Clear-headed, pragmatic heroine with ambitions of her own x obsessive, unhinged golden-boy hero
Xu Shunyu believes in one principle: Love fades, but self-interest never betrays you.
Her high school years were the darkest time of her life.
They were each other's first love, but Lin Qiuyao couldn't give her the life she wanted. She chose to break up with him, but he wouldn't stop pestering her.
That day, Su City was drenched in torrential rain. Xu Shunyu wore a custom designer gown her new boyfriend had given her, on her way to a banquet. The moment she stepped out of the taxi, Lin Qiuyao blocked her path in the rain.
Lin Qiuyao had always been thin. As the rain soaked him, his face turned deathly pale, his pallor tinged with a gloomy, sickly air.
"Are you really happy being someone's kept bird?"
"It's still better than being a sparrow that never knows where its next meal is coming from!"
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Within three years of their breakup, Xu Shunyu entered the entertainment industry on the strength of her looks. Riding the glow of her marriage into a wealthy family, she stood in the spotlight before countless admirers. Ambitious, she planned to use that influence to keep climbing, but in a single moment, she fell to rock bottom.
The person who fanned the flames was Lin Qiuyao.
He was no longer the penniless young man he had once been. Now he was one of the heirs to the Lin Group, a man of impeccable status whose every gesture showed the composure of someone in power. He was still dazzling, but the youthful fire was gone, replaced by a gloomy, obsessive nature.
He watched her, moved in next door, and hemmed her in at every turn.
Like a wounded beast, he sank his teeth into her neck, determined to drag her with him into an endless abyss.
Xu Shunyu had a backbone of steel and never admitted defeat.
"Lin Qiuyao, if you won't let me live in peace, then we can all die."
He answered in a low voice, calm and crazed at once: "Fine. Then we'll die together."
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After losing everything, Xu Shunyu stopped relying on other people's influence to climb. She relied on herself and fought for the life she wanted.
When she no longer cared about Lin Qiuyao's games of pursuit and entanglement,
that fierce beast with its claws bared knelt before her, eyes red. All his cruelty fell away, leaving only a humble plea:
"Please, don't leave me again."
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^ The leads were each other's first love, and the heroine has been married!
^ The heroine is a strong, career-driven type with flaws in her personality. Readers who want a perfect heroine, beware. The hero has a pathological attachment to her!
Ongoing novel: My Boss's First Love, Please show it some support!
Blurb
Sunny, outgoing intern vs. stern, reserved boss
On her first day at work, Yuan Xia'an made a major workplace blunder: she started an office romance with her boss.
Rumors were flying around the company. Everyone said the boss had someone he loved and was saving himself for that person.
Only Yuan Xia'an knew it was all a misunderstanding.
Her boss had broad shoulders and a slim waist, with an extraordinary air about him. He seemed aloof, but in private he was gentle and considerate, and an excellent cook, too.
They happened to live across the hall from each other. Her boss often cooked for her, and the food was delicious, but at home, they did nothing but eat together.
Yuan Xia'an found it all terribly dull.
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On the eve of their breakup, she discovered that her boss had someone he treasured as his one true love. It suddenly made sense: he had been keeping himself for that person all along.
Before she could say anything, her boss was the first to bring up breaking up.
After the breakup, he shed his gentle mask and turned into a ruthless capitalist, making things difficult for her at every turn at work.
Yuan Xia'an realized she was merely a substitute for her boss's true love.
Before her internship was even over, she angrily flung her resignation letter at him and walked out.
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She thought they were even and that would be the end of it. But after returning to her hometown, Yuan Xia'an ran into her boss again, only to discover he had been her childhood neighbor and the nightmare of her high school years.
She disliked him even more and was determined to keep her distance.
The first time, on a bench in their neighborhood, he looked at her with resentment. "You have to take responsibility for me."
Yuan Xia'an suddenly remembered that at nineteen, heartbroken and drunk, she had impulsively kissed a handsome stranger!
So the person her boss had been saving himself for was her?
The second time, while her parents were out, her boss barged into her home, eyes full of hurt. "Can't you choose me?"
The third time, a lingering kiss fell upon her lips, and her boss pleaded softly, "Call me big brother."
Yuan Xia'an gently shook her head, her voice soft. "You should call me your wife."
Theme: Only by relying on yourself can you create happiness.
The male protagonist doesn't deserve to be with the female protagonist when she was humiliated by others in the past. I hope the female protagonist can be uniquely beautiful and the male protagonist can't love her without suffering for the rest of her life [rolls eyes]