Not So Innocent

Marriage first, love later | Second male lead takes the lead | Brooding, possessive man x flirtatious woman

Love is a little patch of moss growing in a shadowy corner, silently spreading into the sunlight and stealing its warmth.

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Xie Xingning and Lou Jingtang met through a scheme.

In a dim attic, their overheated bodies curled up in opposite corners, each loathing the other.

At the time, one was a pawn in a family alliance, while the other was an adopted son of unknown origins.

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Later, Lou Jingtang became a business legend who could command the winds and rain, fierce, cold, and ill-tempered.

The old and new playboys of Yancheng saw him as a demon and stayed far away.

Xie Xingning remained bound by her engagement. The Zhou family looked down on her, and she had no desire to marry into it, so they remained at an impasse.

Until someone used the same old trick and locked them together.

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A crowd stormed into the outdoor hot spring

Beneath the misting steam, Xie Xingning curled up in the man's arms, looking almost fragile.

Only Lou Jingtang saw the sly glint in her eyes, her red lips lifting in a smile of smug satisfaction at having gotten her revenge.

He played along, undoing his expensive buttons to reveal skin damp and flushed with a suggestive red.

He made their supposedly improper relationship a fact with his own hands.

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Bound together by gossip, the two used each other and got what they needed.

One was certain he would never love; the other thought he didn't understand love.

Like fragile green plants that could only grow in a shadowy, turbulent environment, they silently chased the light, instinctively drawing closer to each other until they felt the other's warmth.

[Weibo screenshot saved on 2025/2/6]

Theme: Don't get caught up in needless worries. Love the people who deserve your love