Glass Hallucination

/ So the fact that you loved me was nothing but an illusion. Intro. Yue Li had secretly loved Han Jue for five years. She was ordinary and unremarkable, the kind of girl who was easy to overlook in a crowd. He, on the other hand, was dazzling and privileged, a supreme prodigy who seemed to stand above everyone else and was always the center of conversation. Countless girls in the bloom of youth had dreamed of falling for him. She had thought their worlds would never intersect. Then, one day shortly before the end of her sophomore year, Han Jue stopped her on her way home from school and asked if she wanted to be his girlfriend. They had a secret relationship, one no one else knew about. But it brought more than happiness. It brought ruin. When she was caught up in a controversy and condemned by everyone, he stayed indifferent and looked out for himself, leaving her with nothing but his retreating back. Only when she was on the verge of breaking down did Yue Li finally see the truth: Han Jue had never liked her. Those rosy fantasies had been lies, ready to burst at the slightest touch. People who pretend to sleep will eventually wake up. Princesses in fairy tales may exist, but Yue Li knew she would never be one. Later, with her heart turned to ash, she decided to cut ties with everything there and leave it all behind: the high school, Han Jue, and all the painful entanglements. Time passed. Years later, Yue Li returned to the city with a boyfriend by her side. He treated her gently and gave her a sense of security she had never known before. They had come back to discuss their wedding date with their elders, and planned to get married the following year. But during their stay, Yue Li ran into someone she never wanted to see again. They had just left the supermarket hand in hand and were driving home when a Bentley rear-ended their car. Her boyfriend got out to check, and Yue Li followed. To her surprise, the Bentley’s driver was Han Jue, her ex-boyfriend, whom she had not seen in years. Yue Li stared at him, stunned and speechless. Han Jue greeted her as casually as ever, his gaze drifting toward the man beside her. “Your boyfriend?” he asked offhandedly. “My fiancé.” Yue Li came to her senses and corrected him with a smile. Han Jue’s hand paused as he was about to light a cigarette. Maybe it was her imagination, but Yue Li thought his face darkened for a moment. She had no idea that after she left, Han Jue had searched every corner of the city and questioned everyone who had ever known her, all just to find out where she had gone. But those who truly decide to leave always say goodbye without a word. She had disappeared from his life completely. It took Han Jue a long time to admit that the unremarkable, ordinary girl he had once known had already left a deep mark on his heart without him even realizing it. The wound left by that mark seemed as though it would never heal. It hurt for years. Yue Li still had no idea what this reunion meant. Once a snake has set its sights on its prey, it coils around it and squeezes until it can no longer breathe. After Han Jue reappeared in her life, he had no intention of leaving again. 【Reader's Guide】 1. Dual timelines: school and city life; second-chance romance, stealing someone else's partner, and a groveling ex trying to win his wife back. 2. The plot is extremely melodramatic. There is no physical abuse of the heroine. To be clear, the heroine's extreme behavior early on has its reasons. Don't judge her before you've read the ending. Any comments insulting her will be deleted. 3. The male lead is a virgin. Happy ending. 4. Everyone has questionable morals. If that bothers you, please don't read. Thank you. Please add my next long novel, Thirst for a Kiss, to your library! /To love someone is like licking honey from the tip of a knife, pain and sweetness mingled. Intro. When Xi Yang first met Yu Sili, the first thing he said to her was, “Do you have a boyfriend?” He was eleven that year, and Yu Sili was twenty-five. A few years later, a family upheaval forced Xi Yang and his younger sister to move into Yu Sili’s home, where they lived with her for a long time. To Yu Sili, Xi Yang was a teenager in the throes of adolescence, far too wild and unruly. Whenever they clashed, he would taunt her, looking down at her as he said, “Why do you get to boss me around? Are you my mom or my wife?” At first, Yu Sili thought Xi Yang was just trying to rile her up. After all, this pampered young master had never faced much hardship growing up, so of course he resented an outsider like her trying to discipline and control him. But somewhere along the way, as the wolf cub grew up, he became increasingly bold with her. In the past, when Yu Sili whipped him with a willow switch, he would take it without flinching, his eyes filled with cold resentment. Later, he started catching the switch in his bare hand, gripping it so tightly she could not pull it free, and laughing as he watched her struggle in vain. “Let go! I’m going to teach you a lesson for your mother!” Yu Sili gritted her teeth in fury. The boy was now tall and strong, with wings far harder than before. He even dared to fight back. Xi Yang lowered his eyes, savoring every inch of helplessness and anger on her face. He could not help imagining how wonderful that expression would look in bed. At the thought, he leaned closer, his gaze teasing and possessive as he looked straight into her eyes. “Sure.” “Call me ‘husband’ first.” Your kiss is both a sleeping pill and a painkiller. I can’t live in a world without you. Theme: True love is precious.