Flat-share Undercurrents: The Campus Belle's Limi…

Ling Du was a man of remarkable patience. Known across Jinghai University for his reserved indifference, he happened to catch sight of Jocelyn Hawthorne at a social gathering one evening, and from that moment, something lodged itself in his chest like a smoldering ember that would never die out. He knew she was in a five-year long-distance relationship, yet he promptly opened up his vacant apartment—under the guise of shared housing—and lured this unsuspecting little sparrow straight into the gilded cage he had long prepared. Like a seasoned hunter, he waited with quiet patience, watching for the moment when her seemingly unbreakable loyalty would finally begin to thaw.