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At eighteen, Xu You received the most absurd offer, a woman wanted to keep her. Even more absurdly, she agreed.
She fell for Zhou Siyu at first sight, willingly caged herself like a pampered canary, and lost her own name in their nightly indulgence.
But companionship could not buy a future. Each hope shattered until Xu You finally chose to walk away.
For Zhou Siyu, the sweetest fruit she ever tasted came from Xu You’s lips. She believed money could solve everything, until she learned her “kept woman” was no sparrow chasing wealth, but a phoenix far beyond her reach.
When Xu You left, Zhou Siyu’s heart went hollow, and no one could fill it again.
Four years later, they meet once more.
This time, Zhou Siyu offers her whole heart, begging Xu You to trample it, if only she’ll stay and love her again.
…
Everyone in their social circle once knew Xu You as Zhou Siyu’s plaything, four years of passion without a name.
Xu You knew it too. Her presence in Zhou Siyu’s world was an accident. Yet Zhou Siyu treated her better than anyone else, only her.
For four years, Xu You hid her true self, waiting for the day Zhou Siyu would settle down with her.
But that day never came.
At the company’s annual gala, on Xu You’s birthday, she watched Zhou Siyu take another woman’s hand on stage.
The whispers around her blurred, but one sentence cut through:
“That’s her fiancée.”
And that fiancée looked exactly like the woman in Zhou Siyu’s treasured old photos.
The dream shattered. Xu You returned every cent Zhou Siyu ever gave her, doubled, and vanished.
Four years later, at another annual gala, Zhou Siyu found the woman she’d longed for all this time.
Gone was the pure, soft girl she once knew. The new Xu You leaned lazily against the wall in a fiery slip dress, smoke curling from her lips.
Zhou Siyu’s voice trembled.
“Can you forgive me? Please… just listen, I…”
Xu You smiled, the smoke drifting between them.
“President Zhou, you’re joking. Money and love don’t mix.”
And as she flicked away her cigarette, the diamond on her ring finger caught the light, cold and brilliant.
“Also, please don’t tell anyone. My partner wouldn’t like that.”
