Old Nights, New Love

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Ming Ran was a wealthy heiress from the powerful Zhen family, with money and influence enough to do whatever she pleased.

Chu Yuan was a famously gifted scholarship student.

Exceptionally poor, exceptionally clever, exceptionally proud, and dressed in old clothes and shoes washed pale from wear.

And yet Ming Ran fell for him.

A young girl's love was passionate and fierce, high-handed and impossible to refuse.

After an accident left her parents dead, Ming Ran went from princess to Cinderella.

Chu Yuan only watched her in cold silence. "This is your comeuppance."

Only then did Ming Ran realize that he hated her.

Later, she disappeared.

*

Ten years later, Chu Yuan had become a brilliant dealmaker who could move the business world at will.

He was nearing thirty and still unmarried, claiming to be a confirmed bachelor.

No one knew that he often dreamed.

In his dreams, the girl was as radiant as a rose. She would proudly take a basket of soup dumplings out of her schoolbag and call him affectionately, "A Yuan."

They had been his favorite food as a child. She had gone to great lengths to find the owner, who had long since left the business, and begged him to make a basket.

When he woke, he smoked all night. Her repeated calls of "A Yuan" rang in his ears as if she were still there.

At an art exhibition, he looked at a self-portrait of a woman and his eyes reddened.

Everyone in their circle said she was an artist backed by the Huo family head, and also the future Mrs. Huo: Ming Ran.

That night, Chu Yuan drank until he developed a stomach hemorrhage and was rushed to the hospital.

At the exhibition's celebration banquet, someone saw Chu Yuan pull Ming Ran into a nearby lounge.

A commotion erupted inside, startling everyone into breaking down the door.

To everyone's shock, Chu Yuan stood there in a disheveled state, his eyes full of pain as he begged, "Ranran, I regret it. Will you come back to me?"

Ming Ran pushed him away, her manner cold. "Mr. Chu, you're too late to ask."

Later, when he lay tangled up with her, he begged her to tell him, "I love you."

Ming Ran sneered. "Mr. Chu, we're getting what we need from each other. Talking about love would spoil the fun."

Down-and-out, beautiful painter x venture capital's rising star

[Bonus Scene]

Chu Yuan discovered Ming Ran's secret when she was drunk.

The declaration of love she had tattooed on her waist back then had never been removed.

He exhaled a ring of smoke and pinched her soft waist. "You don't love me anymore, is that it?"

-Years later, I pretend not to love you, but my acting is hopelessly bad.

#Also known as: My Ex Is Hard Everywhere Except When It Comes to Me#

PS: This is mainly an urban romance, and most of the story takes place after they reunite. Neither lead is perfect.

Upcoming novel: Hong Kong Island, Sinking [Marriage Before Love]

Synopsis:

Everyone in Hong Kong City knew that a fallen family's daughter was engaged to the second young master of the Yan family.

After her family was destroyed, the Yan family took her in.

Three years ago, the second young master Yan threatened to kill himself to force the engagement to be called off. The media fought to report the story, but not a single photo of the people involved was leaked.

For a long time, the name "Rong Yun" was a joke in Hong Kong City. People mocked her for trying every trick in the book and still failing to become a phoenix.

Miss Rong was the hottest high-end couture design studio in the country for the past three years. Its director, Yuna, had won countless fans with her outstanding designs and stunning looks. Her popularity rivaled that of a female celebrity, and scandals and rumors about her were everywhere.

At a live-streamed fashion party, she appeared in a figure-hugging black dress with a cutout at the waist and was dubbed the ultimate in seductive innocence.

The second young master Yan, now a top-tier star, stopped her.

He confessed passionately, "Yunyun, I was wrong before. I shouldn't have broken off our engagement. Now I want us to start over."

The internet erupted. Yuna was actually Rong Yun, the former fiancee whose engagement had been broken off?!

The livestream was immediately cut off. Rumors began circulating that Rong Yun had been taken away by a top-tier handsome man with a cold expression.

Someone at the scene recognized him as Yan Xingzhou, the second young master Yan's uncle.

Netizens insisted: Impossible!

Yan Xingzhou had always kept his distance from women, and he was also the head of the Yan family. Even eight hundred Rong Yuns wouldn't be good enough for him.

Inside the room, Rong Yun was pressed into a soft cushion, her shoulder braced against the man's as she tried to stop him from continuing.

"We're only married under a contract. The contract period is over."

The man pressed her hand against a spot on his chest, where a faint mark remained.

He leaned close. "When you held me down and bit me at home last month, why didn't you think about our contract then, hmm?"

Rong Yun: "."

Countless celebrities and socialites attended the charity banquet Yan Group hosted to promote its new products.

Onstage, the host asked with a smile, "Mr. Yan, I hear you have some happy news. Would you care to share?" He intended to steer the conversation toward Yan Group's new products.

Yan Xingzhou glanced at the second young master Yan, who was trying to get close to Rong Yun below the stage. He turned the ring on his left ring finger. "I designed this ring for my third wedding anniversary. My wife doesn't like wearing rings, so I had to coax her for a long time before she agreed to wear it."

The host froze. Yan Xingzhou looked straight at Rong Yun, their eyes meeting.

As if no one else were there, he asked, "Do you like it, Mrs. Yan?"

Only then did everyone notice that Rong Yun wore an identical ring on her left ring finger.

Everyone: What the hell?!

-Having you is the greatest joy of my life.

*

Rong Yun had never forgotten how, when she stood in the Yan family living room in a wretched state as her engagement was being called off, Yan Xingzhou walked up beside her and told everyone, "I'll marry her."

Irresistibly handsome, doting husband x high-end couture designer with a seductive charm

Other upcoming novels:

The Prince's Mansion Teahouse

I Survive by Doing Nothing [Infinite]

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