* Female lead is not a virgin, male lead is; female CEO; male stand-in; male lead suffers; older woman-younger man; ages 18 and 30
1
Twelve years after Xu Zhibai died, the white cat he had left behind finally died too.
Holding Xiao Bai's ashes, Guan Jin thought of the first time she had met Xu Zhibai.
2012. A summer night. Torrential rain poured down, thunder boomed, and the wind howled as if it would tear everything apart. The world was in chaos, as though the doomsday prophecy was about to come true.
Inside the Maybach, all was quiet.
She sat in the back playing Angry Birds on her BlackBerry when a loud crash sounded and the car suddenly braked hard. She looked up. The driver hurriedly turned around. "Miss, are you all right?"
She shook her head and looked through the windshield wipers. A boy in a shabby short-sleeved school uniform was curled up not far away. His elbow seemed to be broken, and blood was pouring from it, turning the rainwater beneath him red.
"Good grief, is this guy blind? He ran right into the car! What an idiot. I'll show him..." The driver grabbed an umbrella and rushed out. Then he saw the broken headlight and grew even angrier. He seized the boy by the collar and hauled him to his feet.
"Do you know what kind of car this is? You couldn't pay for that headlight in your whole life! I'm telling you, don't even think about running. Wait here for the traffic police!"
Amid the furious shouting, Guan Jin finally saw what the boy was holding.
A tiny kitten, fresh from the jaws of death and terrified out of its wits, was filthy all over and desperately burrowing its head into his arms.
Xu Zhibai could barely open his eyes in the downpour. He silently endured the abuse, stumbled a few steps as he was shoved, then fell onto the road. His lips pressed into a stubborn line. No matter how much his arm hurt, he held the kitten tight.
On an impulse, Guan Jin got out with an umbrella and walked up to him. "Come with me. We have a doctor at home."
Xu Zhibai froze, then gave a small shake of his head.
Guan Jin smiled. "All right, then pay me thirty thousand."
Just as she expected, the astronomical sum stunned Xu Zhibai. He scrambled to his feet. "I-I'll go with you."
Guan Jin regretted it countless times afterward. If only she hadn't seen that cat. Then she wouldn't have taken an interest in Xu Zhibai, and he wouldn't have died at eighteen.
2
Lu Chiyang, an idle rich kid, has an extreme fear of women. Whenever he comes into contact with one, he suffers from heart palpitations, suffocation, and uncontrollable vomiting.
One day, he has to live with a woman who is exactly twelve years older than him.
She looks at him strangely, as though looking through him at someone else.
Theme: Sincerity should be returned with sincerity.
