Rain Falls, Yet the Dawn Stays Dry

Cold and aloof, yet deeply devoted * Clear-headed and self-serving

Each gets what they want. Body first, heart later. Clear-eyed surrender.

A gap in status / The powerful one bows his head / Reuniting after a breakup / A couple who are always at odds

Chu Yuhuai was unruly and carefree, a notorious playboy known throughout the capital.

In the dimly lit nightclub, plenty of people had their eyes on this young master.

Some even went looking for Pei Yin, who worked part-time at the club.

The spotlight turned to Chu Yuhuai and the woman standing a step away. Her plan had worked, and she smiled coyly as her slender wrist came to rest on the man's shoulder. They looked barely matched on the big screen. The crowd cheered, urging them to kiss.

Chu Yuhuai lounged there with a cigarette between his lips, his dark gaze unfocused as it fell somewhere in the distance. His features, hidden in the shifting light and shadow, were striking. For a long while, he did not move.

Late at night, Pei Yin returned to her place. The room was dark, and the man sat by the window with his eyes half-closed.

As Pei Yin walked past, Chu Yuhuai grabbed her and pulled her over. She fell onto his lap.

"Pretending not to know me?" He gripped the girl's chin and bit her lips as punishment. "Pei Yin, in all these years, you're the only one who's been so determined to push me away."

Pei Yin frowned slightly, pushed him away, and straightened her rumpled hair. Her eyes shone in the darkness. "You want my body, and I want your money. Seems fair to me."

"Fair?" Chu Yuhuai suddenly laughed. His lean wrist locked around her slender waist. He lowered his head and maliciously bit the tip of her ear, half coaxing and half forcing her to turn her back to him and face the windows. "Feel that, Yinyin? There has never been any such thing as fairness between a man and a woman."

-

He was right.

So later, when Pei Yin left, she did it decisively and vanished without a trace.

She vaguely remembered the rain that night, cold and hard to bear.

"Fine. If you want to leave, then go far away."

Chu Yuhuai pressed a finger against her chin, coldness flickering in his eyes. "Pei Yin, if you've got what it takes, don't let me see you again."

They had enjoyed themselves while they were together. They had tasted both hatred and love, and had no regrets. The years slipped by in the blink of an eye.

It was like returning to the rainy day she had left. Pei Yin had been stood up by her boyfriend, and now stood drenched in the rain before everyone's eyes, looking miserable.

Chu Yuhuai grabbed her wrist and pulled her under his umbrella. "Everyone else is desperate to be associated with me. Pei Yin, why is it so hard for you to say one nice thing to me?"

In the soft, rustling rain, she met the man's lonely gaze.

The world beneath the umbrella fell silent. Suddenly, Pei Yin's eyes grew hot.

-

I thought this time would be like all the countless times before, clear-headed and decisive.

In the end, I was the one who couldn't do it.

-Clear-eyed, I fell into a prison bearing your name.

* The male and female leads only have eyes for each other

* 80% anti-piracy

* Blurb for The Flaw

A marriage of convenience with her ex, followed by love

A spoiled, headstrong actress * A scheming, ruthless big boss

Reunited at the beginning, marriage first and love later, reuniting after a breakup, four-year age gap

Ye Jibai, a man with a mysterious family background, rose rapidly through Beicheng's cutthroat world of capital and amassed a fortune worth hundreds of billions.

When her career hit a crisis and she had nowhere else to turn, Shu Lingyin was introduced to a drinking party.

The moment she saw the man, Shu Lingyin's heart turned cold. He was the man she had treated carelessly and then abandoned when they were young.

On a rainy night, Shu Lingyin had just escaped a chaotic drinking party. With no one there to look after her, she stood soaked through.

A Maybach stopped not far away, and an unfamiliar man stepped out with an umbrella.

The rain by her ear gradually eased. Shu Lingyin looked up through the drizzling rain.

Memories surged back. Nothing could have made their difference in status clearer.

Ye Jibai sat in the car, dressed simply in a white shirt and black trousers, yet still seemed noble and impossibly out of reach. He glanced up at her, his eyes cold and sharp. "I can give you everything you want. Think it over, then get in."

-

Shu Lingyin had a natural gift for acting and a bright, dazzling beauty. She had remained popular in the entertainment industry for five years since her debut.

Just when she was about to be blacklisted, she made a comeback with a romantic drama. Fans went wild over countless fan edits.

Then a piece of gossip broke: Shu Lingyin had once dated the president of Lingyue Capital in college. Sadly, they had broken up decisively back then, with no chance of getting back together.

A group photo surfaced on Lingyue's official website. The man in the center raised his glass in greeting, the veins on the back of his hand clearly visible. His casual gesture was aloof and refined.

Netizens: The perfect man for our goddess has finally appeared! Sob, it's a shame they already broke up.

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Then, at a financial summit held in Beicheng, Ye Jibai took the stage to speak. A fellow executive teased him about having such high standards and offered to introduce him to someone if he didn't mind.

The supposedly cold and ruthless man held the microphone and slowly looked toward a spot in the audience. "Mrs. Ye, someone's openly trying to steal your husband. Aren't you going to do something?"

Everyone followed his gaze and saw Shu Lingyin sitting below. In a green dress, with fair skin and a gentle, radiant beauty, she looked unusually low-key.

Shu Lingyin: ??? Didn't we agree to keep our marriage secret? You bastard!

Netizens: What? My goddess is secretly married? To her ex, the one she already broke up with?

* Written on 2024.03.04, revised on 2024.04.12

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