A Kind of Absolute

[This story is complete. The one next door, Bowed Head, [Marriage Before Love], is complete too. Feel free to add it to your collection and give it a read! Blurb at the end.]

[Blurb]

Rekindled love / healing / sweet romance

Kind, carefree, and clever heroine vs. gentle, devoted heir

1

From the day Luo Yongyou broke up with Zou Yunfei, she never thought she'd see him again.

Struggling to make ends meet, she thought she'd finally found a good job and pictured a happy life with a dog. Then she saw that her boss, sitting in the corner, was none other than Zou Yunfei.

He looked elegant and composed, his gaze utterly indifferent when their eyes met.

She was ready to leave as soon as her shift ended, but someone stopped her, watching her with a smile.

"Why so guilty? Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Before she could deny it, he added, "Don't worry. We're just employer and employee. Unless you have other ideas?"

To prove his point, he became her boss, and she became his employee.

2

To keep the shelter going, Luo Yongyou had no choice but to lower her head and ask Zou Yunfei to work with her. He rejected her without hesitation.

People who achieve great things don't sweat the small stuff, so she decided to do her best to win him over for the greater good.

Her attempts kept going nowhere. Tired of wasting her effort, she was about to find another way when someone cornered her.

"Who taught you to flirt and then run away?"

When she said nothing, Zou Yunfei's lashes fluttered. He asked with certainty, "So everything you did before was for the partnership..."

"I might agree, but it depends on how you behave..."

His low voice was like a bewitching spirit, luring Luo Yongyou into its web and leaving her utterly speechless.

3

If Luo Yongyou wanted to give stray dogs a home, Zou Yunfei wanted only to wait where he was, so that Luo Yongyou would have somewhere to return to.

In the end, the dogs found a new home, and Luo Yongyou found one too.

[After wandering for so long, at last she came to rest among the clouds.]

A few notes:

1. One-on-one, both leads are virgins; rekindled love, each other's only one, body and heart.

2. There isn't much content about the dogs.

3. A gently paced, healing sweet romance...

Blurb for The King and the Beggar

1

In Wei Qing's eyes, Ji Ruzhou was like a noble king, while she was a beggar living on his charity.

When someone set her up, the only person she could turn to for help was this man she'd met just a few times.

He stood with easy grace, his bearing extraordinary, a calm smile on his face as he wrapped an arm around her slender waist. "Remember to think of a way to repay me."

2

She saw Ji Ruzhou again on a drizzly afternoon.

The sitting room was comfortable and pleasant, as if it belonged to another season from the outdoors. Ji Ruzhou lightly tapped the crystal glass in his hand, his gaze burning.

He watched her intently, eyes bright, and said with casual ease, "Let's get married."

The words "Let's get married" were brief, but his deep, mellow voice held a touch of tenderness that made her heart skip a beat.

He said he could help her pay off her debts, spare her from marrying someone else for an alliance, and accept that as repayment from her...

"So... what do you want?"

"What do you think you have that would make me do all this?" He looked at her with a smile, utterly nonchalant, as if they were making idle conversation.

Perhaps it was because she had nothing: only a heart full of resentment, no power or influence, and an easy mark.

A pretty ornament or a pushover would be perfect.

3

Wei Qing felt that Ji Ruzhou was impossible to see through, and impossible to understand.

Living with a man like him meant she'd probably always be at a disadvantage.

So from the very beginning, she was ready to leave at any moment...

She brought out her divorce application again and again, until one day it inexplicably disappeared.

It ended up in Ji Ruzhou's hands. He toyed with it casually, then burned it in a blazing fire.

Meeting the man's eyes, she felt as if she were about to drown in a deep pool. "With me, your only way out is to be widowed."

4

Everyone thought Ji Ruzhou hid an inscrutable heart beneath his poised, elegant exterior. Everyone, that is, except for Madam Ji.

No one could imagine that a man who dominated the business world would bend down to gently coax the delicate beauty in his arms.

As far as Ji Ruzhou was concerned, he was glad to do it.

In truth, he and Wei Qing had known each other before and met again. But to Wei Qing, he was a stranger.

He was always reminded of Wei Qing in those days: vibrant and lovely, her smile like a flower.

Back then, she was so radiant that he remembered her for years.

Ji Ruzhou was patient with Wei Qing. He would wait as long as it took.

Until one day, he saw his wife laughing and chatting with another man. That smile was like a knife, leaving him bleeding inside.

Rarely did Ji Ruzhou let himself get drunk. He held on to Wei Qing and wouldn't let go, his warm breath brushing her neck as his deep voice carried a faint plea. "A Qing, can't you try to like me, to love me, just a little?"

"Please..."

[It turned out the proud king was the beggar, begging for the love of the one he cherished.]

Premise: Wanderers in this world will all find a place to call home.