You Are My Crosshairs

A slice-of-life story that goes from strangers to sharing a deep understanding! And it's very sweet! The male and female leads both have their own career arcs, too, but those mostly serve to bring them closer together!

[Bonus chapters updated irregularly. There is no set timeline: they might look back at the past or tell stories from later on.]

"It's more than a flutter of the heart. It's faith."

Xia Lin, a graduate student in journalism, is under so much pressure from her thesis project that she sits alone in a park, eating an ice cream and basking in the sun... A boy wearing a hat is sitting nearby, staring at the ice cream in her hand.

Xia Lin thinks he's rude... But then she figures they might both be cogs in the machine, stealing a little free time to hide from the world. What the heck, she can give it to him.

Xia Lin holds it out and puts it right in his hand, gesturing for him to eat it quickly. It will melt if he doesn't...

Pei Xunlin: "..."

Her advisor assigns Xia Lin to film a documentary about the police academy's field training exercises. The assignment will last a month and count toward the practical component of her graduation thesis.

And there, Xia Lin meets the faith of her life: Pei Xunlin.

The field exercises take place in the deserts of Xinjiang. Xia Lin has never been to such a "desolate wilderness" before and finds it fascinating. Pei Xunlin is the instructor in charge of training this year's graduating class from the police academy, and the current deputy squad leader of the Shenzhen Special Police Brigade.

Pei Xunlin recognizes her right away: the girl who had inexplicably, yet perfectly, handed him an ice cream. He had been on a mission at the time. His team was tracking a suspect, who had already grown suspicious. Pei Xunlin's identity was in doubt, and with so many people in the park, there was no way to launch a large-scale arrest. Their plan was on the verge of being exposed...

But Xia Lin's thoughtless little gesture made the suspect let go of his suspicions and protected Pei Xunlin's identity.

After running into each other again and again, and being affected by Xia Lin time and time again, Pei Xunlin's heart keeps fluttering beyond his control. Then one unexpected incident changes the way he sees her for good. He sees Xia Lin as clearheaded, composed, and quick-witted, and in the process, he gives away his own heart.

Much later, when Xia Lin is conducting an interview for her station, her interviewee turns out to be Pei Xunlin.

"Captain Pei, you've always seemed so capable at work. Is there anything you regret?"

"I regret not making a move when I first met my wife. If I had, our kids would be running all over the place by now."

[Across ten thousand miles of wind and sand, you alone are my compass.]

A mature husband, 29 x 25

A 189 x 168 height difference

Both are each other's first and only. Captain Pei fell for his wife at first sight, and never looked back.

Between mountains and seas, beneath the setting sun, there is always a way home.

Captain Pei's home will always be wherever Xia Lin is.

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"A small but perfect fullness, arriving just in time"

[Grain Buds: summer crops are growing vigorously]

Summer in Yulan Town begins with the croak of a frog, and today is Grain Buds.

The adults are busy working in the fields. At this stage, the crops change by the day, so they can't afford to waste time. The children are left to their own devices. Jiang Shiman leads the other kids in splashing around in the river like a big sister.

At seven, she is taller than boys her age. And with her outgoing personality, Jiang Shiman gets along famously with all the kids.

"Shiman, come back! We have a guest." Shiman's mother calls out in a booming voice.

Shiman answers, says goodbye to her friends, and runs home barefoot, shoes in hand, with the wind at her heels.

When she steps inside, she sees a boy sitting upright in a chair.

At first glance, Shiman has just one thought: He's handsome.

Her eyes go wide, and her hands and feet stop working properly...

"You're really handsome."

"I'm Shiman, Jiang Shiman. What's your name? What are you doing at my house? When are you leaving? Why don't you stay for dinner? My mom's cooking is delicious..."

Shiman's mother quickly pulls her "shameless" daughter away. Whenever she sees a handsome boy, she can't look away... "He's the son of one of your father's friends. He'll be staying with us for a while."

Chen Wang looks at the girl Auntie Jiang is holding in her arms. Her eyes are still fixed on him, shining brightly. Chen Wang will always remember those eyes.

"My name is Chen Wang."

Shiman thinks his name sounds nice, and so does his voice.

Jiang Shiman is seven.

Chen Wang is eight.

They meet during Grain Buds, in a season when everything is beginning to flourish. Their story begins that summer.

Later, Chen Wang wonders: If he hadn't met Shiman that summer, how much longer could he have lived...

"Everywhere I look, I see Shiman."

Reader's guide:

1. There is no romance before they reach adulthood. It only begins after that!

2. A little bittersweet, but sweet all the way through. Shiman is a total face-con, the type who can't take her eyes off anyone handsome. (So A Wang puts extra effort into his appearance every day, afraid his wife might run off.)

3. A Wang can be a little possessive, but not much. Most of the time, he keeps himself in check... He can't help being a lovesick fool, so please bear with him!

4. Both are each other's first and only. I only write couples who are devoted to one another in body and soul!

Completed novel:

The Seventh Reunion

The heroine, driven to "jump off a building" by her job x the hero, who "lies in wait" a thousand miles away for love

I dedicate this book

to all of us struggling in place in our lives, confused and unable to find answers.

When you can't make up your mind about something, it simply isn't the right time yet.

Fate will offer us a solution again and again.

Don't rush.

Wait a little longer, and things will work out soon.

[Six silent near-misses in their past lives lead to a lifetime together in this one. The seventh time is both the ending and the beginning.]

Ruan Qingxu works in the public sector. At twenty-seven, she chooses to resign. It's an awkward age to be at...

She once heard a colleague ask someone who was resigning why they were leaving. If they stayed, they could work there for the rest of their lives, with a respectable job and a steady income, and perhaps even find a promising romance.

Now Ruan Qingxu wants to answer that colleague's question: "If I don't leave, sooner or later I'll jump from the office building."

Later, she goes to Shangri-La for a three-month stay, giving herself a break. There, she meets an "antelope prince." She pours all the emotions she has carried through her twenty-seven years into this moment, and realizes that some people really can be described with the words "love at first sight."

Those three months in Shangri-La are more relaxing and comfortable than anything Ruan Qingxu has experienced in her first twenty-seven years. No one knows her, and she no longer has to worry about how other people feel.

Everything that should and shouldn't happen with this "antelope prince" happens... But she knows she doesn't belong here, and he... won't belong to her either. Later, instead of leaving without a word, she talks things through with him openly and honestly.

Later, she returns to Haicheng. An old business contact learns she has resigned and sincerely invites her to work together. There, she "runs into" the "antelope prince" again.

Only later does she learn that the so-called "antelope prince," Lu Zeheng, is actually the executive director of Haicheng's leading technology company and the eldest son of the Lu Group. He went to Shangri-La to work with the local culture and tourism bureau. What was supposed to be a one-month trip stretched to three...

Fate cannot be held back.

Love guides you toward where it belongs.

You are my beginning and my end. Now that we've begun, I won't let go. -- Lu Zeheng

Blurb archived on 2026.2.6

Theme: The sunset returns to the mountains and sea, where deeper meaning lies hidden