CEO, Don't Love Me Too Much

[The new novel next door, The Gloomy Big Shot's Pampered Darling, is out now! If you like it, be sure to add it to your favorites!]

Jian Zhi once thought he and Ji Yanzhou, a wealthy heir, would never have anything to do with each other in their entire lives.

After all, they were worlds apart. He couldn't afford even one of the tiles beneath Ji Yanzhou's feet, even if he saved for half his life.

That is, until he accidentally smashed Ji Yanzhou's watch.

It wasn't expensive.

...Just 62 million.

Jian Zhi fell silent for a long moment before managing, "How about I... pay off the debt with myself?"

At the time, Ji Yanzhou lounged in the car, casting him a cool glance that perfectly embodied a capitalist's lofty arrogance.

"As if you're good enough."

-

Ji Yanzhou had been groomed as an heir since childhood, and knew full well that the honor and disgrace of his family rested on his shoulders.

So romance had never been part of his life plan.

Then Jian Zhi, shameless and overbearing, took over all his attention, only to announce right when Ji Yanzhou's feelings were stirred, "I'm going on a dating show."

Ji Yanzhou clamped a hand around his wrist, losing his composure for the first time in his life.

"A house, a car, a black card..."

His gaze was frank, and his looming shadow completely enveloped Jian Zhi. "I can give you everything you want."

On one condition:

"Don't go."

Jian Zhi just scratched his head and took half a step back, keeping his distance.

With a carefree smile, he said, "Mr. Ji, how could I possibly be good enough?"

[Bonus Scene]

Jian Zhi made time to attend a friend's birthday party.

After a few rounds of drinks, his head not quite clear, he started complaining about Ji Yanzhou:

"He's so naggy! I can't drink cold water in winter, I have to wear socks even at home, and he insists I finish two whole bowls of rice at every meal!"

"So annoying. Such a pain..."

His friend coughed, watching as Ji Yanzhou appeared out of nowhere and helped Jian Zhi to his feet.

A smile played at the corners of his eyes as he helped Jian Zhi into his coat. "You hate me again?"

After looping a scarf twice around his neck, Ji Yanzhou leaned close to Jian Zhi's ear as he tied it. "Zhizhi said I was amazing last night."

"Big cock, great in bed."

"So good."

Poor boy x domineering CEO

Eight-year age gap

[Strictly one-on-one, with the pursuer's feelings for the pursued being extremely, extremely obvious]

Coming soon: After a One-Night Stand with the Male Lead. If you like it, add it to your favorites!

Shi Sheng transmigrated into a book.

He became a sickly supporting male character in an old-school melodramatic novel.

He couldn't lift anything heavy or take a hit, and even climbing a flight of stairs left him clutching his chest and gasping for three minutes.

To avoid dying young, he spent over a decade working as a mere tool of a housekeeper by Jing Heng's side.

At last, the day Jing Heng became head of the family, Shi Sheng had saved up a huge retirement fund. Then one wild night of reckless indulgence changed everything.

He and Jing Heng...

...slept together.

-

Shi Sheng tried to pretend it had never happened.

He told Jing Heng, "I was already planning to return to my hometown. Nobody else will know about this besides you and me."

"Don't worry, young master." Shi Sheng lowered his eyes, looking very respectful. "It won't affect your relationship with your future wife."

At the time, Jing Heng held a cigarette between his fingers. His gaze was dark, and his every move already carried the authority of the head of the family.

"They found a camera in the room."

"You can't leave until they catch the culprit."

-

Shi Sheng believed him.

He had no choice but to move back into his old room.

But as time went by, more and more things felt wrong.

His hands and feet were always weak and sore, and wherever he went, he felt like someone was watching him. Then one day, after a shower, he discovered a large patch of hickeys on his back.

They stretched from his tailbone to his neck, blue and purple, clearly layered on day after day.

He stumbled to the door of Jing Heng's study, intending to say he was leaving that very night.

But the study door wasn't fully closed. Through the crack, Shi Sheng heard Jing Heng's low, hoarse voice:

"He can't leave."

"You have no idea how badly I want to lock him up."

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