Lost in the Lingering Warmth

* Mutual pining, reunited after years apart

* Alluring restaurant owner x proud, aloof heir to a wealthy family

Su Chengye, the heir to a top family, is twenty-eight, unmarried, and has never been involved in a romantic scandal.

At a banquet, a few young men got drunk and gathered to bet on who had the greatest charm and could chat up the prettiest girl there.

A flash of red among the crowd, bright and beautiful.

"Her!"

"Pick someone else."

The silent, imposing man in the corner suddenly spoke. He lifted his eyes slightly, and everyone straightened up.

"Young Master Su, interested?"

"No."

That night, a tempting flash of red lay on a soft, white bed.

That day, rain veiled the floor-to-ceiling windows, while lightning flashed and thunder roared outside the seventeenth-floor apartment.

Su Chengye pinned Jiang Pingtang against the cold wall. He slowly swept the hair away from her ear, but his fingers trembled, and his eyes had reddened.

"I didn't touch you so you could betray me."

He bent toward her. She didn't move.

"You weren't that close to him."

"Kiss me!"

He was consumed by jealousy.

On New Year's Eve, snow blanketed the world outside.

Afterward, he lounged lazily on the sofa with a cigarette between his teeth. Her hair still damp, she nestled in his arms and toyed with his large hand as if getting back at him.

"How did you get by without me?"

"Take a guess. How many times can I do it while looking at your picture?"

"But that picture is from years ago."

"I already belonged to you back then."

He exhaled smoke, held the back of her head, and kissed her passionately.

* Reading Guide

1. He is eight years older.

2. Includes some bittersweet memories, but at heart it's a sweet romance.

3. A little angst for the male lead, and a little romantic rivalry.

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* I'll start writing once this reaches 300 collections. Please, passing readers, add it to your collections! I really want to write this one.

Flirty, tough, soft-and-sweet girl x incredibly handsome investor

At eighteen, Meng Xin's fate played two jokes on her, neither small nor large:

First, her fishing village was demolished, and her family received a generous payout, enough for her to go to university.

Second, she met Shen Tingzhou.

The first was thanks to the second.

At the time, Shen Tingzhou had just returned from abroad. He bought islands, land, ships, and gold mines, investing billions. His youthful arrogance showed in every way.

Shen Tingzhou was truly fierce, and truly handsome.

-- May 2017

That was how Meng Xin's notebook began its account of Shen Tingzhou.

·

The clear sea shimmered so brightly it made her eyes ache. In a journalist's camera frame, the handsome, refined man smiled warmly, stirring other thoughts in Meng Xin.

"That girl likes you. Want to take her home?"

"If you like her, go after her. I'm not interested."

Her crush was youthful, clumsy, and easy to read. It was inevitable that she'd flee in embarrassment.

·

From eighteen to twenty-one, she outgrew her childish looks and applied for a job as an executive assistant. She never imagined she'd see Shen Tingzhou again.

"Look, isn't that the girl who likes you? She even followed you all the way here. Still not interested?"

"I don't feel anything."

Everyone teased them, and Meng Xin just smiled.

Shen Tingzhou had barely left when the phone on her desk rang.

"Video call tonight. Wear the pink one."

"When are you going to show your face? I want to see you."

The assistant he had no interest in during the day transformed into his online girlfriend, the woman who haunted his dreams at night through a screen.

·

Meng Xin never knew how he found out. One day, she opened the door and Shen Tingzhou was standing outside.

His eyes were red, and his temper was fierce as he backed her step by step into the bedroom.

"Jiang Nianbai said he isn't a virgin. Is that your doing?"

"What does it matter to me if he's a virgin?"

"It wasn't you?"

"No."

·

Jiang Nianbai was always telling Shen Tingzhou, "Everyone has to suffer for love eventually. It's not that it won't happen, just that the time hasn't come."

Shen Tingzhou knew full well that his so-called suffering had begun five years ago. He was the one who had fallen first.

Theme: Love life