His Addiction
The illegitimate son, powerful yet wounded, cunning and obsessive, and the well-bred, obedient heiress—until her fiancé, Liang Muzhi, eloped with another woman on their engagement day, Xu Zhi finally awakened to the truth: sincerity does not always beget sincerity in return. She turned her gaze to the man who had always stood quietly in her shadow. Liang Jinmo believed he had long since grown accustomed to the darkness, but Xu Zhi brought a beam of light into his world. "I'm rather old-fashioned," he said. "From engagement to marriage, till death—my heart does not stray." He asked her, "This is for a lifetime. Are you sure about your choice?" Later, rumors spread through the city: the two young masters of the Liang family had come to blows over a woman, but to everyone's surprise, it was the illegitimate son, Liang Jinmo, who emerged victorious. The world claimed he was cold, indifferent, untouched by beauty—and Xu Zhi agreed with them. That is, until a spring night beneath the moon, when his well-defined hand grasped her slender waist, his thin lips brushed the pale skin of her neck, and his heated fingertips traced their way along her body, stirring up the tranquil waters of her heart.
His Addiction
Liang Mu Zhi got into a fight.
When Xu Zhi received the call from the police station, it was already eleven at night.
There was a curfew at the dormitory, and when Xu Zhi tried to leave, the dorm manager gave her a hard time. In the end, the manager sighed as if lamenting the decline of morals: “College students these days, girls have so little self-respect…”
Xu Zhi knew the manager had misunderstood, but she had no energy to explain. She hurried out, braving the heavy snow at the side gate to hail a taxi, heading straight to the police station.
Bailing Liang Mu Zhi out required paperwork—mainly forms and payment.
The officer asked her, “What’s your relationship with Liang Mu Zhi?”
Xu Zhi hesitated before she replied, “We grew up together.”
The Liang and Xu families were close, and when Xu’s grandfather was alive, he arranged a childhood betrothal between their grandchildren. The parents had never objected, tacitly approving that Xu Zhi would someday become their daughter-in-law.
Among everyone, only Liang Mu Zhi’s attitude was ambiguous. If he was opposed, he never said so when teased, only smiled; if he agreed, he never privately told Xu Zhi they should be together.
He treated her well, but always maintained a certain distance.
Sometimes his attitude made Xu Zhi anxious, but as a girl, she was shy. Though she liked Liang Mu Zhi and had accepted the family arrangement in her heart, she didn’t dare take the initiative to say anything. Now, all she could claim was that she was his childhood friend.
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