Song of Dusk

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[Reserved Older Man x Scheming Bad Girl]

When Cao Xiangqi first started university, her family entrusted her to Zhou Yanhuan, an administrator at the same school, asking him to look after her while she was there.

Looking at Zhou Yanhuan's handsome face and considerable wealth, Cao Xiangqi couldn't help but cast her line and reel him in as her boyfriend.

She lay on her side beside him, her fingertips brushing over his back as she leaned close to his ear and murmured, "We'll take care of each other."

Zhou Yanhuan nearly drowned in her tender gaze. He thought she loved him deeply.

After graduating, Cao Xiangqi packed up and left for the capital, leaving him with just one line: "You thought I'd spend my whole life with an old man?"

·

Four years later, Cao Xiangqi had finally settled in the capital, where she ran into Zhou Yanhuan at a dinner.

By then, her life was a complete mess. Her boyfriend was going nowhere, and work wasn't going well.

Landing a partnership with Zhou Yanhuan's company was crucial to her promotion.

Cao Xiangqi once again took the initiative and knocked on Zhou Yanhuan's door. Bracing both hands on the desk, she leaned toward him.

With a playful lift of her eyes and brows, she was still that sly fox. "Director Zhou, you've looked after me for all these years. You can't really be willing to let go halfway..."

As she spoke, one hand came to rest on his shoulder.

Zhou Yanhuan looked straight into her eyes, his gaze tracing every inch of her still youthful, beautiful face. His throat bobbed again and again. At last, he seized her pale wrist and parted his dry lips. "Miss Cao, you're in the prime of your youth. An old man like me isn't good enough for you."

·

Zhou Yanhuan had always followed the rules. Only when it came to Cao Xiangqi did he stray from his course.

Reader's Guide:

* The male lead is 17 years older than the female lead; neither is a virgin.

* The male lead has been married before; the female lead is vain and materialistic, and has dated many men.

* The story begins during the female lead's undergraduate years. When they meet again, she has a boyfriend, and the male lead briefly becomes the other man out of love.

---Upcoming contemporary romance: "Small Fry"---

Cen Jing had poor grades and a rebellious personality from a young age. She was all looks and no substance, a pretty airhead.

Relying on her pretty face, she made the rounds among influencers and wealthy young men.

One day at a bar, a group of men got into a fight over Cen Jing, and a server called the police.

Cen Jing cowered pitifully in the corner of a booth, repeatedly insisting she had nothing to do with it.

She timidly looked up and saw a tall, handsome man in the distance smiling at her.

Instead of taking her to the police station, they took her to Zhang Xiyun's home.

Cen Jing had no idea just how powerful Zhang Xiyun was.

All she knew was that being with him turned her from a sparrow into a phoenix, and the entertainment industry was suddenly courting her.

Cen Jing only planned to stay with him for a few years, save enough money, and then leave.

But when she tried to leave, she finally understood just how powerful Zhang Xiyun was.

Note:

1. There's a huge age gap. Both leads have extensive romantic histories, and neither is a virgin.

2. Possessive coercive romance.

Theme: Life is an endless wilderness.