Name: A Desire Dyed in Ripples
Author: Youyou and Duoduo

Synopsis

[Both leads are sexually inexperienced + childhood friends + cool beauty + ruthless, wolfish alpha male lead + lovestruck, obedient pursuit + long-planned romance + mutual crush becomes real]

When they first met, Xu Yiyuan bumped straight into He Suiyu’s arms. All she got in return was the cold remark, “Don’t go hugging people at random.”

From then on, she kept her distance.

In her eyes, he was aloof and arrogant, uninterested in women, and a capricious, domineering jerk.

Until one day, on the top floor of Liuguang, Xu Yiyuan tugged on his tie, her eyes hazy as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her red lips to his, her voice sultry and alluring.

The veins at the man’s temples throbbed. He caught her wandering hands and asked coldly, eyes shut, “Do you even know what you’re doing?”

After they slept together, Xu Yiyuan tried to act as though nothing had happened. But he saw right through her. “You sleep with me and then run? Who taught you that?”

They laid down three rules and began a secret relationship.

She thought he only wanted her body, so she stayed clearheaded and refused to fall for him.

Later, he knelt on one knee, his palm damp as he held out a ring. “Xu Yiyuan, marry me. I’ll give you anything you want.”

-

No matter how many years passed, He Suiyu would always remember.

That day, when the girl smelling of medicine collided with him without a care, the fitness watch on his wrist went wild with alerts. His heart rate soared so high it nearly maxed out.

Years later, the bright-eyed woman clinging to his neck also tore away the chaste facade he had worn for so long.

Suiyu’s years draw to a close, and a new beginning comes. In the years when love first blossoms, the heart skips a beat in an instant, but loving her was something he had kept up for so long

Other names

Drunk on Spring Tides and Rippling Colors春潮醉漪色Alternate title on Fanqie

Stats

182Chapters

1.3kReads · 30 days

250kReads · all time

107Shelf adds, last 14 days

7.6Score

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