Lost in the Harbor Night

[Height Difference / Fostered in Another's Home / Sex and Hate / Wife-Chasing at the Crematorium]

[Reckless young heir x Gentle, serene, well-behaved girl]

1.

After her family suffered a sudden upheaval, Qiao Yusheng was sent to stay with relatives in Hong Kong City.

When she first arrived at the He home, she was wearing a pale green modernized qipao.

Her figure was graceful, her waist slender and elegant, like a misty haze lingering over a Jiangnan water town.

"Azhou, I'll leave Xiao Qiao in your care for a while," her aunt said, taking Qiao Yusheng's hand and speaking to the person leaning sideways against the stair railing.

Hearing this, He Tingzhou's gaze darkened, and a hint of irritation instinctively appeared between his brows.

"I can't take care of her. She's too well-behaved."

2.

The youngest son of Hong Kong City's most powerful He family, He Tingzhou was rebellious and proud, 190 centimeters tall, broad-shouldered and slim-waisted.

He was surrounded by admirers, but not one of them could win his favor.

On the night of her eighteenth birthday,

At her friends' urging, Qiao Yusheng slipped into the room at the end of the second-floor hallway.

Dim yellow light spilled across the wooden floor, where two intertwined shadows were reflected.

The young woman sat on He Tingzhou's lap, her arms around his neck.

He Tingzhou glanced at her indifferently, without a trace of emotion.

"Don't tempt me. You're not my type."

3.

When they met again, the office was silent and deserted.

Documents stained with water were scattered messily across the floor.

The woman's collar was askew, and her exposed pale skin was covered with red marks.

He Tingzhou lowered his eyes and breathed softly, his voice low and seductive. "Are they forcing you to get married?"

"So what?" Qiao Yusheng replied indifferently. "I'd be marrying someone either way."

His hands, clasped on either side of her waist, tightened again and again.

He Tingzhou was about to speak, but Qiao Yusheng cut him off first.

"Anyone but you."

"You're not my type."

Silence stretched between them.

In the end, he was the first to give in, his pride ground into the dust.

"Shengsheng."

"Don't say yes to them."

"I'm begging you. Marry me."

[The days and nights without her hollowed him to the bone. He had nowhere to run, and he didn't want to run.]

*Both leads are sexually inexperienced.

*There is no intimacy of any kind while either character is underage.

2024.09.22

Theme: Cherish what you have.