Li Zhi was sent to England to study as a child. When she came of age, she was expected to return home and be married off for an alliance.
She met Nathaniel at a station on a rainy night.
Aside from his incalculable wealth, exceptional physique, and beauty, he had ten thousand flaws.
An extreme sadist, absurdly possessive, and intensely controlling. He monitored her 24/7 and even precisely controlled her sleeping hours.
If he hadn't been so good in bed, so rich, and a virgin, Li Zhi wouldn't have put up with him for three years of college.
She really had found herself a mixed-race Daddy boyfriend, but she hadn't been looking for a pervert.
Fortunately, it was all over.
It was only shortly before graduation that Li Zhi learned Mr. Nathaniel was a confirmed bachelor.
That damn man had wasted three years of her life. She had to find someone new before her family dragged her back to marry her off. After playing the runaway canary and doing everything she could to get away from him, she returned home.
At an international students' party, Li Zhi met a young man who looked a little like him.
His surname was Xie. He lived in Beijing and came from a fabulously wealthy family, but he was just a young master who coasted along at his company.
Everyone thought Li Zhi had fallen in love with the young master of the Xie family.
Even though Xie Ming was a playboy with a terrible reputation, countless girlfriends, and a failed business venture.
But whenever he made a mistake, all he had to do was lower his eyes, and Li Zhi would look dazed before finally smiling and forgiving him.
Xie Ming also thought Li Zhi loved him. He even had the air of a proper husband, and his family was very pleased with the match.
Until the stormy night of the party, when he heard an argument from his girlfriend's room through the door.
A familiar voice, filled with an unusual emotion.
The man's suit was slightly disheveled. He pressed his fingertips hard against Li Zhi's neck. "He can satisfy you?!"
"You always say I don't love you, but what is the love of that loser worth?"
Li Zhi laughed lightly.
In the tone she knew best would infuriate him, she said, "It's enough that I love him."
A few things to know before reading:
1. This is melodramatic, angsty fiction, the kind where they fight out of bed and make up in it.
2. Both leads are completely obsessed with each other and love each other more than anything, but they're both deranged and hurt each other.
3. The story contains a lethal amount of male-objectifying descriptions, with lots of detail about the male lead's physique and looks. Some inspiration came from Daddy Issues.
Theme: Communicate and understand each other.
