Actually, I can tell the difference between true love and desire, because there is no difference between them. Just like this report I can't accept—it looks cold, but in truth, it is a new beginning.
Xiao Die wanted to create a work of fiction, a collection of short stories. She hadn't given this collection a title yet. Perhaps the blows of reality had left her thoughts in disarray.
She began dreaming again. Recently, she had been dreaming of a handsome man, one who possessed the aura of a god—tall, striking, brimming with masculine charm, yet so perfect he was beyond reproach. The man was Poseidon, the god of the sea, in her dreams.
In her dream, she felt her own desire. When she woke, she realized she had been asleep for a long time.
The house was empty. She was the only one there.
I should never have read those fairy tales about Atlantis. How could I have fallen in love with the king of Atlantis?
I'm just an ordinary, insecure little girl…
She didn't have time to dwell on it. She had decided to take a bus to A City, to visit BR Group chairwoman Su Yue, and to return both the bank card and the DNA report.
Xiao Die opened the door, ready to go downstairs and buy breakfast, only to find Qin Zu sitting right outside her door.
"What exactly do you want?"
"Let me take you to BR Group."
"Take me? How am I supposed to trust you?"
"Xiao Die, I'm the only one who can understand your loneliness. You are the goddess of my dreams."
"Are you writing poetry, or have you lost your mind? Please leave."
Qin Zu's phone rang nonstop. His creditors were all hunting him down for money.
The truth was, Xiao Die wasn't the goddess of Qin Zu's dreams at all. He simply wanted to use her identity as a princess of the financial world to pay off his debts.
Before long, an elegant man in a navy-blue suit slowly climbed the stairs, putting an end to Xiao Die's predicament.
"Qin Zu, when are you going to repay the 3.5 billion you owe me? Did you really think you could hide from me here?"
Xiao Die hurried to explain: "Mr. Gangster, I have nothing to do with Qin Zu. Today is the first time I've ever met him—actually, I only met him last night. His debts have nothing to do with me."
The elegant man in the navy-blue suit smiled. "I know his debts have nothing to do with you. That's why I've come to rescue you. But I'm not a gangster. I'm Lu Yu, president of PN Pharmaceutical Group."
Xiao Die pleaded quickly: "Can I leave now? I'm really hungry and I want to go get breakfast. No matter which group you're from, it has nothing to do with me."
Lu Yu stepped aside to let her pass. Xiao Die hurried away from that place of trouble.
She went to a breakfast shop and called her best friend, telling Lu Na everything that had happened recently.
"Oh my god, so you're actually the princess of BR Group! That would explain your childhood amnesia!"
"Maybe that Qin Zu is just trying to mess with me… or maybe he has some grudge against the BR Group witch."
"I don't think so. Maybe you really are the witch's daughter. Why else would she give you a bank card with ten million? She's not stupid."
"I'm going to see that witch today and ask her exactly what they want, why they've latched onto an ordinary person like me."
"Little Butterfly, if you really become a rich young miss, don't forget about me…"
"Stop making snide remarks. I'm about to lose my mind. Even if I really am Su Yue's daughter, I'd never acknowledge her as my mother."
"Then what about that Mosheng gege you've been secretly in love with? Even though you two aren't related by blood, legally you can't get married!"
"Don't talk nonsense. We're just ordinary friends. And now he's just someone passing through my life—even less than a stranger."
"Little Butterfly, you need to be honest about your feelings. Love and desire cannot be separated."
Love and desire cannot be separated…
It's just like when I dreamed of Poseidon. Even though I admit I admire him deeply, my own insecurity keeps me from admitting that I felt desire for him in that dream.
And that is exactly what's happening between me and Mosheng gege in reality…