A Damp, Rainy Night

[My Contemporary Romance Next Door, A Princess's Life, is now underway. A stuffy, fatherly husband and a mischievous wife. Please add it to your reading list! Also, my completed historical pseudo-sibling romance, An Older Brother's Marriage.]

Rugged tenant VS sweet landlady

Qing He had enjoyed a smooth life for over twenty years, but when it was revealed that she was a fake heiress, she hit rock bottom.

Eyes red, she returned with a small suitcase to the place where she should have grown up: an urban village in a third-tier city.

Her biological grandmother had just passed away, leaving her a rental building.

Qing He comforted herself that life wasn't so bad.

Especially since one of her tenants lived next door: thick brows, bright eyes, broad shoulders, and a narrow waist. He was practically walking testosterone.

Qing He became interested in him and tried every trick in the book to flirt, but he wouldn't take the bait.

Just as she was about to give up, the man stopped her and looked her up and down, eyes narrowed. "What does this mean? You've been parading around in that silky nightgown in front of me for days. What's this supposed to mean now?"

Qing He pouted and muttered, "What do you think? I'm lusting after your body."

Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow. "So you just want to sleep with me, not date me?"

Qing He: ...

Theme: Only sincerity can be repaid with sincerity.