A Sultry Tide in Jingdu

[Privileged young heir x sweet, innocent beauty with a sensual side; devoted romance, both leads’ first time] The year Li Er turned twenty-five, she married Wen Zhiyan, a highborn young heir renowned throughout Beijing’s elite circles. Before the wedding, they had met only three times. Li Er’s seriously ill grandfather told her, “I can only leave in peace once you’ve found someone to settle down with.” So Li Er married him. Wen Zhiyan, a privileged scion of Beijing’s elite, is refined and aloof, shrewd and decisive. He has never had a woman by his side who could match him. Li Er, who comes from an ordinary background, thinks that if she secretly marries a man so strikingly handsome, they will simply live separate lives without interfering with each other. After the wedding, they live in different places and rarely see each other. That is, until Wen Zhiyan becomes a major investor in the hotel group where she works. With the careless extravagance of a playboy, he pays to reserve the hotel’s top-floor presidential suite for her indefinitely. On many late nights, Li Er sneaks off to see him without telling her colleagues. After the lights go out, the man’s bewitching, flirtatious eyes stay fixed on her, blazing with desire until Li Er’s cheeks burn and her body grows warm. “We’re married, so we should sleep together.” His hoarse voice carries an increasingly wicked edge. Even with a marriage certificate, Li Er, who has been drawn into his trap, thinks she is merely a pampered songbird kept by a powerful young prince of Beijing’s elite on a whim. * Not long afterward, Wen Zhiyan is roped into a game at a gathering packed with the city’s wealthy and powerful, and lazily loses. His opponent asks to see the wallet he carries with him. When people discover that his wallet holds an old photo of Li Er dancing ballet at sixteen, Wen Zhiyan isn’t embarrassed at all. Instead, for Li Er’s sake, he once again sets aside the dignity of a highborn heir and pulls her onto his lap. “Mrs. Wen, if you cry again, I’ll kiss you.” He laughs warmly, his voice husky, and lowers his head to kiss her. That day, Li Er finally learns that Wen Zhiyan has been secretly in love with her for more than ten years. He even once wrote her a love letter by hand: [For all Wen Zhiyan’s life, nothing matters more than you.] [Before you start]: - Refined heir to an illustrious family x bright, beautiful hotel front-desk manager; devoted, cocky, and cool x clear-eyed and seductive. Book six in the Glass Family series. One-on-one romance, both leads’ first time, happy ending, the hero is secretly in love with her. - [Important content warning: Neither lead is perfect, and the heroine’s family situation is rather difficult.] - Thank you for your continued company and support. You’re all my little angels. Love you! - Please be civil and kind when discussing the story. If it isn’t for you, don’t force yourself to keep reading, and there’s no need to announce that you’ve left. Please, please, please don’t post that you’re dropping the novel. Comments that affect other readers’ enjoyment will be deleted periodically by the author and moderators. Please take note, and if that bothers you, don’t read. May you find a wonderful story you love next. Theme: Let us brew new tea over a new fire, and make the most of our youth with poetry and wine