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Have you ever imagined your husband? Handsome, wealthy, gentle, and devoted to you.
Jian Yexi did, and she even married someone just like that.
But after they married, as Jian Yexi stared at the empty seat across from her day after day, year after year, her initial passion gradually faded and turned to resentment.
After Sawada Tsunayoshi missed their anniversary for the thirty-second time, Jian Yexi decided to return to China and visit her family, but her flight crashed.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back eighteen years in the past. This time, she absolutely would not fall for that jerk again.
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Unlike her parents, who love making desserts, Jian Yexi inherited her grandfather's talent. She had loved drawing since childhood, and her greatest dream was to publish her own manga.
Back in her old life, Jian Yexi returned to her former passion. Hearing that a fearsome fighter who chaired the disciplinary committee lived in neighboring Namimori Town, she transferred there to gather material for her manga debut.
By sheer coincidence, on her first day at the new school, she ran into an "old acquaintance": her ex-husband, who was wearing nothing but his underwear.
Jian Yexi: ? Where did my mature, steady, kind and gentle ex-husband with an eight-pack go?
Who is this skinny guy running around the street without any clothes on?
Even though she'd resolved not to fall for her ex-husband, Jian Yexi couldn't stop caring about him.
By the time Jian Yexi realized what was happening, the once-young and inexperienced boy had taken her hand again. His gaze was honest and sincere, and she fell for him all over again.
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Rumor has it the Tenth Vongola Boss has a wife kept hidden from the world.
No one knows her name or what she looks like. All they know is that she's an unknown manga artist.
Until one day at a family banquet, the tipsy Lightning Guardian blurted out, "The back of Vongola's neck... looks like it has a bite mark?"
The whole room fell silent.
But the man in the main seat chuckled, fingers brushing the faint mark on the side of his neck. His gaze passed over the crowd and settled on the young manga artist in the corner, trying to hide her face behind her sketchbook.
"Yeah, the little cat at home scratched me."
Late at night, Jian Yexi is pressed against the floor-to-ceiling window.
Outside is the sea off Sicily; inside, Sawada Tsunayoshi's breath is scorching.
"Research for your manga?" Sawada Tsunayoshi bites the tip of Jian Yexi's ear and flips her sketchbook to a certain page. It's a detailed sketch of him pinning her to the end of the bed the night before. "Planning to publish this kind of thing too?"
"It's enough if you draw it just for me."
Reader's Notes:
★ Mature, steady mafia boss × easygoing manga artist with a three-minute attention span
★ Crossover between Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and Yumeiro Patissiere, with an 8:2 split
★ The heroine starts with her emotional defenses maxed out; the hero relies entirely on instinct and talent to break them down.
★ 1v1, both pure, happy ending, an unconventional "wife-chasing crematorium" story.
