Peering at the Hibiscus Through the Morning Shadows

--Main Blurb--

Three years after their breakup, Jiang Fu rose from the second-tier league to the highest-level competition.

This time, Huo Chaoyan was the one watching from below.

Like the endless snow falling over Jingjiang, cold and wintry.

"Why did you come back this time?"

"I'm a businessman. I came for profit."

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The man who claimed he came for profit showed up at her house, frowning as he helped her younger brother with his homework?

"There's no profit in tutoring, is there, Mr. Huo?"

"I was passing by."

Jiang Fu could only laugh helplessly and let him do as he pleased. Bringing her hot milk and fixing her light bulbs, Huo Chaoyan was still as quiet and reserved as ever, even after two years, yet somehow he seemed unusually attentive to her.

Yes, attentive. A trait that shouldn't belong to the twenty-six-year-old head of the Huo Group.

The commentary booth was a storm of changing fortunes, and after being attacked by online commenters, Jiang Fu was relegated to the analyst desk. To get back into the competition, she seized her only chance and joined the variety show One Battle to Fame.

Huo Chaoyan followed her from the league headquarters to the esports show, supposedly "passing by". Her best friend even joked that one day he might hand her the entire Huo Group.

Through tryouts, contests, and fierce competition, Jiang Fu finally led her team onto the highest stage. Once a spectator, now a competitor.

As the footage of them lifting the trophy replayed over and over on TV, Jiang Fu suddenly found the courage to say what she should have told Huo Chaoyan two years ago.

"You're so wonderful, like the bright moon. When you appear, I can't see the stars around you."

So much so that for all four years of college, she lived under the label of "Huo Chaoyan's girlfriend."

Without a moment's hesitation, he answered, "To me, you're the bright moon."

"I came for profit. What if you were the profit I came for?"

Reader's Guide:

1. Inspired by the Honor of Kings KPL professional league. If you don't understand it, that's okay. It won't affect the story.

2. The characters aren't based on real people. Just a sweet little story.

3. The male and female leads' romance gets plenty of focus.

#Coming Soon: Office Fishing Is Prohibited#

The first time Wen Tong met Jiang Shaoting was during the midsummer when she was leaving Pingchuan.

She was gentle and rarely got angry, but that time she'd told her ex-boyfriend, "I want you dead," and Jiang Shaoting had heard her.

A white shirt, black trousers, neat and sharp, without a single unnecessary detail.

He rested a hand on the car door and offered what seemed like a polite afterthought. "Would you like me to give you a ride?"

Perhaps because he was older than her, his words carried an undeniable pressure, leaving no room for refusal.

That summer seemed to bring a storm with it.

"Are you free? Bring the proposal over."

Wen Tong pulled her hand back from where she'd been about to slack off and replied at once.

She'd lost count of how many times this month Jiang Shaoting had called her in alone to report on her work.

She couldn't help wondering if Jiang Shaoting had found out he was the star of her steamy dreams!

"Are you sick? Your face is really red." He leaned over beside Wen Tong, his warm breath brushing against the back of her neck.

Like a barely-there feather, it teased at her heartstrings.

"Maybe the air conditioning is set a little too high."

She answered seriously, but her eyes fell on Jiang Shaoting's shirt, with two buttons inexplicably undone.

Which coworker had told her the CEO was always proper and meticulous?

Once again, Wen Tong couldn't resist when Jiang Shaoting lured her into his office after work.

As they kissed, she managed to negotiate with him between breaths. "Um, next time we're in a meeting, could you not rub your leg against mine..."

Her voice grew quieter and quieter until she wanted to hide her head inside her sweater.

Jiang Shaoting was still catching his breath. He sat up straight and lifted the girl in his arms, his voice husky.

"Is that why you've been skipping every meeting I'm in lately?"

"The less you hold back, the more people believe it's not a trick;

The more brazenly you do it, the less likely you are to leave a clue.", Borges

Content Notes:

1. Happy ending, both leads are each other's first, older male lead, seven-year age gap.

2. The male lead has been plotting for a long time; the female lead falls in love after marriage.

3. The female lead isn't strong-willed, and is a little timid at first, but grows over time.

Theme: Love is mutual understanding.