Sweet and Soft Like Her

Yu Wanqi’s twin sister died, her mother developed depression, and her father quit his job to take his wife and daughter back to their hometown to recover. Yan Jinyao, a neighborhood hoodlum, came to her house with grapes. With a cigarette tucked behind his ear, he eyed the painting on the wall and asked, “Is that a dog?” Yu Wanqi’s face went cold. Her father laughed. “It’s abstract art.” Yan Jinyao scratched his nose. City folk really are different: talented, versatile, and beautiful. One disaster after another made her experience the warmth and coldness of human nature. After she was pulled from the river, the young man held her tightly in his arms. He gently stroked her back and said hoarsely, “Don’t cry. I want you.” His aunt scolded him as she hit him with a clothes hanger. “You’re going to take care of her? With what? She wants to go to university and play piano, and her mother’s in the hospital in a coma, in a vegetative state. You had a perfectly good life, but you had to get yourself into this mess. What are you after?” Yan Jinyao let her hit him, the corners of his eyes turning red. “I want her.” * That night, drunk, he cupped her face in both hands and promised, “Go to school. I’ll sell everything I own to support you.” * Later, when she was a junior, Yan Jinyao learned that she planned to study abroad. That night, he held her down, his eyes red and tears falling. “Don’t cry. I’ll let you go.” * In the end, he became a billionaire business tycoon. They met again at a cocktail party, and he thought, “If I ever deal with you again, I’m a pig.” Yet when he went over to ask her to dance, his hand gripped her waist and wouldn’t let go. The next day, the media caught them leaving a hotel. His legs seemed to wobble as he walked… * When I fell into the abyss, you showed me the light. So I’ll take you somewhere higher, where we can gaze upon the brilliant stars. A wealthy tycoon who only wants romance, not a career × a cool, ethereal beauty who only wants to escape poverty and get rich