Filipino-chinese Stories

Zette Hari Sobe spent her entire life believing that dreams only belonged to people who could afford them. A hardworking college student from the Philippines, she juggles hospital internship, part-time café shifts, and family responsibilities just to survive another day. With tired eyes, aching feet, and an impossible dream of working abroad, Zette has no time for love-especially not the kind that ruins lives. Then she meets him. Braecht Yuze Xu. A Filipino-Chinese businessman known for his cold demeanor, expensive lifestyle, and dangerous charm. At 28, Braecht already has everything-wealth, power, businesses across countries, and a life built on control. People only know him as "Yuze," the untouchable Xu heir who never lets anyone get too close. Until Zette accidentally does. What begins as silent glances and midnight conversations slowly turns into something intense, addictive, and impossible to ignore. In a world divided by status, family expectations, obsession, and distance, the two find themselves drawn to each other in ways neither of them expected. But loving Braecht Xu comes with consequences. From province mornings in the Philippines to sleepless nights abroad, Zette and Braecht must decide if love is enough to survive ambition, distance, jealousy, and the weight of two completely different worlds. Because sometimes, the person who feels most like home... is also the one capable of breaking you the hardest.

In the bustling streets of Binondo, Manila, there lived a young Chinese-Filipino boy named Lǐ Xiǎolóng.