Ye Subai x Jiang Pei, a companion novel to Most Cherished, set at school and in the city
In her first year of high school, Ye Subai leaves behind her life as a cross-border student between Shenzhen and Hong Kong and enrolls at Jia Man Girls' Academy on Hong Kong Island.
The school uniform is a blue, Republic-era-style long gown and qipao, elegant and refined. But beneath the girls’ ladylike exteriors, their spirits are restless.
All the girls gossip about Jiang Pei, the campus heartthrob at the neighboring school. Ye Subai alone remains quiet and low-key, with alluring eyes and a graceful manner. She doesn’t even know who Jiang Pei is.
It’s during the season when bauhinia blossoms drift down that Ye Subai meets the bright, handsome boy.
She often thinks there can never be a future for them, yet she can’t help falling into his deep gaze, until the day she leaves without a word.
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Years later, heavily in debt, Ye Subai returns to Hong Kong and takes a job at a hotel on its last legs.
The hotel is put up for acquisition, and the representative of the prospective buyer comes to inspect it, specifically requesting that Ye Subai accompany him throughout the visit.
She hears that he’s a dashing young heir from the capital. Her boss begs her to make a good impression, but Ye Subai says coldly that she’s just an employee, not for sale.
Before long, the man steps out of his car and smiles faintly at her with his cool, handsome face. “Miss Ye, I look forward to working with you.”
In that moment, Ye Subai thinks the world might as well end already. The sooner, the better.
Sure enough, no matter how attentive she is, he’s never satisfied. At last, Ye Subai gathers her courage and asks, “Jiang Pei, what would make you happy?”
The man raises an eyebrow. “For example, seducing me.”
Ye Subai: “...”
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Theme: Embrace the sunshine and you.
