Ospreys Call by the River

Completed | Female lead abuses male lead | Devoted puppy-dog male lead

My wife can torment me a thousand times, and I’ll still treat her like my first love

[The blurb and the story differ a little, but not much. The blurb isn't copied word for word~ If you're on the male lead's side, don't read this; it doesn't treat him well. If you like it, please add it to your favorites and leave a comment~~]

Yao Tiao was the one who seduced Ji Zhizhou first.

Yao Tiao had never let a man get too close. She'd spent years conquering the dating scene, convinced she could make men of every personality and physique dance in the palm of her hand. By now, even the sight of a man bored her.

How dull.

Ji Zhizhou was a nobody from the bottom of the entertainment industry, neither a hit nor a flop, with only a handful of fans who swore they would always support him.

At a glance, Yao Tiao took a liking to this well-behaved young man, whose cold appearance hid a surprising side, and boldly began pursuing him with wild abandon.

One night, the two of them pressed close together, lost in passion. Yao Tiao held him and whispered, "You weren't seriously dating me either, were you?"

Ji Zhizhou stiffened. He held her tighter and asked, "How have I not been serious?"

"Do you want me to rip out my heart and hand it to you?"

Yao Tiao smiled, thinking he was just being childish.

Before long, just as Yao Tiao had expected, she got bored. She'd spotted a man who seemed a hundred times better than Ji Zhizhou. His physique, his personality, everything about him captivated her.

She broke up with Ji Zhizhou. That very night, burning with a high fever, he rushed to Yao Tiao's home, his whole body scorching. With tears in his eyes but stubborn reluctance on his face, he took her hand and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Why? What did I do wrong?"

"I'll change, okay?"

A hand suddenly shot out and slapped Ji Zhizhou's away. The man wrapped an arm around Yao Tiao's waist. She smiled at him as if chiding him for being so rough. He said, "Tiao, younger guys are such a pain. I'm not like that."

Yao Tiao smiled and put her arms around him. "That's right."

Then she turned to Ji Zhizhou with a cold expression. Looking into her eyes, Ji Zhizhou felt as if he'd fallen into an icy abyss.

"It's just like you think. I'm bored."

Ji Zhizhou didn't bother her again. As he turned to leave, two streams of tears slid down his cheeks and disappeared in the torrential rain.

After that day, Ji Zhizhou never wanted to see Yao Tiao again. He decided to shut his heart away and return to the cold, aloof person he'd always been.

On the surface: A cold-outside, warm-inside, beautiful and tragic younger man x a refined, sexy older woman

In reality: A devoted, single-minded puppy x a warm-outside, cold-inside queen of the dating scene

Content warnings: The female lead has a past, while the male lead is inexperienced. The female lead is genuinely a scumbag (she just wants to give every handsome man a home), and the male lead is genuinely obsessed (no matter how badly she treats him, she can always coax him back in the end).

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