The Bright Moon Shines Long Over Flower City

[An ambitious, radiant journalist × an aloof CEO uncle, with an eight-year age gap. From using each other to a love neither can let go of.]

When Tang Lizhi was young, her parents were murdered by their enemies. Her grandmother raised her by collecting recyclables, and Tang Lizhi desperately needed money.

Though Bai Yu came from a wealthy family, he was caught up in a family power struggle. He needed to use Tang Lizhi’s position as a journalist to build his reputation.

During a PR battle, Tang Lizhi got her hands on an exclusive scoop. She never expected that Bai Yu, CEO of Feimo Group, the man who had once sat in a million-yuan luxury car and honked furiously at her because her grandmother was blocking the road while collecting recyclables, would one day lower his head and beg her.

“Please help me.” Bai Yu lowered his eyes and gripped her wrist tightly.

“Mr. Bai, you must be joking. I’m just an unknown little reporter. What could I possibly do for you?” Tang Lizhi pretended to be unconcerned.

Bai Yu lowered his gaze. “The situation is special. You’re the only one who can help.”

Tang Lizhi pursed her lips, still holding back her anger. “Hah. That’s no way to ask someone for help.”

He took a deep breath, swallowed his arrogant pride, and begged her. “Fine. Tell me what to do.”

Tang Lizhi lifted her chin, her ambitious gaze fixed on him. “Help me climb the ladder.”

From the moment they made their deal, they both understood that their relationship was nothing more than using each other.

So,

The impoverished twenty-four-year-old Tang Lizhi used him as a ladder.

The thirty-two-year-old CEO Bai Yu treated her as a diversion.

Both acted as though they were confidently in control of love, believing they could be the winner of this game.

“She’s just a little reporter. What kind of trouble could she possibly cause?” Bai Yu said dismissively.

“I don’t care whether you think highly of me. I’ll just use your power to make myself stronger,” Tang Lizhi thought.

It took ten years for thirty-four-year-old Tang Lizhi and forty-two-year-old Bai Yu to finally realize that once love has ensnared you, there’s no escaping it.

Your body can escape, your actions can escape, your words can escape.

But your thoughts and feelings can never escape.

Love isn’t clear-headedness or restraint.

Love is the surrender of free will.

Their agreed term is over, but Bai Yu refuses to let go.

“Name your terms for renewing the contract.” His expression is full of pleading.

Tang Lizhi bends down, bringing her lips close to his nose, and teases him. “Uncle, you’re too old. I don’t want to renew.”

“Your wings have grown, have they?” Bai Yu pulls her onto his lap.

Tang Lizhi merely raises one corner of her mouth. “Renewing with a billionaire boss lady is going to cost a lot more than it did back then.”

Bai Yu’s habit of driving his Mercedes-Benz G-Class every day to help Tang Lizhi’s grandmother haul cardboard to sell has become a favorite topic of conversation in the urban village:

“What’s this young man’s story?”

“Wouldn’t the money from selling cardboard barely cover the gas?”

“Can you believe he’s got a pile of scrap in the back of a G-Class?”

“...”

While everyone looks on in confusion, Bai Yu just smiles. “What matters most is that Grandma is happy.”

See how an impoverished college girl makes use of every advantage and changes her fate, step by step:

“The poor girl who used to collect scrap with her grandmother in the urban village is now worth over a hundred million, shining brighter than ever.”

Reader’s Guide:

1. The whole novel is already written. Jump in without worry. Updates every day~

2. Both leads are strong, and each has a complete career arc. The female lead is incredibly inspiring. The romance develops slowly, with plenty of push and pull.

3. All names, places, company names, and events in the story are fictional. Any resemblance is coincidental.

Theme: Loving you means giving you the wings to achieve your dreams.