain any improper thoughts about her. At that, Liang Tingzhuo merely gave a soft laugh. “Is that so?” Who can say what the future holds? / She is the spring of his darkest days, an obsession he will never recover from. Theme: Life is beautiful