Addicted to You

[It Had to Be You, It Could Only Be You]

Older man | Seven-year age gap | She falls for him first | The old flame catches fire

A flirtatious little charmer x a restrained, self-controlled man. The one on top gives in.

1.

Xi Ning came from an ordinary family, but she was beautiful and excelled in school. She also had a boyfriend, Gu Jia, who was outstanding in every way, from his family background to his looks.

At Gu Jia's birthday party, a young lady from an influential family took him away to dance the opening number. Xi Ning got drunk and was wandering around the Gu family residence when she bumped into someone. The man looked a little like Gu Jia, but had a more noble air about him, and his whole demeanor warned people to keep their distance.

Xi Ning grabbed the corner of his trench coat and murmured, "Gu Jia."

The man frowned, his expression cold. "Let go."

Just then, Gu Jia came out after the dance to look for her. Xi Ning heard him call the man Uncle. She hurriedly let go.

2.

The day Gu Jia got into trouble for fighting over a girl, Gu Lin went to pick him up.

He saw the girl standing in the snow, her face paler than the snow itself. She called him Uncle. In the distance, Gu Jia was holding another girl.

Gu Lin rarely felt a soft spot for anyone, but he opened his umbrella over her and asked coolly, "Can you walk?"

3.

Gu Lin was the youngest person in power in Nancheng. Everyone in their circle knew he was cold and aloof, famously restrained, and uninterested in women.

At an investor's banquet, countless actresses wanted to get on his good side, but none dared approach. Everyone knew his one rule: he didn't like women getting too close.

No one expected the pale-skinned woman with raven-black hair to approach and offer him a drink. Everyone felt anxious for her, thinking he'd coldly reject her and kick her out of the banquet without mercy.

Instead, Gu Lin poured her a glass of juice, took the glass of alcohol for himself, and lowered his glass beneath hers when they clinked. In a gentle voice, he said, "Be good. You can't drink right now."

4.

On another snowy night, Gu Jia came to apologize in the middle of a heavy snowfall.

The room was warm as spring. Xi Ning looked out the window as Gu Lin bit her lip, not too gently and not too hard, and said, "Pay attention."

"You like them young, hmm? Is he better at this than I am?" His usually cool, aloof eyes were tinged with a different kind of desire.

Gu Jia's voice outside gradually faded. She arched her back, her graceful swanlike neck glistening with sweat. All she heard was the man repeatedly asking in a low voice, "Who am I?"

She impatiently called Gu Lin's name several times before he finally gave in, taking his time.

Bonus scene

Once, Xi Ning's best friend asked whether Gu Lin was sexually frigid.

Xi Ning was a little angry because Gu Lin had kept her up late the night before. "He's pretty frigid, yeah. I've started wondering if he can even perform."

Gu Lin happened to see the message she'd sent as he handed her a glass of warm water. He said nothing.

The next day, Xi Ning's voice was hoarse. When her friend asked, she said she'd had a nightmare about being chased and bitten by a dog, and cried for ages.

Gu Lin: Hmph.

What Gu Lin didn't know was that Xi Ning could hold her liquor, and she hadn't mistaken him for Gu Jia that first time.

He was the dream she could never reach, and she was determined to make it come true.

Gu Lin fell in love only once, with his nephew's girlfriend. It had to be her, and could only be her.

Reading guide:

1. The female lead is no saint. She's scheming, and she's always liked the male lead. She dated the second male lead and deliberately used him to get close to the male lead. The second male lead was initially attracted to her looks, and only realized later that he truly loved her.

2. The female lead is 20 and the male lead is 27, a seven-year age gap.

3. The second male lead will face a long road to redemption, with a few brief love-triangle moments.

Theme: It had to be you, it could only be you.