*Disabled, brooding tycoon x stunning, flirtatious heiress
Blurb:
Ming Lan is a young lady born at the top of the capital's elite circles, showered with love and affection since childhood. Her lavish coming-of-age celebration is beyond compare. With her long black hair and flowing gown, she folds her hands and makes a solemn wish, her breathtaking beauty captivating everyone.
Then disaster strikes without warning. Her family goes from wealth to ruin overnight, and the dazzling sun everyone once feared to reach for falls into the mortal world.
Xie Siyan is the head of one of the capital's most powerful and wealthy families. He has always been ruthless and decisive, dominating the business world with ease.
His features are so handsome and refined that he seems divine, yet rumors say he has a leg condition and spends his days in a wheelchair. His cruel, brooding temperament keeps everyone at least a few steps away.
Though the two seem to have nothing to do with each other, a banquet brings them together.
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At the Bulgari Hotel, beneath dazzling lights, Ming Lan takes a deep breath, unwilling to fade into obscurity, and resolves to risk everything.
After a few glasses of whiskey, she works up the courage to sit on the man at the head of the table's lap, her soft, pale fingertips lightly tracing his forearm.
Feeling him suddenly tense, she casually picks up the prayer beads on his wrist and toys with them.
She doesn't know that the beads were bought at Christie's by Xie Siyan's grandfather for 180 million, and are also a symbol of the Xie family patriarch.
The bustling banquet hall falls utterly silent. Everyone holds their breath, exchanging knowing glances, afraid Xie Siyan will fly into a rage and drag them into it.
To their surprise, his sharp, icy gaze gradually softens, almost with a hint of amusement. He looks down at the woman in his arms and asks quietly, "You like them?"
The alcohol has gone to Ming Lan's head. Her eyes grow hazy, and she nods. "They're pretty."
Xie Siyan simply takes off the beads and puts them on her slender wrist. "Then don't take them off."
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In the dim light, Ming Lan is pinned against a door, struggling to breathe.
She looks up in confusion and meets those deep, unfathomable black eyes, then says in surprise, "Your... your legs aren't..."
"Miss Ming, surely you understand what it means to play with fire?" Xie Siyan gives a low laugh and gently brushes her lips. "Now that you know my secret, you have to become mine."
Reader's Guide:
1. Both leads are each other's first and only
2. No real-life inspirations
3. Weibo: @Yi Ping Xia Xiaojiu
Theme: Love can melt anything
