Name: A Warm Place to Rest Yesterday
Author: Wu Jian Xi

Synopsis

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Aloof big shot VS traditional beauty | Dating contract: get physical first, fall in love later

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Wen Ye has the face of a pure, innocent girl,

but the heart of someone who thrives on rolling up her sleeves and fighting to the bitter end.

Everyone thought she was wholly devoted to her master's and doctoral studies, with no worldly distractions, until a local trending topic exposed her brazen flirtation with a male college student...

Her image shattered. The gossip lovers started betting on whether Wen Ye would dare accept his invitation to meet in person.

"If you don't show, you're a coward!"

So Wen Ye had no choice but to take the plunge.

But when the number four guy from the short video

appeared right before her eyes, looking even more stunning in real life...

Wen Ye: "You've gotten taller."

Then she tried to run.

Jin Sishu caught her and sneered.

"That's it?"

The handsome guy she'd flirted with online was her childhood friend and sworn enemy, whom she hadn't seen in years...

Wen Ye thought, she really was finished.

"Your comments didn't sound like that."

"..."

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The first time Wen Ye met Jin Sishu,

she was eight, and he was six months older.

The alley kids were bullying the new arrival,

so she swooped in like a heroic swordswoman and saved the day.

But the little boy she'd rescued was outstanding,

and before long he became the child her mother held up as an example...

The girl got mad, and then got mad about being mad:

She angrily put him on her sworn-enemies list.

Before the end of seventh grade,

Wen Ye finally beat Jin Sishu in an exam and reclaimed first place. She immediately went looking for him to brag and gloat.

Jin Sishu ignored her. He sat on the school building's rooftop in the warm, humid evening breeze, his back lonely, his feelings impossible to read.

Wen Ye ran up to him and complained, "Pay attention to me! You can make fun of me, so why can't I make fun of you for once?"

Before she could finish, the girl froze.

"Why are you crying?" She instantly panicked, crouching down with her arms around her knees. She stared at the tears running down the boy's face in disbelief and stammered, "I-I-I was kidding. Winning and losing are part of the game! And besides..."

The girl was at a loss for words again,

and the boy suddenly pulled her into his arms.

"Are you leaving next week?"

She nodded, blushing.

"When you come back, I have something to tell you."

Wen Ye always remembered how red his eyes were when he said that.

He looked beautiful, so beautiful that not even the sunset clouds that evening could compare.

But when she came back,

she never saw him again, not for many, many years.

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Later,

the pure, icy goddess who was the hardest to pursue in Yuan University Engineering College became known as the "simp" of the handsome architecture student at a rival university.

She brought him breakfast at five in the morning and ran with him at eight in the evening,

but he acted so high and mighty, often giving her the cold shoulder, getting angry, and walking off.

People refused to "respect their wishes and send their blessings." They formed a little rescue squad to persuade her to run and never look back! Once, after a long silence, the girl tried to explain, "Actually, he's being forced into it."

No hope for her! The rescue squad disbanded one after another, and the forum angrily accused the neighboring university of producing good-looking, manipulative scumbags.

Until one day, the two were spotted watching a movie late at night.

The girl slept through the entire film, her head resting heavily on the handsome student's shoulder as he held her hand.

10:25 p.m.

The handsome student began idly playing with her hair...

10:47 p.m.

The handsome student started lightly brushing her cheek, again and again...

11:06 p.m.

The handsome student stopped watching the screen altogether, propped his chin on his hand, and gazed motionlessly at the girl sleeping soundly...

11:30 p.m.

The movie finally ended.

The handsome student put on a stern face and woke her. "Wen Ye, did you come to watch a movie or sleep?"

"Sleep!"

"Your bed at home isn't big enough, so you had to come sleep here?"

The girl sighed. "It's big enough. That's exactly why I can't sleep there."

"..."

The handsome student bent down and kissed her.

After a long, tangled kiss, his voice was hoarse and burning:

"Wen Ye, do you know how many years I've been waiting?"

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Entertainment industry big shot X traditional beauty / get physical first, fall in love later / CEO with a stand-in

People all said

that Hua Rou Fang's owner, Ming Hua, was a master of filigree inlay, and as beautiful as her name suggested, she was beyond compare.

Shang Tingyue came to call,

and spent a fortune of seven figures on her prized work, "Kunpeng." Only then did he manage to put the contract his useless subordinates had been rejected over four times in front of her.

"Join Eastern Craftsmanship. Name your terms."

"Anything at all?"

"Anything at all."

Autumn rain pattered outside. Beneath the lattice window, the man sat perfectly still, even the creases in his suit seeming cold.

Ming Hua slowly approached, fanning herself as she leaned toward the amber incense scent at his collar. Lowering her voice, she smiled flirtatiously:

"My condition is you."

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Later,

the one who had started it as a game lost control first.

On a bone-chilling snowy New Year's Eve,

she curled up on the steps outside the man's home.

She watched him get out of the car and approach, one step at a time beneath his umbrella,