Running Away [Broken Up, Reunited]

[Complete] The full story is finished, though I often revise it. I’m only responsible for the authorized version. Please add my next book, Beyond the Tracks, to your reading list!

Reunion from the start | Second chance romance | Marriage before love | From school uniforms to wedding gowns

1.

Back in high school, everyone knew that Xie Yuzhou was adored by all: bold, carefree, and as warm and open as the blazing sun.

Qiao Zhiyi, meanwhile, was cool and quiet, like moonlight under a thin veil of frost. She always kept people at a distance, impossible to approach.

No one could have imagined that two people so different would ever get together.

And Qiao Zhiyi was the one who made the first move.

On the night of their graduation trip, flushed with drink, Qiao Zhiyi hooked an arm around Xie Yuzhou’s neck, making him lose control again and again.

She was the one who said their relationship began.

And she was the one who said it was over.

2.

Years later, when they met again, Xie Yuzhou never so much as spared her a second glance.

Qiao Zhiyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He must have long since put what happened back then behind him.

Until one day, Xie Yuzhou lost control and trapped her against him.

His voice was hoarse as he struggled to maintain what little composure he had left. “Qiao Zhiyi, tell me you still have feelings for me, and I’ll forgive you.”

“Xie Yuzhou.” Qiao Zhiyi lowered her eyes and called his name, her voice as cold and unfeeling as he remembered. “I’m getting engaged.”

Xie Yuzhou understood.

In this relationship, he had been nothing but a complete fool, played for a sucker.

3.

On the morning of her engagement party, Qiao Zhiyi took a deep breath and called Xie Yuzhou.

The call rang just once before he answered.

“If I told you I didn’t want to get engaged to this man, would you still be willing to...”

“Willing to what?” Before she could finish, Xie Yuzhou smiled, the glowing tip of the cigarette between his fingers flickering red. “Miss Qiao, don’t you think you’re a little too full of yourself?”

“What makes you think I’d take you back?”

His cigarette was still burning.

A black Rolls-Royce Phantom raced down the road like a mad thing.

Xie Yuzhou arrived at the engagement party and, right in front of her fiance, slung her over his shoulder and carried her away.

“Qiao Zhiyi, I’m not letting you go again!”

“We’re getting our marriage license right now!”

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Cool, teasing beauty X arrogant, seductive young heir

[Reading Guide]

1. Both leads are each other’s first love, and both are adults when they become a couple.

2. They reunite at the start. The story is primarily set in the city, with school memories interspersed.

3. There are reasons behind the engagement. Unkind comments about the heroine will be moderated.

--- Next book: Beyond the Tracks ---

Childhood friends | Taking by force | Size difference | Second chance romance

1.

The year Shu Ran turned three, Song Hengxu moved into the Shu family home.

From then on, she had a childhood-friend big brother everyone envied.

He was aloof and reserved, brilliant in every way, and trailed by countless admirers: a true child of heaven.

No matter how spoiled and unruly she was, Song Hengxu was always considerate and accommodating. There wasn’t a single fault to find in him.

Then he learned about her brief, short-lived relationship, and Song Hengxu began acting strangely.

“Don’t talk to strangers.”

“Don’t date anyone else.”

“Come home every night.”

2.

One evening, Shu Ran got all dressed up to go out with her friends, but she never showed.

When she woke with her head splitting, she found herself in Song Hengxu’s room.

The eerie moonlight slipped through a gap in the curtains, casting a heavy shadow over Song Hengxu’s face.

He sat at her bedside. His amber eyes, usually so gentle and calm, churned with an unfamiliar emotion.

Shu Ran was wide awake now. “Brother...”

“Your brother’s here.” Song Hengxu bent down, brushed his lips against her earlobe, and spoke with his usual tenderness. “Ranran, don’t go anywhere.”

From then on, all boundaries crumbled, and their nights of reckless passion seemed impossible to end.

3.

When she realized Song Hengxu’s usual gentleness and composure were all an act, Shu Ran was so frightened that she packed her things and fled abroad in the middle of the night.

On a bright, sunny day, Shu Ran was strolling along a tree-lined campus path with her friends.

Song Hengxu suddenly appeared before her.

One friend asked curiously, “Your boyfriend?”

“N-no.” Shu Ran’s scalp prickled, and she could barely get the words out. “My brother...”

“Mm. Good girl, you said you’d marry your brother when you grew up.”

Song Hengxu replied softly, a cool smile in his refined eyes.

“We’re getting our marriage license right now.”

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Refined, cold-blooded man X rebellious young woman

“My wife is still young and innocent, and she can’t resist temptation. These ignorant fools keep flocking to her. It’s fine. They’ll soon learn what happens when you set your sights on another man’s wife.”

---Source: the internet.

[Reading Guide]

1. Both leads are each other’s first love. The heroine’s boyfriend is a disposable extra, blown away right at the start.

2. As the blurb says, the hero is no good: a sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside man with extreme possessiveness and a sister complex. But he loves and spoils her, and she’s the only one for him, body and soul.

3. The setting is fictional, with plenty of original worldbuilding. Please don’t compare it to real life.

Theme: Those who love each other will meet again