The Midnight Flower Carriage

[Clearheaded, Cool Beauty X Cunning Rich Playboy]

1

Rumor had it that Ming Shanxin, the top name on the playboy list, returned home after five years away on family business and, in full view of everyone, dragged third-tier actress Xiang Nanzhi into his car.

Outside the car windows, rain poured down. Inside, he kissed her so desperately she could hardly breathe.

His arrogant attempt to take her by force earned him nothing but the sight of her leaning against a tree and vomiting after she got out of the car.

Even Xiang Nanzhi herself was surprised. The man who had made her heart flutter five years ago had become nothing more than a trigger for filthy memories.

She felt utterly disgusted: disgusted by the dark days she'd lived through back then, and by how calculating she herself had been.

2

Ming Shanxin had never gone back to an old flame, but this time he tried every trick to win her over: luxury watches, handbags, flowers, even cooking for her himself.

All so he could get the slightest emotional reaction out of her.

She finally gave in to temptation on the day her younger brother was declared dead. She called him first. "Come find me. Now."

This time, it was the once-arrogant man who rushed to her side, windswept and weary. "So you finally decided to call me?"

She opened her phone and searched for a photo of the father of the woman he'd long been engaged to by arrangement. "Make sure he dies a horrible death. I'll belong to you for the rest of my life."

She thought the man would at least hesitate, but the next second he pulled her into his arms and answered with utmost tenderness, "All right."

Reader's guide:

1. Neither the male nor female lead is perfect. The male lead is a womanizer with a carefree playboy persona. The female lead shuts herself off after being hurt emotionally early on, but later opens up and helps heal more people like her.

2. The story has a tiny, tiny, tiny bit of suspense.

Theme: Walking together through the darkness.