Lin Chuan Envying Yu

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[Marriage-free idealist x master strategist]

"Don't be an unattainable moon. Be the one at my feet."

1/

Li Jingchuan, the sole heir to the head of Jiang City's most prominent family.

Everyone wants to befriend him and curry favor with him.

Shu Yu, a marriage-free, inspiration-driven painter, cool and aloof.

They originally belonged to two parallel worlds, and no one would ever have put them together.

An art exhibition brought their parallel lines together.

At the time, Li Jingchuan had come at a friend's invitation, and Shu Yu caught his eye at first glance.

She stood there, aloof from the world. Unlike other painters, she didn't boast about her achievements. Instead, she seemed to say, "Look if you want. If you don't, get lost," like an outsider judging the works.

Even when faced with a businessman who wanted to buy her painting for a huge sum, she remained calm and self-possessed.

That was the beginning of his interest.

Later, he said, "It's raining hard, Miss Shu. If you don't mind, may I give you a ride?"

She refused. "Sorry, I've called a cab."

2/

Shu Yu is a marriage-free idealist. She loves romance, freedom, and the feeling of being unrestrained.

Her friends say she's more like a dandelion, scattering the moment the wind blows.

Her paintings are often full of color and a sense of freedom. Many fellow artists think her command of color is unparalleled, but she has always felt that something is missing.

That day, as she studied her own painting, she finally couldn't find anything wrong with it. Her work was missing another kind of emotion.

And that same day, in that very moment, she happened to meet a man as bright and gentle as the breeze and moon. He was her muse.

Perhaps some strange force was at work, but Shu Yu suddenly wanted to know what emotions felt like, and what her paintings would be like if they had emotion.

So when he offered to take her home a second time, she accepted and said, "Would you like to come up for a drink?"

The time they spent together was wonderful, but things got out of hand, so she ran away.

The second time she tried to leave, the man who had always been so gentle finally dropped his mask and grabbed her by the waist, his voice icy as he said, "Can Can, do you think I'll let you run away again?"

One day later, Li Jingchuan happened to learn why Shu Yu had approached him. He merely raised an eyebrow and said nothing.

People in their line of work, especially at his level, all have dirty minds.

He used every means at his disposal, wanting only to keep Shu Yu by his side. He didn't care how.

3/

Everyone in Jiang City's upper circles knows that Li Jingchuan is inscrutable, hard to read, decisive, and efficient. He's best at saying the gentlest things while doing the harshest things. If anyone crosses that line, no one knows what will happen. The one thing he's always lacked is patience.

Just as many people in the upper circles want to curry favor with him, just as many women want to get into his bed.

Yet one woman used that line of his as a skipping rope, then simply walked away, waving her sleeves.

Their reunion was the result of his long-laid plans, and every step was carefully arranged.

"That day, the dandelion blown away finally landed in my palm."

"Who wouldn't love their own muse?"

---[Little Extra]

One day after they got together, the two had an argument, and Shu Yu angrily moved into a hotel.

Li Jingchuan consulted his secretary, his friend, and his older brother. In the end, he finally won her back with a ploy to make her pity him, and wrote her a handwritten apology letter.

Afterward, he said,

"Can Can, I'm not young anymore. Compared to how vibrant you are, I'm afraid you'll find me old."

Even someone as powerful and untouchable as him can have moments like this when he falls in love with someone, wanting to offer her even his knees.

*The story is set in a fictional city to avoid matching real-world administrative divisions.

*The novel's fictional setting is brought into the real world.

*The male lead has no special privileges and doesn't force the female lead into anything. He simply pursues his wife-to-be like a normal person.

*One top, one bottom, both virgins.

Theme: Love can heal everything