The Coldhearted CEO Chases His White Moonlight for Love

[The side couple from the same universe, They Faked It With Her Cold and Proud Ex-Wife and Made It Real, is about to start! Add it to your collection, and watch me shower you with sweetness!]

[Just a heads-up: this isn't one of those intensely angsty, mindless groveling-after-the-breakup stories. The characters' feelings are more nuanced, and I think their motivations and choices make sense. The leads have reasons for their actions. They're not simply awful people.

The style is healing and sweet, so don't drop the story just because the groveling isn't painful enough. Their later adjustment and life together are great, too! (P.S. If you want something angsty, check out the stepparent story Hooked, which is both painful and thrilling.)]

Blurb:

In the lowest year of her life, Ji Zhiwei was tricked into singing at a bar for money.

Several powerful, influential people took an interest in her. Under the crowd's appraising gaze, as if she were an object for sale, Ji Zhiwei's last shred of cheap dignity was shattered.

She didn't even have money for tomorrow's meal. She couldn't afford to offend anyone.

That night, a woman of otherworldly bearing and extraordinary grace was surrounded by the very people who had been toying with Ji Zhiwei, all eager to please her.

She had a pair of tender, expressive eyes, but when she glanced at Ji Zhiwei, there was not a trace of mockery in them.

She smiled and said, "Come over here, little girl."

Like an immortal descending from the heavens, she beckoned Ji Zhiwei over. Her smile held no warmth, but she still rescued Ji Zhiwei.

Ji Zhiwei fell in love at first sight with Gu Yunhui, the woman who would become her contract sugar mommy.

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For four years, they were bound by their agreement and wrapped up in each other. Gu Yunhui would gaze at Ji Zhiwei with those tender, loving eyes, as though she liked her just as much.

As their contract neared its end, Ji Zhiwei, her heart full of sincerity, prepared to bring her feelings into the light. Then she heard Gu Yunhui say to someone:

"That little lover of mine? I just keep her around for fun.

The Ji family made me suffer so much, so of course I'm going to have fun with her, torment her, then throw her away.

Otherwise, how would that count as revenge?"

It turned out that all the kindness Ji Zhiwei remembered had been an act.

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After Gu Yunhui stood her up, Ji Zhiwei met with an accident and was swept away by a flash flood.

The day Gu Yunhui heard that Ji Zhiwei had died, she showed no reaction.

The girl who had occupied four years of her life was as if she'd never been there at all, let alone left.

Gu Yunhui's life went on as usual.

Only after every message she sent Ji Zhiwei went unanswered did Gu Yunhui realize the truth:

Ji Zhiwei was gone forever.

She loved Ji Zhiwei.

She regretted everything.

Rumor had it that business tycoon Gu Yunhui was a flirt, fickle and promiscuous.

Then one day, she suddenly changed. No matter how beautiful they were, no one could get close to her.

She gave up her wild ways for one person, wore her knees raw, and threw up blood, but her bright moonlight never returned.

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Three years after their parting, Ji Zhiwei became an overnight sensation with a hit drama, landed one great opportunity after another, and, backed by the Lu family's Huanyu Entertainment, became an untouchable beauty that everyone envied.

Gu Yunhui sought Ji Zhiwei out again and did everything she could to get close to her, only to hear her say:

"There seems to be some misunderstanding, Ms. Gu. I was with you only to improve my acting. It worked pretty well, too."

Gu Yunhui could only watch Ji Zhiwei hold hands with her rumored partner, the two of them looking intimate, and regret it until her heart nearly broke...

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Bonus scene:

Later, Gu Yunhui joined a fake-dating reality show as a civilian, following Ji Zhiwei onto the program.

Ji Zhiwei had maintained a single image for years, and her fans were eager to see how she would handle the show's demands.

But by the second day of the livestream, Ji Zhiwei's act fell apart.

Fans: I must be seeing things. I actually saw our cool, aloof queen acting spoiled and asking a civilian for a hug.

On the third day of the livestream, fans watched the two inseparable lovebirds holding hands and fell silent.

Fans: Her acting has improved again. That must be it.

By the nth day of the livestream, fans finally lost it after seeing Gu Yunhui pin Ji Zhiwei down off camera.

#TheStarIFollowedIsNoLongerSingleButIAmSoHappyForHer

#TheAlphaIsSoSweetInFrontOfHerGirlfriend

#GuYunhuiComeCleanHowLongHaveYouBeenDatingHer

#MyShipHasA100PercentMatch

The production team watched the trending topics, unable to explain themselves. What had they said when they asked Ji Zhiwei about it back then?

"I don't know her. She's the one pursuing me."

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Reading guide:

Obedient, sweet-on-the-outside-but-dark-inside kept Alpha * aloof, awkward, possessive sugar mommy Omega. They really do switch roles, don't believe me? Go count!

Gu Yunhui (Omega) can and will mark only Ji Zhiwei (Alpha).

The story spends more time on the leads adjusting to each other and their daily life than on groveling after the breakup. They resolve their relationship conflicts through communication, not angst.

Original ABO setting, no side characters, my version of the entertainment industry, no real-life basis.

Angsty breakup and reconciliation with some painful moments (though not many), leads are not good people, illogical Mary Sue elements, troublemaking minor antagonists (the main cast will deal with them), both leads are sexually inexperienced, one-on-one romance, happy ending.

Theme: Be independent and self-reliant. Don't depend on others; work hard to achieve success yourself.