Don't Leave Tonight

After three years of silence, Yan Ning asked a friend to help her find a new job.

Her friend asked what she wanted, and she said there was only one thing.

"No unnecessary human interaction, including at work."

Su Yaoxi was wealthy, a discreet and mysterious rich woman in Hai'an City.

She kept to herself and had only one focus in life: work.

A friend, worried about how she was always alone, urged her to get out more and meet new people.

Su Yaoxi went out and came back with a cat, but she was allergic to cat fur and had severe OCD.

She had no choice but to hire a nanny to care for her beloved cat, but she went through more than twenty people without finding a single one who met her standards.

Her friend was driven to the brink of madness. "Su Yaoxi, tell me once and for all: what exactly do you want?"

Su Yaoxi thought carefully.

"I want the other person to be human, but work like a robot."

*

When Yan Ning and Su Yaoxi first met, neither reached out to the other.

Su Yaoxi was cold and picky, scrutinizing Yan Ning with a look that warned strangers to stay away.

"Sorry, Miss Yan. I have a phobia of people."

Yan Ning's face was expressionless, her reply concise.

"That's fine. I dislike people."

*

Later, on a rainy night, Su Yaoxi hugged Yan Ning from behind and buried her face in the hollow of her neck.

"Yan Ning, don't leave tonight."

Yan Ning's silence was as endless and deep as the night, so deep that Su Yaoxi thought she wouldn't answer.

After a long while, she heard a low voice ask, "Why?"

Su Yaoxi kissed the side of her neck, her warm breath mingling with her faltering words.

"Stay... with me."

(A bittersweet romance, featuring a beautiful rich older woman whose old flame has reignited.)

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Theme: Sincerity deserves sincerity.