"I heard Bai Xiaoge just got back from abroad, and ran into Yu Wanzhou at the shooting range yesterday."
"Seriously? Isn't Yu Wanzhou his brother's childhood friend? He just sabotaged him on a project a couple of days ago, and even hit the 'white moonlight' he couldn't have."
"Well, at least there's going to be a show. But isn't Young Master Bai going to intervene? It'll get ugly if they start fighting."
"Word is, those two fell out a long time ago. Yu Wanzhou's been stirring up trouble everywhere lately. With that temperament of his, he's as crazy as he is good-looking."
"What a coincidence. Do you know who that 'white moonlight' has gotten involved with? Young Master Bai!"
"..."
In Jingning's elite circles, Bai Xiaoge holds power and influence, and knows how to get along with everyone. In truth, he regards no one in the political arena with anything but cold indifference. Plenty of people secretly want to pick a fight with him, but few dare.
Yu Wanzhou, rumored to be his brother's former lover, is one of them.
Yu Wanzhou knows just what to say to anyone, whether human or ghost. Gorgeous and flamboyant, he is like an unpredictable cat who loves to toy with people's hearts. His notoriety is matched only by his reputation for beauty.
Everyone was certain that old grudges and new enmities would make them clash head-on, neither leaving the other alive.
Bai Xiaoge, one of the people involved, had this to say: Thanks for asking. He's not a cat, he's a rabbit.
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Later, people in Jingning's social circles heard that at the suburban shooting range that day, Yu Wanzhou had shot an arrow into the apple beside Bai Xiaoge's hand.
Claiming it as his own.
Later still, Yu Wanzhou became the apple that was swallowed whole.
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Bai Xiaoge x Yu Wanzhou
A seemingly aloof, gentle, and unflappable prince, secretly a dark-hearted, reserved, and flirtatious dom top x a physically and mentally unwell beauty who does whatever he wants, a pain-loving germaphobe, and a flamboyant succubus bottom
Reader's guide:
1. An alternate setting. The top and bottom only have each other. The "former lover" and "white moonlight" are both misunderstandings.
2. A fiery, spoiled princess bottom pursues her husband and turns the world upside down. A sickly white-knight top is driven to the brink by his wife's pursuit, though he secretly loves every minute of it.
3. A Siberian tiger and an Arctic hare, one year apart in the Chinese zodiac.
4. Written for my own enjoyment O~O
Theme: A brief analysis of the flow and direction of love.
