Clear and Mild April

[Blurb]

Xu Qinghe finished surgery late that night, and to her surprise, the department director was waiting outside the operating room.

The director spoke first. “Your dad insists you’re still single because I work you so hard you don’t have time to date. I’m setting you up with someone tonight!”

Xu Qinghe: “...”

She had feelings for someone, so she always used work as an excuse when her parents asked about her love life.

Before she could come up with an excuse to refuse, the director continued, “I’m introducing you to Shi Wenli from neurosurgery.”

At the sound of his name, Xu Qinghe’s heart skipped a beat.

Shi Wenli had always had impossibly high standards. He’d even turned down a match arranged by the hospital director.

And he’d rejected countless other admirers.

For years, she had hidden all her feelings, just trying to get a little closer to him.

“Director, Dr. Shi and I see each other every day at work. If you force a match and he turns me down, things will be so awkward afterward.”

The director said, “Don’t worry. Shi Wenli has already agreed to meet you.”

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Shi Wenli never imagined that one day he’d be set up with a coworker.

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A story about her older brother, Shi Wenli. A slow-burn romance about love and marriage.

~﹡~﹡~﹡ [.Next story: Winter in Yunhai Town by Meng Xiao Er.]﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~*~﹡~﹡~﹡~

[Blurb]

That winter, Xiao Dongkai went to visit the nanny who had raised him from childhood, only to be stranded by a blizzard in a small town in Northern Europe.

The nanny’s family helped him find somewhere to stay. That night, he was taken in by a local family.

There, he met their niece, Sangzi.

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Sangzi had grown up without parents, raised by her uncle and his family.

Her aunt was capable and gentle, and treated her as her own daughter.

Her aunt was always telling her, “Our Sangzi is the prettiest girl in the world.”

For the first eighteen years of her life, everything was as simple and peaceful as the town she lived in. Then, on the night of the blizzard, a man named Xiao Dongkai shattered that tranquility.

Six months later, she called the number he had left her and told him, nervous but excited, “I’m going to college in your city.”

Xiao Dongkai congratulated her and asked with concern, “Do you have enough for tuition and living expenses?”

Sangzi said, “I won’t need much. I got a full scholarship.”

Back then, she had no idea that Xiao Dongkai was the eldest grandson of the Xiao family, one of the most prominent families in Hong Kong.

She also didn’t know that the largest department store chain in Europe belonged to the Xiao Ning Group.

And she had no idea that Xiao Dongkai was the big boss of Casey & Associates, one of the world’s leading law firms.

All she knew was that he was like the sun over her town during the polar day.

From the very first time they met, he had warmed her heart.

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A short, simple, heartwarming story~

~﹡~﹡~﹡ [.A friend’s new novel: After the Heart Skips a Beat by Cheng Mo Mo.]﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~﹡~*~﹡~﹡~﹡~

Chi Suian came from a prominent family. As soon as she graduated, her family started planning her life for her. Fed up, she dragged her best friend on a spontaneous trip.

In a seaside town, she met a very special man.

He was handsome, aloof nine times out of ten, but always gentle with her. He helped her out several times, and they kept running into each other.

After testing the waters a few times, Chi Suian had a late-night chat with her best friend. “Do you think he likes me?”

Her friend thought it was quite possible.

After a sleepless night, Chi Suian decided to find him and ask him directly.

But he vanished without a word, leaving without a backward glance.

That was when she realized that aside from his name, she knew nothing about him.

After returning home, Chi Suian insisted on joining the company her elders had expressly forbidden her to work for.

The colleague assigned to show her the ropes repeatedly warned her that the big boss was aloof and impossible to approach, and so heartless he might as well be the devil. If she ever ran into him, she should keep her distance and steer clear.

She didn’t take the warning seriously.

Until she ran into the man who had disappeared without a word, outside the elevator.

He wore a dark, custom-tailored suit and had an air of noble restraint.

Before she could greet him, everyone beside her called out in unison, “Mr. Mu.”

Wait, the heartless devil of a boss?

How could it be him?

How could he be the person her elders spoke of in such hushed, guarded tones?

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An accident robbed Mu Cinian of all color in his world.

Then he met her, and his black-and-white world grew bright again.

Theme: Love each other well