Secret Crush in Beijing and Hong Kong

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Playboy / powerful man x delicate porcelain doll / unrequited love becomes mutual / rekindled romance

Meng Yinxi is the little princess of Hong Kong's wealthy Meng family. Her parents, brother, and sisters all dote on her. She's pure-hearted, kind, and delicate. Her friends say she's a fragile porcelain doll who might break if you're not careful.

The little princess heads to Beijing for university, with a helicopter to ferry her around and more than a dozen bodyguards to escort her luggage. Her parents can't bear to part with her and don't understand why she has to go so far away to study.

Meng Yinxi is going for a boy, but she hasn't told anyone.

Lu Xingang is the heir to one of the capital's most prominent families, always in the spotlight. Whether in the media or in person, he's surrounded by one beautiful woman after another. He's a profligate playboy, passionate but heartless.

The carefree Lu Xingang and the cautious Yinxi were never suited to each other. Lu Xingang had no intention of getting involved with a delicate porcelain doll like her.

Yinxi receives a love letter signed by Lu Xingang. Excited, she finds him. “Did you write this for me? What a coincidence, I like you too. Let's be together.”

Caught between someone else's prank “love letter” and her confession, Lu Xingang hesitates as he looks at the girl's delighted expression.

Someone teases him, “Your relationships never last more than three months anyway. A change of pace might be nice.”

Unexpectedly, Lu Xingang and Yinxi stay together for over a year. Then Yinxi asks to break up. Before long, she's cleared out her dorm room and gone back to Hong Kong.

Someone sees the carefree young master keeping watch beneath the girls' dormitory all night. He looks completely hollow.

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Years later, they meet again in Hong Kong. Yinxi is on a blind date.

Lu Xingang has inherited the family business and become a powerful man beyond the reach of the wealthy in both Beijing and Hong Kong.

Still as striking and captivating as ever, he walks toward her. “Long time no see. Do you remember me?”

Yinxi's heart aches. “I don't.”

“Oh? Then surely you remember that night in your sophomore year?” He smiles, wicked to the core.

“I remember.” Her eyes redden. “I'm getting married. Will you come to my wedding?”

No one notices the moisture in the man's eyes as he pretends not to care.

*The male lead has had many girlfriends, but never been serious about any of them. At most, they held hands. After meeting the female lead, she's the only one for him. If that bothers you, please read with caution.

*Set in Beijing and Hong Kong. The early story follows their university years, with a reunion after years apart later on.

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Flirtatious little temptress vs. abstinent, mature heartthrob / fall from grace / seven-year age gap

Chen Cheng comes to Beijing for an internship and stays with her stepmother's younger brother, whom she calls Uncle Fu Yan.

The man is refined and chaste, untouched by worldly concerns. His shirt is always buttoned up impeccably. He's a born winner, an unreachable flower atop a high peak.

Chen Cheng considers herself peerlessly beautiful. Countless men have fallen at her feet over the years, and even the most serious men can't hold out for long around her.

But after living under the same roof as Fu Yan for several months, she finds him unfailingly courteous. His gaze never lingers on her. For a while, Chen Cheng thinks she's no more than air to him.

Until one day, he points at her nightdress. “Your dress is too short.”

“I always dress like this. Can't take it, Uncle?”

Later, at a family dinner, Fu Yan is wearing his usual perfectly buttoned white shirt. His stepmother spots the lipstick mark on his collar and smiles. “Ah Yan, are you seeing someone? What kind of girl is she? Bring her over and let us meet her.”

Fu Yan glances in surprise at the culprit. The girl looks smug, wearing a triumphant grin.

After dinner, in the bedroom, Fu Yan pins Chen Cheng against the wall, one long finger beneath her chin. “Little girl, you left a lipstick mark on my clothes. What are you trying to do?”

Chen Cheng fearlessly hooks her arms around his neck. “If you're so capable, why did you kiss me last night?”

After getting a taste of her, Fu Yan realizes that the girl is like poison: addictive, but dangerous.

A year later, Fu Yan brings his girlfriend to meet the family.

Chen Cheng's father looks a little grim. “I asked you to look after my daughter, not... her.”

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