Desire Unmasked

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Rekindled love | Spicy and sweet | Reunion from the opening | Both sexually inexperienced

Gentle and reserved x Scheming and devoted

What seems like an accidental reunion was planned by one of them long ago.

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Six years ago, Qiao Yunzheng was cornered in a private room.

Staring at her swollen lips, Yang Jingzhou buried his face in the crook of her neck. "Qiao Yunzheng, let's give this a try."

When she didn't answer, he lifted his head and stared into her bewildered eyes. "Try dating me. Try loving me." Her eyes were so bright that his heart trembled.

"Have you had too much to drink?" Qiao Yunzheng asked tentatively.

"No. I could kiss you one more time," Yang Jingzhou said with a playful smile.

Qiao Yunzheng blushed a little. "So, do you like me?"

"Mm."

"Then... I agree to let you like me."

Content warnings

They were apart for six years.

Medical information comes from the internet.

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Gentle yet resilient female volunteer teacher x Obsessive heir to a business empire

Chronological narration | No interspersed flashbacks | Rekindled love | Both sexually inexperienced

[Blurb]

After finishing pre-service training with the graduate-student volunteer teaching team, Xu Ran officially begins a year of volunteer teaching, and her daily duties shift from teaching classes to cooking meals.

On her way from the small kitchen to the second-floor dormitory, she overhears two people talking at a corner. That day, she realizes he is not a good person.

The third time they meet, he grips her wrist and speaks with nothing but derision.

"What, did you slash your wrists for a man? How can someone like you be a teacher?"

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Thunder rumbles on a rainy night as the man buries his face in the crook of her neck. "Xu Ran, teach me. Teach me how to be a good person."

The one who gets soaked and the one holding the umbrella were strangers all along. She had already put an end to their relationship.

Xu Ran pushes him away and creates some distance between them.

"Huo Ji, let me go."

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On the night she returns to the country, Xu Ran is trapped once more in that tiny space.

Huo Ji grips her hand and puts that necklace, [Heart of the Rainforest], back on her. "Tell me, what is your relationship with him?"

Xu Ran's heart pounds. She turns away.

"Answer me." Huo Ji leans in, staring at her. "Don't lie to me."

That night, her whole body feels as if it's on fire. Huo Ji's grip is so forceful she can't bear it.

Huo Ji turns her face toward him, his voice low and beguiling. "Xu Ran, I'm the only one who can set you alight."

Content warning:

The hero lost his mother at a young age and behaves like a jerk in the early chapters.

Theme: Resilience, courage, breaking through every barrier