In the second year of Xu Chaozhao’s job in Italy, she ended up in bed with a young racing driver who drove in F2.
Lin Xingyuan was young, handsome, and good in bed.
Work was putting too much pressure on her. She needed a little comfort.
This relationship began carelessly: Xu Chaozhao made her decision after sleeping with him just once.
It ended just as carelessly.
It was pouring that night. She heard Lin Xingyuan leave with his suitcase and couldn’t even be bothered to look back.
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On the night they broke up, Lin Xingyuan sat in his car downstairs all night.
After thinking it over from every angle, he finally reached a conclusion:
He’d been dumped because he wasn’t valuable enough.
Xu Chaozhao must have left him because he wasn’t good enough. Resolving to learn from the pain, Lin Xingyuan threw himself into racing, determined to become someone more useful.
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At twenty-eight, Xu Chaozhao was transferred back to China from the Italian headquarters.
Her career was going smoothly, and she also had a relationship others envied.
Her life was peaceful and steady, until Lin Xingyuan appeared again.
Years later, Xu Chaozhao watched the entire race at Monza as a sponsor.
Lin Xingyuan started from pole position, but a multi-car crash halfway through the race cost him the first podium finish of his F1 career.
After the race, he kept Xu Chaozhao in the pit garage. His gaze was damp as he looked at her, but his voice remained gentle and calm:
“Let me stay by your side, okay?”
Xu Chaozhao turned the ring on her finger. “You know I have a boyfriend now.”
He gave a faint smile. “You can have two.”
[Reader’s Guide]
1. Older woman and younger man / five-year age gap / the male lead is devoted to her in body and mind; after breaking up, the female lead has a new romantic partner.
2. Read her name as Xu Chaozhao, with Zhao pronounced as in “zhao.” The female lead is not perfect.
3. Neither lead is based on a real person. All racing teams, drivers, and brand names are fictional, so please don’t associate them with real ones.
4. I’m just an ordinary spectator of four-wheel racing. Explanations of racing-related topics will be in the author’s notes. If there are any technical errors, I apologize in advance and welcome corrections.
Theme: The sun named you.
