A Taming Relationship

Forthcoming: The Young Lady Says My Acting Is Third-Rate. A pure-hearted, devoted bodyguard x a sickly, scheming young lady. Check the column for the blurb~ Blurb: At eighteen, Ming Chunlai crossed mountains and rivers just to thank Yu Man. She was a scholarship student from a poor family, a blurry shadow in Yu Man’s gentle eyes. Until that disorienting New Year’s Eve, when alcohol dissolved every boundary. She thought she had touched the tangible shape of love. Only later did she understand that it was no more than a moment’s careless pleasure for someone above her. For four years, she drifted through their undefined relationship. Then, on the night of graduation, surrounded by the lingering warmth of their damp skin, she asked in a trembling voice, “Yu Man, do you love me?” Yu Man simply kissed away her tears. “Chunlai, don’t be greedy.” Six years later, at the Jiangcheng International Finance Summit, the promising young lawyer Ming Che, a rising star in the industry, took the stage beneath the spotlights to give her acceptance speech. In the audience, Yu Man sat among the guests of honor, seeing clearly for the first time how the shadow that had once belonged to her had transformed into a light she could never hold again. The corridor after the event was dim. Yu Man called after the departing figure. “Chunlai.” Ming Che stopped and turned, wearing a professional smile. “Ms. Yu, I haven’t used that name in a long time.” “You can call me Attorney Ming now.” In Yu Man’s eyes, Ming Chunlai had always been a docile little puppy, so sweet she made Yu Man’s heart itch. She trained her herself, from the steps of her first dance to the mellow taste of her first glass of red wine, and even how to please a mature woman’s body in bed. She gave her everything, except the name of love. So Ming Chunlai eventually left, decisively and without looking back. When they met again, she had become an untouchable flower on a mountain peak in everyone else’s eyes. Yu Man watched her, then smiled. The collar she had fastened herself was only rightfully hers to tighten again, inch by inch. Reading tips: She runs, Ming Che x she pursues, Yu Man, though neither can escape. The early relationship is a tender knife in an unequal dynamic, with a dull ache. After they reunite, expect the ultimate push and pull of adults, and restrained, surging feelings. A nurturing romance, rekindled love, bittersweet sweetness and angst, and an unconventional pursuit of an ex-wife. “Only when the one who was once tamed withdraws all dependence and returns as an absolute equal does the relationship between tamer and tamed truly begin.” Theme: Sincere love, authenticity, earnestness, and heartfelt devotion