It Was Just Sleeping Together, So Why Did CEO Ling Take It Seriously?

After one passionate night, Ling Xingqian warns Zhu Wanan, "You don't deserve to be the second young madam of the Ling family. Don't get any ideas about me."

Zhu Wanan knows her place. Even without a title, she still wants to stay by his side.

She makes no secret of her obsession with his face and body. She is so infatuated she can barely think straight, and she softens his heart more and more each day.

Later, Ling Xingqian bestows a kiss on her as if granting her a favor. "You've been very good. How about I indulge you and let you be my girlfriend?"

Zhu Wanan happily agrees.

Later still, Ling Xingqian falls completely for her. "Zhu Wanan, let's get married."

Who could have expected the dazed look in her eyes to turn instantly clear and distant? Her voice cool and calm, she says, "Second Master Ling, we agreed we'd just have fun, not get married. Don't cross the line."

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Ling Xingqian never imagined in his life that a woman who had clung to him would say, "Don't cross the line."

Furious, he cut off contact with her, yet counted the days, wondering how long she'd hold out before coming back to beg him.

That is, until he saw her sobbing her heart out while holding a photograph of someone, whose face looked three parts like his.

In the pouring rain, Ling Xingqian suddenly understood.

From beginning to end, he had only ever been a substitute.

She said she never expected him to take responsibility for her. It turned out she had never intended to take responsibility at all.

She agreed they would only have fun and not get married. It turned out she had never thought he was worthy of marrying her.

Ling Xingqian went mad and imprisoned her on an island, asking her over and over, "Just what is it about me that isn't as good as him?"

Zhu Wanan said, "There's nothing you're worse at. It's just that the living can never compare to the dead."

Her first love was dead, having died in the year she loved him most.

From that day on, the once-glamorous young master wanted only to die.

With red eyes, he knelt before Zhu Wanan.

"If I die, will you love me too, the way you loved him?"