The Charming Beauty Returns to the City in the Nineties

A beauty who loves looking pretty vs. a scheming bastard Six years later, not long after Shi Ying returned to Nancheng, her boyfriend coaxed her into attending a get-together with his buddies. Shi Ying arrived in a pretty dress, with lovely curls and heels, dazzling everyone in the room. Her boyfriend draped an arm around his beautiful girlfriend's shoulders, grinning with unmistakable pride. "You're all getting on in years. Hurry up and find yourselves girlfriends." Everyone else was friendly and asked Shi Ying if she had any pretty friends like herself she could introduce them to. Only the man sitting directly across from Shi Ying wore an indifferent expression and didn't even look at her. But under the table, he held her hand in a tight grip. A closer look at his face revealed mockery beneath his calm expression. Shi Ying fought the urge to slap him and tried not to let anyone notice how guilty she felt. After all, six years ago, he'd plied her with good food and gifts, promising to get her a job if she'd date him. But she hadn't dated him for long before dumping him and disappearing. After they finally called it a night, Shi Ying was on her way home, listening to her boyfriend apologize over the phone. He said he was coming to see her. Then the man's lazy, chilly voice came from behind her. "Tell him to get lost." P.S. The current boyfriend is just a disposable character. They'll break up soon. It's 1v1! Coming soon: My 190-Centimeter Hardware Store Owner Fell for Me. Please add it to your reading list! A little fairy who can no longer dance x a down-to-earth, cool, handsome 190-centimeter hardware store owner In 2008, the whole country was watching the Olympics in the capital, Beijing. But Yu Yan left bustling Beijing with a huge suitcase and headed for Huai City, a small place in the north. Yu Yan had never been to Huai City. After winding her way around, she found the old apartment her biological father had left her, up four flights of stairs. She stared in a daze as her suitcase gave out on the last landing. A languid-looking man came down the stairs. He wore a black tank top, and water dripped from his stiff-looking black hair, freshly washed. Beautiful clothes were strewn all over the staircase. The man's dark eyes fell by chance on a little piece of pink lace underwear. Yu Yan hurriedly picked it up, awkwardly clutching it in her hand and hiding it behind her back. Her fair face looked flustered and flushed, and her beauty seemed completely out of place in the shabby old building. Qi Fang lowered his brows slightly and bent to pick up the colorful clothes. He clicked his tongue to himself. He'd never seen so many bright colors in his life. Some time later, Qi Fang was minding the shop while a crowd gathered at the entrance to play cards. They said a pretty woman had opened a dance studio on the street ahead, and that plenty of people wanted to pursue her. Qi Fang listened absentmindedly, thinking of the strange soap-like scent he'd caught whenever they brushed past each other in the narrow stairwell. Yu Yan actually found it hard to handle the warmth and lack of boundaries of the people in Huai City. They often asked why she'd come from Beijing to their little town, whether she had a boyfriend, and what kind of man she was looking for. She hadn't thought about it. She hadn't thought about anything. She just wanted to live quietly for a while. But she hadn't expected that, perhaps because he'd seen her get pestered so often, her upstairs neighbor would make her an offer. They'd barely spoken before, and he looked fierce and like a bit of a hoodlum. Sitting on the stairs with one leg bent, he lounged lazily when he saw her and said, "Need a fake boyfriend? Two hundred a month." Yu Yan: ??? He seemed to be chewing gum. His brows lifted above his narrowed eyes. "I'll give you a twenty-percent discount the first month. We live right above and below each other, so you get security service included." Yu Yan thought about it. Two hundred wasn't much, and he looked like someone you didn't want to mess with. Plenty of single women living alone in Beijing got big dogs, after all. She looked again at his eerily bright, shadowy eyes... and hesitantly nodded. Later, Qi Fang heard plenty of stories about the lovely little Yu. He heard she'd once been a principal dancer on television, and that she danced beautifully. She'd even been set to perform at the Olympic opening ceremony, but she'd fallen and injured her leg during rehearsals. She'd never be able to dance again. He thought he had a heart of stone. But that night, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Eventually, with his hair sticking up, he went downstairs and knocked on her door. When she answered, her eyes still sleepy, he said, "Yu Yan, I've saved over a hundred thousand yuan." Yu Yan: ? He scratched his head, looking annoyed. "Do you want to get your leg treated? Medical technology is so advanced now. If they can't do it here, you can always go abroad." Yu Yan blinked, then suddenly interrupted him. "Qi Fang, are you in love with me?" Theme: Rekindling an old love