Rain Tonight

Older woman and younger man | Six-year age gap | She holds the power

Ice-cold beauty x scheming younger man

Zhou Yu had never done anything out of line in her life.

From school to work, even choosing a marriage partner, she followed a list of rules in black and white, never allowing herself to stray from the path.

But then she met Cheng Sixun.

The young man was arrogant and full of himself, and in just a few days, he turned her life upside down.

On the night she was supposed to meet her arranged match's parents, the restaurant and the reception room were separated by only one wall. Cheng Sixun reached from behind her to take down a glass from the top shelf, leaning over to watch her eyes in the reflection.

His voice was low, his chest nearly against her back. "You and my brother aren't right for each other."

Just one sentence.

Zhou Yu's fingertips went slack, and the glass in her hand shattered on the floor.

Zhou Yu knew her relationship with Cheng Sixun had to stay hidden.

By the time they met again, they were worlds apart.

Cheng Sixun was a top musician who had won countless awards at home and abroad. Everyone said Zhou Yu could never land him with her shabby little studio.

Zhou Yu refused to give up. She cornered him for days on end, even forcing herself to smile and drink until she was blackout drunk at a banquet just to see him.

Standing outside the hotel, she looked at Cheng Sixun with stubborn resolve. "If we set aside what happened between us, could you..."

"No."

They were barely half a step apart.

She watched Cheng Sixun slowly bend down, the tip of his nose brushing past the curve of her ear.

"You said it yourself." The next second, his voice sounded by her ear. "From now on, we never see each other again."

On the eve of their engagement, Cheng Sixun finally noticed the matching ring on Zhou Yu's finger.

He put out his cigarette and, without a word, pulled her from the entryway into the bedroom.

He pinned her hands behind her back. Her dress was crumpled, and she couldn't move.

"Cheng Sixun!"

The man pressed against her seemed not to hear. He buried his face in her neck, and the repeated stabs of pain numbed her senses, trying to consume every bit of her reason.

"Choose me or him?"

Zhou Yu didn't answer. Cheng Sixun pressed her against the door and gripped her chin, forcing her to look up. "He doesn't love you at all."

His eyes turned crimson beyond his control. He gently stroked the diamond stud on her earlobe, saying over and over, "I'm the one who loves you most."

Just like that winter when they first met, when sixteen-year-old Cheng Sixun saw Zhou Yu for the first time.

She wore a spotless white dress. Taking a handkerchief from her schoolbag, she bent down to wipe the blood from his face. Her earring brushed against him and fell to the ground, but she didn't notice.

Cheng Sixun closed the door and clutched it in his palm, whispering her name over and over.

"Zhou Yu."

"Whether it was before or what comes next, you're the only one I want."

Reader's guide:

The male lead is sexually inexperienced; the female lead is not.

Radio host x musician

The leads are imperfect. The story's values do not represent the author's. Enjoy reading~

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