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01
In the height of summer, a torrential downpour knocked iron jasmine blossoms all over the alley.
Xie Shumo watched without expression as a delicate little white flower cried pitifully. “Sister Shumo, I love him so much. Please, let us be together.”
Beside her stood her scumbag ex, the one who “just happened to fall in love with two women.” He stood in the rain without a word, like a mute, drowned dog.
So she was playing the victim? Romance dramas had eighteen cliched tricks for that. Xie Shumo curled her pretty lips. As it happened, she knew a thing or two about them herself.
“Are you there yet?”
“Yeah. Black car. I'm driving slowly, so wait for the right moment before you hit it.”
Xie Shumo covered her face, ran forward as if heartbroken, and crashed into a black car moving slowly at the mouth of the alley. The moment she hit the ground, she came to her senses.
Wrong car.
This was a Maybach.
The rear window slowly rolled down. The young man inside had bold brows and piercing eyes, with an aloof, abstinent air. His dark eyes were as cold as frost.
02
She saw Yan Zhan again at an interview she and her colleague had struggled to arrange.
Her colleague whispered, “He's known as the Jade-Faced Asura. He's ruthless and cold-blooded, and he doesn't care about anyone's feelings. Be careful what you say.”
For the final question, Xie Shumo asked, “Mr. Yan, you've already achieved so much. Have you ever thought about settling down?”
His black suit was crisp and austere, his handsome face utterly indifferent. He curled his lip, amusement flickering in his eyes. “With you?”
The battle flag was raised.
As soon as Xie Shumo got home, she changed her WeChat name to “Flower Plucker” and drew up a detailed “plan to win his heart.”
With me? Why not with me?
03
After months of putting her “plan to win his heart” into action, Xie Shumo had talked herself hoarse with sweet nothings, but Yan Zhan remained unmoved.
Xie Shumo had never been patient. When it became clear she wasn't getting anywhere, she simply tossed the plan aside.
Not long after, Yan's Group acquired her magazine, and Yan Zhan became her direct superior.
As if he were deliberately targeting her, the editor-in-chief made Xie Shumo work overtime with the boss every day. She was worked to the bone.
Yan Zhan: Hurry up.
Xie Shumo typed away weakly, then finally mustered the courage to fight back.
“Mr. Yan, even the production team's donkeys should get a break on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month, shouldn't they?”
“Exploiting people like this is bound to earn you society's contempt.”
“If I call you a good boss, will you answer?”
Yan Zhan: Be with me.
Xie Shumo: ?
Yan Zhan: Date me.
[Xie Shumo recalled a message]
[Xie Shumo recalled a message]
[Xie Shumo recalled a message]
Yan Zhan: You don't have the patience to pursue someone, so I'll do it instead.
◎ Cold, domineering CEO X sweet-talking, sharp-tongued girl
One-on-one romance / Happy Ending / 100% sweetness
Theme: Be brave and pursue love
