Mutual Pining Becomes Reality | Boarding with the Love Interest | Class Divide | The Ex-Chasing Crematorium | Hong Kong Style
Stubborn, clear-headed scholarship student x aloof, arrogant young master
[The full novel is complete. The blurb has been taken down. The ex-chasing crematorium is underway~]
Chen Youchi, grandson of the Chen family of Lingang, was born into privilege and lived without restraint.
The first time Jiang Yili saw him, she knew they belonged to different worlds.
She had secretly loved him for years, hiding her feelings so well she thought no one could see through her.
An accident led her to drink something she shouldn't have. Fighting off her discomfort, she avoided the crowd and staggered back to her room. She vaguely sensed someone approaching, pressed her lips together, and raised a hand to push him away.
The man looked down at her, leisurely removed his watch, and set it aside. His voice was cool as he said,
"If you like me, why are you hiding?"
His hand was clearly pressing against her ribs, yet his gaze seemed devoid of any tender feeling.
In her daze, Jiang Yili asked him, "Why?"
Chen Youchi's raven-black lashes lowered. His pale lips remained set in a cool line as he spoke with the air of someone granting a favor.
"I just pity you. That's all."
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Long after leaving the Chen household, she saw him again on a rainy night.
Jiang Yili was packing her things when someone urgently knocked on the door of her rental apartment.
Chen Youchi braced himself against the doorframe, water dripping from his black hair. His cheekbone was bruised, and he looked more disheveled than she had ever seen him. He was breathing hard.
Looking at the familiar man before her, she calmly told him,
"Mr. Chen, it's late. I'm going to bed. I have an early high-speed train tomorrow."
Then Jiang Yili raised her hand and closed the door.
With a dull thud, the door caught his fingers, but Chen Youchi seemed not to feel the pain.
In the narrow gap, where only a sliver of light could get through, he bent down to look at her and said softly,
"Jiang Yili, don't go."
"Just... pity me."
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Jiang Yili wants to build a Tower of Babel.
The Tower of Babel: In the Bible, humanity tries to build a tower reaching heaven. God confounds their languages to stop them.
It is an unfinished utopian undertaking, as well as an environment full of confusion and misunderstanding.
/ 1v1, both are each other's first and only love, HE
/ The heroine is in love with him at first; later, the hero chases after her. The hero is very stubborn about his feelings at first.
/ Older man, class divide, bittersweet. Not exactly lighthearted, but it will have a very satisfying ending.
/ The author isn't good at listing content warnings. I guarantee that the leads only love each other and won't get involved ambiguously with anyone else. If you have other dealbreakers, feel free to leave without telling me. The full novel is complete, and I don't accept writing advice~
Coming next: Blue Tears
Pseudo-incest | Older man | Coercive pursuit | Powerful man bows his head | Second-chance romance | Beijing circle
The first date with her first love took place at a coffee shop by the school gates.
Rain fell softly outside. Jiang Tingfan sat by the window, sharing a slice of cake with her boyfriend.
A little while later, the bell above the coffee shop door rang. Someone folded up a black umbrella and walked in.
He weaved through the tables and chairs and came straight to Jiang Tingfan's side.
"Jiang Tingfan." The man leaned down slightly and spoke without warning. "What are you doing here?"
Jiang Tingfan looked up in alarm, only to see Jiang Mingsheng's lips curl slightly while his expression remained cold.
"Brother..." she said quietly. "Why are you here?"
"Aren't you going to introduce us?"
"He's... a friend of mine."
Jiang Mingsheng rested one hand on the back of her chair. His presence, damp with rain, pressed down heavily as he said coolly,
"Hello. I'm Jiang Tingfan's brother."
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But just six months later, a succession of revelations shattered Jiang Tingfan's twenty-first year.
A paternity test sent her packing. She left the Jiang household in disgrace, falling from the clouds back to earth.
Then her boyfriend's family company ran into trouble. He took her hand and said, "Tingfan, help me."
"How... can I help you?" she asked.
"Could you ask your brother?" Her boyfriend looked at her pleadingly.
"He's always treated you best. Now... he's the only one we can ask for help."
Indeed, everyone in Yanping knew Jiang Mingsheng had immense power and doted on his only younger sister.
Yet he had also stood by coldly as their parents decided to send Jiang Tingfan away.
Looking into her boyfriend's eyes, Jiang Tingfan stood there for a long time before finally saying softly, "Okay."
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After a long time away, she stepped into the Jiang household again. Everything seemed unchanged.
The rain still fell softly outside. A servant led her into Jiang Mingsheng's study.
When the door opened, the man sat behind his desk and raised his head slightly, as aloof and elegant as ever.
Jiang Tingfan looked around the room where she had once played without a care, then cautiously stepped forward. Gritting her teeth, she explained why she had come.
Jiang Mingsheng toyed with the fountain pen in his hand and spoke coolly:
"Jiang Tingfan, I doted on you before because you were my sister."
"Why should I help you now?"
Jiang Tingfan never expected Jiang Mingsheng to say something so heartless. Her eyes reddened. She clenched her teeth, turned, and tried to leave.
But when she turned the study's doorknob, she found the door was locked.
She turned around. Jiang Mingsheng was already standing behind her.
He bent down slowly, enclosing her in the shadow before him.
She backed away until her spine hit the hard door. There was nowhere left to go.
Then Jiang Mingsheng raised a hand and touched the tears at the corner of her eye with his cool fingertips. Smiling faintly, he whispered,
"It's not impossible for me to help you."
"I told you to break up with him and come back to me."
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Your blue tears, your red eyes.
I want to kiss them both.
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Jiang Mingsheng x Jiang Tingfan
Old-fashioned, authoritarian family patriarch x stubborn, rebellious heiress
Obsessive, brooding sister-obsessed man x sweet, soft sister who grows more affectionate the closer they get
/ SC, 1v1, bittersweet and sweet
/ Older man, eight-year age gap
/ The leads have no blood relationship when they enter a romantic relationship
/ Still not a strong-female-lead story. The heroine has a growth arc.
/ More to come
Theme: I love you, but I have to be myself.
The name of this chapter is really apt. "Fire Sun" is the best funeral for this seven-year secret love. There was no cloud in the sky just after the typhoon at noon in July, and the scorching sun poured down nakedly, like a grand and cruel baptism. The shallow mark left by the ring on the root of the finger is a real imprint of this long relationship on the body. It proves that those years of heartbeat, forbearance, and rushing all really existed, but they will eventually fade away over time. A very wonderful description: the moment the metal leaves the skin, the suffocation and nausea that have been in my heart for a long time suddenly disappear. It turns out that what trapped her was never the little ring. It was the obsession that kept forcing herself for seven years. It was the heart that was still convincing herself that she could continue even though she was exhausted. The author uses moss and ferns to describe her love and self-esteem. Moss likes dampness and can only grow quietly in the darkness, just like this love that has been carefully hidden for seven years; but under the unshielded scorching sun at this moment, this feeling of curling up and growing slowly dries and withers. Not a hysterical breakup, no crying fuss, no quarrel. I just stood under the hot sunlight, gently said the name that I had silently said thousands of times in my heart, and said quietly: I won't like you anymore. The weight of seven years ended so quietly. She no longer desires to rely on anyone for happiness. From now on, she just wants to be herself. Even if she is ordinary, even if she is lonely, she belongs completely to herself. All the long suffering ends here, under the scorching sun, it is farewell and rebirth. 🥺
😭 😭 😭 The gentle male lead is always upset
From Kaiwen to here, this is what attracts me the most. Everyone's tone of voice is thought-provoking.
It's not impossible for all three of you to serve 🌈
Can you do it all at once? I have the money.
I'm as anxious as Chen Youchi now. Let me read the next chapter.
In fact, I really want to see Xiaoli speak loudly to Chen Youchi. Anyway, just be vicious and mean to him.
What kind of gift will make you angry 😏😏😏
What does Mr. Zhou's operation mean? [Question mark]
Uh-huh, brother, aren't you pitiful for Li? Your map of Yan country is too short, right? [Vomiting blood]