Blurb:
Before returning home, Xiao Sese picked a one-sided fight with Lu Hengyuan. Overcome with emotion, she wanted to hurt him with the cruelest words she could think of.
Lu Hengyuan stood with his back to her, facing the light, his whole figure swallowed by the shadows gathering around him.
He always seemed so calm and composed. No matter how much she kicked up a fuss, he would simply wait, cool and unruffled, until she was done.
The one-sided argument ended when she suggested they split up.
After returning home and trying to fit back in, Xiao Sese found things going more and more badly. Without Lu Hengyuan's protection, she became entangled in one awkward situation after another, all full of ill intent and ulterior motives.
Xiao Sese relied on herself to get through every trap. She no longer thought about him, and she no longer needed him.
When rumors began to spread and malicious gossip once again came rushing at her, Lu Hengyuan pushed through the crowd and stood in front of her without the slightest hesitation.
While Xiao Sese was still stunned, he had already led her a long, long way away, and the rumors and gossip seemed to shatter into pieces behind them.
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Because of her father's work, Xiao Sese also lives at the Shen family estate and is often looked after by Shen Qingci. She is very grateful to him.
As usual, she hurries downstairs and offers Shen Qingci, who has just stepped out of the elevator, a perfunctory good morning.
To Xiao Sese, he is a kindhearted, helpful person, and nothing more.
Gradually, Xiao Sese begins to think her encounters with Shen Qingci are happening a little too often. She doesn't pay it any mind, but when Shen Qingci looks at her, there always seems to be some indescribable feeling in his eyes.
At times intense, at times surging and overwhelming, at times barely perceptible,
contradictory, complicated, fierce...
Xiao Sese thinks it must be a deeply buried hatred.
But when she finally comes to her senses amid all her confusion and bewilderment,
it seems there is no turning back.
That vast, transparent, razor-sharp net hanging overhead swoops down. The Blue Star bird, wrapped in feathers, lets out a defiant cry of despair.
Please note:
1. All characters are adults, and none of them are perfect.
2. This is a fictional modern setting. Professions and professional details have been fictionalized, so please don't scrutinize them.
3. It's just a novel. Please don't compare it to real life.
Theme: Take responsibility for your promises.
