Ziyu was the café's beloved barista, admired by everyone who walked through the door.. and secretly coveted by his quiet, enigmatic boss, Zhan Xuan. Until Tian Xuning appeared.. the clever, dangerously possessive producer had discovered Ziyu and would stop at nothing to make him sign a contract. But it wasn't just fame or idolhood that drove Tian Xuning.. it was obsession. Every glance, movement of the young man ignited a possessive hunger that Tian Xuning couldn't ignore. How far will he drag Ziyu into his manipulation and obsession?

Wu Sou Wei a beta just wanted to finish his last year of architecture school without dying of embarrassment, running into his ex, or failing his thesis. Easy, right? Except his new professor is Chi-Cheng: cold, impossibly handsome, and the kind of dominant alpha who can silence a room with a glance. Great. As if bad luck wasn't enough, now his biology wants to betray him too.

•Enemies to Lovers •Slow Burn •Academic Rivals "Then why do you look at me like I'm the only one who can break you?" - Ziyu "If the world takes you away, I'll burn it down to bring you back." - Tian Xu Ning Tian Xu Ning has it all-wealth, power, looks, and the admiration of everyone at the university. Cold, untouchable, and heir to a business empire, he's never known defeat and doesn't believe in love. Until one day, a scholarship student walks into his life. "He thinks he can replace me? Let him try." Zi Yu is everything Tian Xu Ning is not - poor, humble, endlessly kind and a smile and beauty that warms everyone's heart. With a sick mother and younger sister depending on him, Zi Yu carries nothing but his determination to succeed. From the moment Zi Yu steps into the lecture hall, Tian Xu Ning feels his throne slipping - His perfect grades, his admirers, his untouchable image. Two worlds collide: wealth and poverty, arrogance and innocence, ice and fire. What starts as rivalry quickly turns into obsession, protectiveness, love and a slow-burning desire neither can control. And in the clash, they discover that the one person they can't stand might be the one person they can't live without.