The Spring Rain Suddenly Stops

Before she officially met Xie Huaiyi, Mai Li thought he was just a rich kid who loved to gather a crowd and was always being coaxed into paying for everyone.

He was also someone she, a girl from a poor family, could never get close to.

That was until after the college entrance exams, when a female classmate deliberately splashed a cup of coffee on Xie Huaiyi at a KTV.

Right in front of her, he took off the luxury-brand shirt worth tens of thousands and tossed it into the trash.

A few boys laughed and teased him, saying rich kids sure knew how to splash the cash.

Mai Li had just come in to clean and happened to catch the scene. She put down her rag and asked thoughtfully, "Do you have so much money you can afford to throw it away?"

Xie Huaiyi looked at her in surprise. "...Huh?"

Looking at the handsome, bewildered face of the young man in the dim light, she took a step toward him and said:

"Could you buy me a cup of coffee?"

"I've never had coffee before."

Xie Huaiyi was baffled and was just about to refuse, but Mai Li's eyes were strikingly earnest.

The garish disco lights in the private room swept across her fair face, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat. Before he knew it, he had answered, "Sure."

After they finished their coffee, Mai Li turned to him and asked, "Then do you know how to check into a hotel?"

"What?" Xie Huaiyi furrowed his brow.

"I've never been to a hotel either." Mai Li undid the collar of her shirt, revealing her snow-white skin, and gazed straight at him. "Would you take me?"

Xie Huaiyi understood her hint.

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Even before they met, Xie Huaiyi had heard of Mai Li. Supposedly, she was a dull top student who looked down on everyone, and though she was pretty, she had a strange personality.

But after getting to know her, Xie Huaiyi discovered that Mai Li wasn't dull at all. In some ways, she was downright fiery.

She just loved money so much that everything else came second.

But that was fine. Xie Huaiyi had plenty of money.

He showered Mai Li with cash, gave her luxury goods, and bought her the finest musical instruments, all so he could ask her out on weekends and spend the night with her in a hotel penthouse until dawn.

His friends teased him for being motivated by lust. Even Xie Huaiyi himself thought theirs was nothing more than physical attraction.

Until the day one of her performances ended. Mai Li stepped off the stage and slapped away his outstretched hand. "Let's break up."

Xie Huaiyi froze. "...Why?"

"I don't need money anymore," Mai Li said coldly. "You're no longer useful to me."

Something deep inside Xie Huaiyi suddenly caved in.

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Once she had saved up a little money, Mai Li thought she could finally live the life she'd dreamed of as a girl.

But she always felt like something was missing.

Restless and irritated, she returned to the city where she'd once lived, planning to take a break and teach children as a way to unwind.

When she looked up, she saw that the person picking up a child was her ex-boyfriend, whom she hadn't seen in years.

1. A teasing, catlike girl x a loyal golden-retriever guy

2. She's short on cash x he's loaded

3. From physical attraction to soulmates

4. Both are virgins, first loves, happy ending. The male lead is a virgin (the child is a misunderstanding)

5. A sweet little romance (probably)

6. The couple's relationship is normal, with no money-for-sex transactions involved

First draft of the blurb written on 2025.9.16, second draft revised on 2026.1.17

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Coming next: Springtime Over You

Ye Chunhe had known since childhood that beauty could get her anything she wanted.

Money, fame, status.

Countless people pursued her, but all they wanted was to greedily keep her as a canary, taking her out to admire and toy with.

But she was tired of it, so she ignored the threats and escaped to an unfamiliar small city in the north.

She carefully staged a robbery, ditched her phone and bags with tracking devices, pretended to be penniless, and took up residence at the home of a kindhearted young woman she'd met on the road.

The girl came from a poor family and relied on her truck-driver older brother.

Ye Chunhe couldn't help feeling sorry for her.

When she turned around, she ran straight into a tall, broad-shouldered man opening the door. His sharp eyes flickered with surprise.

Ye Chunhe smiled brightly.

In return, the man looked at her with near-hostility and coldly told her to "get out."

For the first time in her life, her beauty had failed her.

But it didn't matter. A man like him would make the perfect dog for her. ^_^

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Chi Xuezhou was the finest blade lying in wait at a coastal border crossing.

Bronzed skin, six-foot-three, eight-pack abs, and a body built like a stud.

If he could spin a steering wheel with one hand, he could certainly hold a gun steady.

He had told himself countless times:

Deep in a jungle full of dangers, the only person you can ever trust is yourself.

But Ye Chunhe...

Bright and beautiful, like a flower in spring.

Though sometimes, she could be so silly.

Her attempts to seduce people were clumsy, and she was too trusting. Kitchen smoke made her eyes red, and she'd complain that the mattress wasn't soft enough, asking how anyone could sleep on something so hard.

Yet the corners of her mouth would secretly turn upward.

By any measure, Chi Xuezhou shouldn't have taken her in.

And yet he couldn't stop himself from flying into the flame.

He would travel a long way home just to cook for her.

He would save for ages to buy her an outrageously expensive set of sheets, then take her to see cherry blossoms covering the hills.

And then there was right now.

When a man in a suit reached out to her by force and Chi Xuezhou saw her eyes turn red with helplessness, the veins in his forehead bulged. Acting before he could think, he stepped forward and pulled her securely into his arms.

With blood dripping from his hand, he gently brushed her hair.

"Don't cry. I'll take you away."

"You know, all you have to do is ask."

"I'd do anything for you."

Theme: Love at first sight is beautiful