Unbearable Syndrome

Vibrant Red Rose vs. Reserved Illegitimate Son

1v1, both sexually inexperienced

[Second Chance at Love / Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium]

1.

Yin Qingchu was one of the first generation of beauty streamers. With her long, lightly curled golden hair and foxlike eyes that tilted slightly upward, she looked both beautiful and alluring. She was called the female internet celebrity with the most star potential, and countless entertainment companies wanted to launch her career, but Yin Qingchu turned them all down.

One night, while she was on a video call with her friend Suna, the screen on the other end shifted, and a man in casual clothes appeared. He was looking down as he sipped his tea.

Yin Qingchu's hand, which had been stroking her cat, froze. For once, she lost control of her expression, leaving only panic on her face.

The man looked refined, aloof, and difficult to approach. Noticing the camera, he lifted his eyelids slightly and stared straight at it, a trace of impatience flickering between his brows.

Some people said he was Suna's new sugar daddy.

2.

They met again at a banquet hosted by a friend. The elite were gathered, glasses clinked, and Yin Qingchu went around greeting the guests with her friend's arm linked through hers.

Then, as she turned around, she saw Jiang Yanqing arriving late through the entrance. Her friend went up to greet him with a smile and introduced him: "Young Master Jiang, the future head of the Jiang family, and a prominent figure on the rich list."

What he didn't mention was that Jiang Yanqing had risen to the position of president of the Jiang Group through ruthless means, despite being born out of wedlock.

Yin Qingchu held out her hand, smiling stiffly. "Hello, Mr. Jiang. I'm Yin Qingchu."

The man didn't move for a long moment. Only after her friend gave a puzzled "Hm?" did he reach out and barely touch her hand.

Then they quickly let go.

Her friend smiled and asked if they knew each other.

Yin Qingchu denied it at once. "We don't know each other!"

Jiang Yanqing's expression didn't change. He gave a slight, resolute smile. "We've met once."

But after the banquet, in a hotel suite, Yin Qingchu hooked her arms around Jiang Yanqing's neck and rose onto her toes, kissing his cold, thin lips as she wept and murmured, just as she had when they were young: "Yanyan, Yanyan, kiss me."

Jiang Yanqing caught her hands and made her look into his eyes. The corners of his eyes were red, and his voice was gentle and calm, yet full of tenderness and longing. "Yin Qingchu, you don't love me, but you always like to lie to me."

The woman, dead drunk, didn't notice the emotion in his voice. She suddenly kissed the sexy Adam's apple at his pale neck.

The last of Jiang Yanqing's restraint vanished. He closed his eyes and tilted his head back, then lowered his head to kiss the crown of her light-golden hair, unable to hold back any longer.

3.

In the years that followed, they both achieved success and fame. But no one knew that in the sweltering summer of 2016, two destitute, impoverished teenagers had clung to and bitten at each other through hardship, falling in love. Night after night, they held each other, drenched in sweat, then fell asleep with their foreheads touching just before dawn. Their poverty had been real, and so had their love.

Sadly, in the end, they lost each other in the thin mist rising over the mountain city.

From then on, longing became a nightmare that haunted them night after night.

Their story began with a wager made by Yin Qingchu and ended with a promise made by Yin Qingchu.

"She is the addiction I cannot speak of. Whatever she gives me, whether bitterness or pain, I take it in and let it seep into my bones."

"You are the cause of the affliction I can't bear."

* Both leads are sexually inexperienced / Urban romance with emotional tension interwoven with school-days flashbacks / Second chance at love / No intimate scenes before adulthood

* Chasing his wife to the crematorium

Theme: Love her radiant smile, and hope she will always be as free as the wind