|Radiant, proud heiress x aloof, chaste orthopedic surgeon|
|Rekindled romance|Push and pull|The wife-chasing crematorium|
[Blurb]
Sang Yunjia first met Zhou Youdu at a bar.
He sat quietly at the counter, wearing a white shirt and black trousers, a glass of plain water in his hand. His cool, restrained air was completely out of place amid all the glitter and glamour.
Buzzed from drinking and emboldened by a bet, she took advantage of her beauty and confidently walked up to him.
"Hey, handsome. Can I buy you a drink?"
At that, the man lifted his eyes to look at her.
The next second, he took a blister pack of pills from his pocket, popped one out, and swallowed it with his water.
"Sorry, I just took cephalosporin."
*
The second time they met, Sang Yunjia put on a shameless front and began her first-ever pursuit of a man.
Following the strategy, "Don't chase a man, just call him hubby," she shamelessly threw herself at him day after day.
"Good morning, hubby!"
"What are you doing, hubby?"
"Can I see you today, hubby?"
But Zhou Youdu was so cold and unfeeling, like an iceberg that could never be warmed.
And he never responded to the word "hubby." He only rebuked her with a cold face: "Don't call me that."
"All right, hubby."
"..."
Later, their friends were astonished. Miss Sang, who usually lost interest in men after three minutes, had actually stuck with this one for so long.
She had persisted so long that even Zhou Youdu began to question himself.
In his clear-cut plans for his life, he hoped to marry someone with a stable job and uncomplicated family relationships. He never expected a woman who talked nothing but nonsense to overturn all his assumptions, and make a man as rational as himself willingly give in to his hormones and fall for her.
This was a mistake.
But after twenty-eight years of following the rules, he was bound to stumble eventually.
*
Every day she was with Zhou Youdu, Sang Yunjia did her best to keep the truth hidden.
But no secret stays buried forever, and he eventually discovered the bet that had prompted her to approach him.
She thought he must hate her, so she disappeared from Zhou Youdu's life of her own accord and accepted the matchmaking arrangement her parents had made for her.
At night, a sudden downpour began.
On her way home from the bar, Sang Yunjia saw a familiar black car parked downstairs, like a crouching beast.
She hesitated. Just as she was about to pretend she hadn't seen it, a figure wrapped in the damp air of the rain enveloped her completely.
Zhou Youdu looked haggard, his eyes bloodshot, his trembling arms seeming ready to pull her into his very bones.
"You're getting married?" he asked. "Does everything between us mean nothing now?"
"You can forget all of this and start over..."
But before she could finish, Zhou Youdu swallowed the rest of her words along with the rain and mist.
In the hazy, intoxicating atmosphere, Sang Yunjia heard him say:
"Baby, feel for yourself. Is there a single part of me that could forget you?"
Reader's guide:
1. Both are virgins, one-on-one romance.
2. I'll add more if I think of anything. The blurb is still being polished.
Theme: Always stay positive, always stay passionate.
