Name: Florence Symphony
Author: Xianyue Tang

Synopsis

[The companion novel Golden Berlin is currently updating. It's incredibly gripping, so please add it to your collection!] [The text is frequently revised. Pirated copies may be incomplete or jumbled. Only the official version is reliable.]

Yin Lian x Xiao Xiye | Cool-headed and rational x Scheming and devoted

Yin Lian's high school class belle got engaged to a rich second-generation heir and invited their mutual friends to dinner in a private room.

Halfway through the meal, a tall, well-built young man arrived late. He looked utterly weary, yet every feature and expression of his was captivating.

The guests of honor exchanged knowing glances and shifted seats. No one dared approach him, though everyone talked about him behind his back.

They said Xiao Xiye was handsome and came from a prominent family, but had a terrible temper. Trying to pursue him was just asking for misery.

Yin Lian kept picking at her food, showing no reaction at the mention of his name.

After dinner, the fashionable crowd dispersed. A graceful figure melted into the rustling rain, her snow-white hem swaying enchantingly.

Her friend pulled his gaze away, took a drag on his cigarette, then turned to Xiao Xiye.

"That Yin Lian is so gorgeous. How come you didn't even add her on WeChat?"

The young man leaned against the car with one long leg braced, giving a noncommittal reply. He seemed to have forgotten she existed.

That very night,

The bad-tempered man knocked on the gorgeous woman's door.

They drank from the same bottle, feeding each other mouth to mouth.

They ate strawberries from the same plate, sharing them with their lips.

And in the end, they ended up in the same bedroom,

wrapped in each other's arms and kissing.

-

After much thought, Yin Lian decided to end her relationship with Xiao Xiye.

She had agreed to be with him because the moonlight in Florence had bewitched her. He was probably only in it for fun, and her own motives weren't exactly innocent either.

This messy, chaotic relationship had no place in her future plans, and never would.

So, when she attended a banquet with her colleagues, she pretended to approach him to discuss business. After everyone else left, she explained the decision she'd carefully considered.

She went on at length, but he merely raised his eyes and glanced at her coolly before asking if she'd finished.

"It's work hours, Miss Yin. You want to talk about personal matters?"

Yin Lian thought he had a point, so she said they could discuss it at home.

But the moment she closed the door, she was silenced by the cold ring at the base of his finger grazing her. Her legs trembled uncontrollably as she begged him to stop.

Xiao Xiye simply took his time, his voice still languid.

"What were you saying back there? I didn't hear you. Say it again."

Yin Lian tried to speak, but only broken, disordered sounds escaped her. Tears ran from the corners of her eyes to her lips, where the young man kissed them away, not gently.

"Looks like you've found another way to say it."

He tenderly swept up her damp hair, his voice making her skin tingle.

The next moment, a cool, snake-like strip of leather wrapped tightly around her wrist...

There was no chance of escape.

"But if you can only make yourself sound convincing at times like this..."

"Then let's go somewhere else and talk it through slowly, hmm?"

-

Yin Lian had always believed that someone like Xiao Xiye was born with pride and arrogance in his bones. He wouldn't comfort anyone, let alone lower himself to apologize.

But she had never imagined that even a lazy, haughty man like him would spend a snowy night poring over the absurd relationship between them, turning it over and over in his mind.

"Yin Lian, have you ever thought that we could be together differently?"

As she was about to leave after another night of passion, Xiao Xiye held her hand and slowly rubbed his face against her palm, his voice hoarse.

"This time, you can be the one in control. What do you say?"

[The wind roars, the sun shines bright. All of Florence bears witness: all my faith, and all of me, belong only to you.]

Reading Guide: One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's only partners, she kisses first and falls in love later x he has been plotting his pursuit for a long time.

· Cool-headed, rational musician x wild and carefree young master

· See the author's note in Chapter One for reading tips

· Weibo: @Xianyue Tang, for an in-depth experience and occasional surprise updates!

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