Ticklish

Starts on 10.23, with plenty of chapters saved up~

Cheng Yuxin was an utterly ordinary woman. She studied, worked, went on blind dates, and got married, ticking off every major life milestone one by one.

And, as with any marriage, after seven years they had inevitably grown sick of the sight of each other.

She admitted she was weak and indecisive. She couldn't bring herself to perform radical surgery on a marriage that was terminally ill.

Until one night, her husband knocked on her door.

"Xiaoxin, we need to talk."

He said the girl worked at their company and was lively and innocent.

He said he was at a crucial stage in his career and couldn't afford any complications.

He said they had been married for seven years without having a child, but the girl was pregnant.

He said, "Xiaoxin, why don't we get a divorce?"

Back in her room, Cheng Yuxin staggered, on the verge of falling, when a pair of strong arms pulled her into an embrace.

On the other side of the wall was her guilt-ridden husband. The woman's breathing was uneven, her gaze unsteady, as if the world were about to turn upside down.

Tang Su felt the person in his arms trembling. He bent down and leaned close to her ear.

"Xiaoxin, say yes."

-

Two months earlier, her husband had brought home a young man and dumped him in her care.

Cheng Yuxin already knew who he was.

As the youngest champion in China's rally-racing scene, Tang Su had the backing of his family's car company. He'd established his own racing team at eighteen and swept up awards at every level at nineteen, dominating the racetrack.

Of course, what people cared about most was his cool, defiant face.

But unfortunately, Tang Su himself was every bit as dangerous as his face was harmless.

No commercial endorsements, no interviews, no publicity stunts.

The word "difficult" had practically become the young man's defining trait.

Cheng Yuxin had assumed that living under the same roof as a pampered, delicate young man would make these two months the most agonizing of her life.

But that wasn't how it went.

When she casually mentioned that a few streetlights at the intersection were broken, Tang Su came to meet her in the pouring rain late at night.

The moment their eyes met, Tang Su deliberately turned away. "I just happened to be heading downstairs."

She thought Tang Su wasn't so difficult to get along with after all.

So she overlooked the missing lingerie, the faint breathing by her bedside when she had a high fever, and...

When had he stopped calling her "Sister-in-law"?

-

"He's not coming back tonight."

The young man had the carefree swagger unique to his age. His voice held not a trace of impatience as he waited at ease for her answer. He looked at her as if she were prey that couldn't escape his claws.

How had things come to this?

Cheng Yuxin couldn't understand.

She'd just gotten drunk after a dinner gathering and accidentally gone into the wrong room.

Bonus scene:

She saw her ex-husband again at her wedding to Tang Su.

After leaving the marriage with nothing and then getting fired, he looked ten years older after just two years.

The instigator smiled and took Cheng Xin's hand, leading her forward. His voice was tender to the utmost. "Xiaoxin, come thank the matchmaker."

Reader's Guide

1. One-on-one happy ending, eight-year age gap, the woman is a virgin, the man isn't.

2. The heroine isn't a strong female lead. She's a genuinely honest person.

3. Before the divorce, the leads have no physical relationship.

Theme: Rebuilding after breaking