Endless Midsummer

[Pre-Release: My Ex-Husband Lost It After the Divorce] Please add it to your reading list Cool, aloof musical genius x gentle, sensitive mural artist The pirated version is incomplete. Please support the official version. / Weibo: @XueManShanGang_ 1. Song Xun, the new transfer student at Beicheng No. 1 High School, was aloof and unruly, with top grades and a wealthy family background. He was every inch the favored child of heaven. Meanwhile, the quiet, unremarkable Shen Rujing became his deskmate. When a friend came to see Song Xun, they caught sight of the pristine textbooks neatly arranged beside his desk and joked, "I hear your deskmate is pretty." Song Xun didn't even look up. His tone was cool. "I don't really remember." Later, on a damp summer night. In the narrow, dim stairwell, the raw smell of rain mingled with the fresh scent of plants. Song Xun was soaked through, yet his grip on Shen Rujing's wrist was painfully tight. For the first time, he lowered his head and asked, "Can we not break up?" 2. They reunited on a dating show. Song Xun was the second young master of the Song Group and a top-tier star in music, renowned in the industry for his powerful connections and haughty attitude. Shen Rujing, on the other hand, was an unknown outsider. No one knew they had once been together. During a Q&A, a female guest asked Song Xun, "Do you remember what your first love was like?" Song Xun lifted his eyes and replied carelessly, "I can't remember." Those four words made Shen Rujing's fingertips tremble, but she covered it up without a word. In the next round, a male guest asked Shen Rujing how many relationships she'd had. For some inexplicable reason, she answered, "Two." By the time half the show had aired, Shen Rujing had kept up her act perfectly, behaving as though they'd only just met, distant and polite. But no one knew. In an empty corner of the set, he pinned her against the wall and kissed her until she could barely breathe. When Shen Rujing tried to pull away, Song Xun wrenched her hands behind her back even harder. "Don't hide." His searing breath covered hers again, his kiss almost punitive. His voice was hoarse. "Say you miss me." "Say you've regretted it every day since we broke up." "Say I'm the only one you've ever loved." -On a damp summer night, they shared the burning warmth of each other's youth. One-on-one, both of them each other's first and only love. See the author's note in Chapter Two for specific content warnings. --Pre-release: My Ex-Husband Lost It After the Divorce. Please add it to your reading list-- *Radiant, spoiled, carefree heiress x Proper, old-fashioned older man who is secretly extremely controlling and possessive *An old flame rekindled, a domineering pursuit 1. Shen Shiying was a pampered heiress, raised in the lap of luxury. Beautiful and radiant, she had a boyfriend she'd been dating for two years. But when her family was struck by sudden misfortune, she had no choice but to break up with him and enter an arranged marriage with the prestigious Gu family. Her new husband was Gu Huizhou, the current head of the Gu family. Seven years older than her, he had risen to a position of power at a young age and was famous in their circle for being proper to a fault. In public, Shen Shiying acted clingy and sweet, playing the part of a wife deeply in love with her husband. In private, she thought Gu Huizhou was far too proper. He never sweet-talked her or knew how to be romantic. When he accompanied her shopping, all he did was silently carry her bags and pay, then give her properties, wineries, and cruise ships... He was like an expressionless ATM that only spat out money, dull to the extreme. Married life was so boring and predictable that she could see exactly where it was headed. Half a year later, the Shen family got through its difficulties and was back on track. Shen Shiying began to feel restless, and took the opportunity to bring up divorce. "We only got married for the sake of our families. There's no real affection between us. You're not my ideal type, and I'm not yours. So why don't we..." Her husband, who had been listening quietly, suddenly interrupted her. "What kind of person do you like?" "Obviously..." Someone like her first love. At the sight of her usually gentle husband's dark gaze, Shen Shiying stopped speaking and felt a chill creep down her spine. She finally remembered what people said about her husband. ...It seemed that if she said the wrong thing, something terrible might happen. As she hesitated, her husband continued, "Is it that ex-boyfriend of yours, the one who studied at Cambridge and is about to return to the country?" 2. As expected, Shen Shiying didn't get the divorce she wanted. The two families' ties were deeply entangled, and she hadn't expected to succeed on the first try anyway. The divorce process entered its mandatory cooling-off period, and Shen Shiying moved out of the Ji residence. The day her ex-boyfriend returned, a mutual friend arranged a welcome gathering and invited Shen Shiying as well. Thinking of their past together, Shen Shiying went. Her ex-boyfriend asked somewhat bitterly how married life was and whether her husband treated her well. Over drinks, Shen Shiying had a few too many and couldn't help complaining about Gu Huizhou. That night. Shen Shiying was roused from a hazy sleep by a rough kiss. She found herself held against a hard, warm chest, with a somewhat familiar bitter-tea scent drifting beneath her nose. "..." The man, usually gentle and proper, had somehow gotten in. Looking down at her, he gripped her chin, his voice cool and dangerous. "You met him?" It was not a question. "..." "What did you talk about? Why were you smiling so happily?" "..." "Yingying said a few words to him today, so tonight I'll make you come [censored] times." "..." Shen Shiying finally realized: She might never have really known her husband at all. Love rivals fighting over her / marriage first, love later Theme: Promoting and preserving mural culture