Sinking into Wild Desire

[Sweet romance + the powerful one bows his head + older man/younger woman + healing and redemption + past and present lives] [Devoted, darkly obsessive professor x clear-headed, slow-to-warm reporter] The first time Shang Mingzhao met Lou Shen, she was there to interview him for a news story. Rumor had it that the elegant Professor Lou was the youngest rising star in academia, someone everyone considered untouchable. Her colleagues told her that Lou Shen never gave interviews to the press. She had seen the man at the lectern: gentle and restrained, refined and distant, never crossing a line. Shang Mingzhao caught up with him and heard his cultured, courteous voice say softly, “Sorry, Miss Shang. I'm afraid you've made this trip for nothing.” - The Qi family was deeply entrenched, its roots tangled like a tiger's den. Lou Shen had clawed his way up from the abyss since childhood. He became the head of the Qi family at a young age, and was certainly no good man. For the more than twenty years before he met Shang Mingzhao, he had been a ruthless, heartless puppet of his family. He drew closer step by step, coaxing her in a low voice, his eyes full of tender devotion. “Shang Mingzhao, I've been waiting for you for a long time.” - There was a place in Lou Shen's villa that no one was allowed to enter. One day, Shang Mingzhao wandered inside by accident and found hundreds of portraits covering the room. Her body began to tremble despite herself. Shaking, she backed away and turned, crashing into the man's sturdy chest. He held her by the waist, tightening his grip each time. His eerie voice drifted down from above. Meeting his obsessive gaze, she heard him say, “A Zhao, you found out after all.” A Zhao, you owed me in your past life. You can't run away this time. (PS: This is not a rebirth story.)