Marriage first, love later | Uncle and nephew compete to claim her | Age gap | Sweet romance
A calculating family tycoon x a stubborn, affection-starved crybaby (seven-year age gap)
1.
Lin Zhen had been secretly in love with Huai Anyang for six years.
But at their graduation party, she watched him take another girl's hand with her own eyes.
The pair danced beneath the lights reflected on the dance floor, while Lin Zhen sat dazed and heartbroken in a corner.
Her six-year crush had come to nothing.
Two years later, Huai Anyang, now an exchange student, barged back into Lin Zhen's life.
"Long time no see, Zhenzhen."
Lin Zhen froze at the sight of the man outside the door. The next moment, she hurriedly pulled her shirt over the marks on her body.
The shower kept running. Huai Anyang saw everything.
He knew she had a boyfriend.
2.
Jian Cizhou, head of a Kyoto financial dynasty, was born into privilege. Beneath his refined, dignified exterior lay an iron hand, and he was a business-world mogul whom everyone respected.
Lin Zhen was afraid of him from the moment they met.
He never smiled and was cold as the depths of winter.
The next day, Lin Zhen sat clutching a quilt and looked at the man beside her through tear-blurred eyes.
She fled in a panic.
She couldn't bear to think about having slept with a strange man just after graduating.
She thought the whole thing had faded away.
But just as Lin Zhen started school, a black luxury car stopped in her path.
The man who got out was tall and elegant, with an extraordinary air about him.
He tried to soften his stern expression, but his voice remained low and cold.
"It's been two months. Do you still remember me?"
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Huai Anyang regretted realizing too late that the postcard Lin Zhen had sent him was a confession. He refused to lose her again.
At a brightly lit art exhibition,
he saw Lin Zhen held in the arms of a tall man.
Fury surged through Huai Anyang. He had only taken a few steps toward them when the man's profile made him stop in shock.
He couldn't believe that the man was his aloof, taciturn younger uncle.
3.
Jian Cizhou had been away on a business trip for just a week. When he came back, he saw Lin Zhen being intimate with her childhood sweetheart.
His hand tightened around the steering wheel, and his brows drew together.
That night, Jian Cizhou trapped her behind the door and kissed her for a long time. His voice was husky. "Has our Zhenzhen got herself a young boyfriend?"
Lin Zhen shook her head, eyes red.
Jian Cizhou chuckled and stroked her hair. "Good girl, Zhenzhen. So, when are we getting married?"
One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship, happy ending
Theme: There is nothing wrong with continuing to seek something, and there is nothing wrong with not getting the ending you wanted. One day, a gentle moment will come when time itself embraces you.
