[A liar with a rotten heart who means well x a loyal puppy with a prickly-hedgehog personality]
Shortly before Jiang Siyi's twenty-fourth birthday, she landed a lucrative overseas contract as a private hire.
She'd heard that a pampered heiress from a wealthy family had gotten into rebellion lately.
She was copying other people's smoking, drinking, dyeing her hair, and clubbing.
She had such a rebellious streak that her daughter-obsessed father spent night after night with splitting headaches, so distraught he wept.
The pay they offered was good.
There was no reason to turn it down.
With that thought in mind, Jiang Siyi gritted her teeth and worked hard, devoting herself to her job so thoroughly that she was a model of professionalism.
Sad? Comfort her!
Afraid of the dark? Sleep beside her!
Confession? ...Hold on!
She looked at the deep affection that had somehow filled the eyes that were once so wary, and suddenly found herself unable to say the words of refusal.
Forget it, forget it.
She'd just consider it a spontaneous act of kindness on her part.
She'd follow the saying about seeing a good deed through to the end and helping someone all the way.
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Sun Nian had always known that Jiang Siyi was a liar who could ensnare people's hearts.
She lied about her tragic past, saying she was a poor student who had traveled far from home to pursue her dreams.
She lied that their future together was bright, and that she would make room for their relationship in her life plans.
She lied that they had all the time in the world, that they still had a long road ahead of them, and that she would love Sun Nian until the seas ran dry and the rocks crumbled.
One day, in the midst of their pleasure, Sun Nian propped her head up and half closed her eyes, her pale fingertip brushing Jiang Siyi's warm lips.
She couldn't help asking, "How long is forever, according to you?"
Jiang Siyi parted her lips slightly, desire flushing her cheeks.
She answered sincerely, "Even if you hate me, I'll love you forever."
Sun Nian paused, then lightly kissed her forehead.
In a tender voice, she said, "I always find it too easy to believe you. Jiang Siyi, don't lie to me."
The woman laughed at her.
The tremors of pleasure, their bodies pressed together, sent warmth across Sun Nian's skin.
Jiang Siyi took Sun Nian's fingertip and rubbed it against the tip of her nose, whispering gently, "Baby, have you ever heard the story of Pinocchio?"
That night, the woman was as beautiful as a god.
So Sun Nian stubbornly took every sweet nothing she said as a promise.
Summer in Italy was scorching and brief.
The bird from the East had had its fill of nectar and was ready to fly home.
Jiang Siyi left.
She left without a sound.
At last, Sun Nian learned the price of giving her heart to a liar.
She was trapped for five years in this woman's honey-sweet web.
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Theme: It's love that's half true and half false that gets people hooked.
