Echoes Between Beijing and Hong Kong [Second Chances]

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Spoiled, demanding princess x restrained, unhinged obsessive | 70% anti-piracy

Arranged marriage between wealthy families | age gap | height and size difference | instinctive attraction | rekindled romance

"Drive me mad / just don't leave me in this abyss / where I can never find you"

The Huo family of Hong Kong is one of the most renowned and prestigious families on the island.

As the Huo family's only daughter, Huo Xintong is not only stunningly beautiful but also uniquely elegant, earning her the title of the Rose of Hong Kong.

Countless admirers have fallen at her feet, yet not one has ever earned a second glance.

When news of her arranged marriage broke, the social circles of Hong Kong and the mainland were in an uproar.

The reason was that her intended was the new head of the Meng family, a top mainland conglomerate.

Rumor has it that Meng Yunian has the bones of a beauty and an elegant, noble air. Yet he stands at the very summit of the world of wealth and power, making him an even more untouchable figure than before.

A business marriage without love in exchange for four more years of freedom.

Huo Xintong, who has always put her family's interests first, agrees at once.

Then the wedding date is set, and the two meet in person.

They gaze at one another through a curtain of crystal lights. Meng Yunian's expression is solemn, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose. His cool, inscrutable eyes seem to smile behind the lenses.

Huo Xintong's heart skips a beat, and she instinctively wants to run.

The man suddenly grips her slender wrist and towers over her, completely enveloping her in his shadow.

"What, pretending you don't know me?"

-

No one knows that when Huo Xintong was studying in California, she once plucked this untouchable beauty from his lofty perch with her own hands.

In public, beneath Meng Yunian's warm and gentle exterior lies a coldness that seeps into his bones.

In private, however, he gives her everything she wants, indulging her without limits.

She accepts his exclusive devotion without a second thought, but remains clearheaded.

It is nothing more than a fleeting affair they both understand.

So she breaks things off decisively and flies back to Hong Kong overnight, cutting off all contact.

They spend three years apart, without a word.

When they meet again, Huo Xintong looks at him as if an entire lifetime has passed.

She drops the ladylike facade she has long grown tired of and looks at him without a trace of lingering affection. "Wouldn't it be better to forget the past?"

The next second, the man lifts a strand of her hair to his lips and kisses it, speaking in the same tender voice she remembers:

"But Yaoyao, I can't forget."

He knows that beneath her beautiful appearance, she is spoiled, willful, and utterly heedless of other people's feelings.

And yet he willingly bows his head, going mad for her.

He did before, and he does now, even more so.

-

[Married life bonus scene]

Huo Xintong has to admit that she and Meng Yunian are so compatible in certain ways.

She eagerly explores new things, and he patiently follows her lead at every step.

Until her wrists are restrained and the man's dark eyes turn to her, unreadable. His voice is hoarse:

"Yaoyao, get on top."

This blurb was screenshotted and archived on 2025/8/10.

A few content notes:

1. Both leads are inexperienced. Age gap and rekindled romance, with an angsty tone (the flashbacks are bittersweet).

2. The male lead loves only the female lead. At first he's a cool, restrained, honest man, but later he is driven to madness.

3. Primarily a romance, with little focus on their careers.

4. The quote is from Wuthering Heights.

Theme: Learning to love.