Shi Jingjing

Leh Ying found herself acquainted with the higher echelons she should not aspire to, and when the profligate young master Liu Huaiying pursued her relentlessly, she had no escape.
A fleeting glimpse of Young Master Xu, Xu Jingxi's appearance, had her heart fluttering, and her spirit moved; the Xu family was the center of power within Forty-Nine City, and only he could change the game.
On a snowy night, by the door of the Mercedes Benz G Class, she tiptoed and gently cupped her palm to light a cigarette for Xu Jingxi.
The man’s lips leisurely wrapped around the cigarette, and he leaned slightly towards her. His clear-cut face partially lowered into the backlight’s shadow, the flame at the tip of the cigarette flickered faintly between them. When he finally looked up, his eyes were calm and indifferent, and he asked in a rising inflection, “What do you want?”
Leh Ying, “Only what you can give.”
Others quickly realized, “That Xu Jingxi, born into high chambers, his flesh and bones saturated with a profound desire for power. For someone like him, even feelings are superfluous. What do you have to gamble your status with him?”
Keeping her by his side was merely Xu Jingxi’s pastime for his loneliness.
He was accustomed to acting out scenes, she never sought status, and turned to leave the capital to hold an art exhibition.
Just as she packed and entered the elevator, Xu Jingxi stood tall in the center, his index finger slowly hooking the fine bone necklace at the front of her neck and gently pulling her back as she moved to step out.
**
That Valentine's Day night, within the Third Ring, luxury hotels were fully booked, and some witnessed the entire BVG Hotel being reserved by Young Master Xu.
What left the deepest impression on Leh Ying was the man half-kneeling on the bed, wearing a loosely tied bathrobe, biting on a pen cap, and picking up a Thin Gold Calligraphy Style brush to inscribe three characters along the edge of her collarbone—Xu Jingxi.

Extreme Addiction

Xu Jingxi took the car keys from the security booth, and the black Mercedes drove itself out of the garage, automatically stopping in front of him.


As he opened the door, Xu Jingxi tossed his cellphone and cigarette case onto the passenger seat and pressed the gas pedal with his foot.


Standing before the floor-to-ceiling window, Leh Ying watched the tail lights and noticed that he was driving the black Mercedes tonight, an s65, the latest model of sports sedan. The Crown Prince had peculiar tastes; he only drove Mercedes vehicles, and the more inconspicuous the model, the better he liked it.


Yet, his attitude in conducting affairs was anything but inconspicuous.


He was so well-known that upon seeing him, people would stand up and greet him with "Mr. Xu."


Arriving at the shooting range in the Western Suburbs, Xu Jingxi unbuckled his seat belt and stepped out of the car, playing with his cellphone in his hands, his demeanor quiet and subdued.


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