[Full manuscript completed; serial starts in October]
Age gap | Powerful man lowers his head | Coercive pursuit | A scoundrel with deep feelings
Sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside girl vs. devoted scoundrel
Nan Zhi once thought her stepbrother hated her.
When she was seventeen, she stayed at his house and met the man who had just returned from abroad. Impeccably dressed in a suit, he had an air of noble refinement, and his eyes and brows held undisguised coldness.
It made sense. Her mother had once broken up his family. As the daughter of the other woman, she was lucky he hadn't kicked her out.
He had money. And she needed money.
Her grandmother was gravely ill. Nan Zhi tried acting sweet, testing the waters, and flirting with him, but when she'd exhausted every trick and he saw through her schemes, all she got in return was deeper disgust.
Later, she left the city, packing away and forgetting both the days she had spent living under someone else's roof and the man, Ji Yan.
Until
In a corridor at a banquet, a large hand pinned her hand firmly above her head. His tall frame pressed down over her, his breath hot and his voice low and dangerous.
"Is that your new boyfriend?"
"Your taste has really gone downhill over the years."
A commotion rose from the banquet hall, as if the party were about to end. Nan Zhi's anxious heart nearly stopped.
Ji Yan looked at her and suddenly smiled. "Zhi Zhi, how do you think your boyfriend would feel if he knew we'd slept together?"
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As one of the industry's top investors, Ji Yan had always been a good judge of character.
The first time he saw Nan Zhi, he knew that of all the people in the world, she was the last one who could be called obedient.
He simply underestimated her nerve.
First came her cautious probing, then her increasingly bold flirtation. After she'd done it several times, he pinned her wrist against the wall and asked what she really wanted. She blinked and smiled. "Brother, I'm short on money."
At first, he was utterly cold toward her.
Later, she became his weakness.
To have her, he didn't mind taking her from someone else.
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One-on-one, both leads' first relationship, happy ending, eight-year age gap
Content warnings:
The heroine has no feelings for anyone at first and has never been in a relationship with anyone else.
Neither lead is perfect.
Theme: Love life and stay positive
