A Heart Stirred, Unaware of Why

A practice novel for my debut on Xiao Lvjiang. Read it or don't.

My other novel, The Little Crab Is Definitely Not a Scallop, is now underway!

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I'll fix typos and make small plot revisions from time to time.

|Mutual Firsts|Marriage Before Love|Happy Ending|

Blockhead x Guiding Lover

You fell in love at first sight the moment you met, but--

A fluttering heart cannot read another's mind.

Bai Wenzhou: "Don't swindle me out of money. Swindle me instead."

Jiang Zhiyu: "Can I swindle you out of both?"

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In her previous life,

Jiang Zhiyu was stood up while trying on wedding dresses and learned that her fiance was having an affair with her stepsister.

Devastated by the betrayal, she fell into a low mood, then suffered an accident.

The bad news: She was hit by a car and died.

The good news: She was reborn.

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After being reborn,

Jiang Zhiyu decided to end the ill-fated relationship and called off the engagement.

Her father was a heartless businessman who put profit first. He threatened her with the dessert shop her mother had left behind: get married or close it down.

Jiang Zhiyu chose a third option: a blind date.

Unfortunately... on her first blind date, she made a mistake and met the wrong person.

Jiang Zhiyu: "..." I should've checked the almanac before leaving the house...

Who ends up going on a blind date with her fiance's uncle?!

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After running away, she saw him at her home for the second time.

It had to be a mistake.

Bai Wenzhou stopped her as she tried to flee and said with a grin, "Miss Jiang, shall we talk?"

Did she even have a choice?

That evening, Jiang Zhiyu invited him to dinner, thinking that would put the matter behind them.

Instead, he said, "Miss Jiang, let's go on a proper blind date."

"Cough, cough..." She choked on her food.

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One beautiful, sunny morning, Jiang Zhiyu and Bai Wenzhou registered their marriage.

If she hadn't been holding the red marriage certificate in her hands, she would have thought it was a dream.

Bai Wenzhou: "From now on, don't call me Mr. Bai."

Jiang Zhiyu asked, confused: "Then what should I call you?"

Later, she was the first to call him:

"Hubby."

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After hearing that Jiang Zhiyu had married his uncle, Bai Yue went to find her.

He insulted her, but Jiang Zhiyu only smiled.

"Good nephew, call me Auntie."

Reader's Guide:

1. The title of this novel uses the name of a Chinese medicinal herb. Information is from online sources, and I'll compile it every 10 to 15 chapters.

2. This is my debut on Xiao Lvjiang, and I'm using it to practice.

Note: I drew the cover myself, hehe.

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--The Little Crab's blurb:

Reunited After a Breakup | Mutual Firsts | Semi-Fictional Setting | Fake Siblings

Sunny Girl x Sharp-Tongued, Stubborn Guy

Writer x Game Planner

-Blurb

Xie Yu first met Chen Jinrang during the summer of her senior year of high school.

Her mother told her that a distant cousin was coming to Xiaoyu Residence for the summer.

Xie Yu watched as her mother did a thorough cleaning, scrubbing the spare room spotless just to welcome a relative so distant they were barely related.

Xie Yu's first thought when she heard about Chen Jinrang was:

What kind of young master is this?

But when she saw him, Xie Yu couldn't say a word.

Chen Jinrang had a wild streak. That year, he dyed his hair blond and even got an ear cartilage piercing to look cool.

Looking at the distant little cousin whose name he couldn't even remember, he suddenly felt like teasing her.

Not going to greet me?

He grinned and leaned closer. "No manners. Call me Big Brother."

"..." Xie Yu blushed.

The shy innocence of youth took tangible form in that moment.

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Chen Jinrang was always picking on her.

He stole the food from her chopsticks at dinner, always ate the sweetest part in the middle of the watermelon, and somehow one of her favorite caramel puddings was always missing...

Xie Yu both hated and didn't hate him. She just wanted summer vacation to end and Chen Jinrang to leave.

But later, she changed her mind.

Xie Yu loved writing and had always dreamed of becoming a writer.

She wanted to use her boundless imagination to create countless stories.

But at Xiaoyu Residence, nobody understood her dream.

Someone took her diary and read its contents aloud in front of her. It was the saddest moment of Xie Yu's life.

That's when Chen Jinrang appeared.

After all, only he was allowed to bully his little sister.

After scolding the group, he looked at Xie Yu. "You're such an idiot. Where's that spirit you always have when you argue with me? Cat got your tongue?"

Xie Yu felt wronged and touched, and she cried.

Her tears unexpectedly fell into Chen Jinrang's heart, and he panicked.

After that, their relationship changed completely.

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In the days before summer vacation ended, Chen Jinrang and Xie Yu made a promise: after she finished her college entrance exams, he would return to Xiaoyu Residence to celebrate with her.

Xie Yu remembered his words and waited until her results came out, but he never showed up.

His phone number was disconnected, and every other way of contacting him had been cut off.

Only then did Xie Yu realize that Chen Jinrang had lied to her.

"Liar."

She hated liars more than anything.

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Five years later, Xie Yu had become a well-known writer.

She couldn't find inspiration for her new work, so she decided to visit Xuecheng in search of it.

Only to run into Chen Jinrang there.

Xie Yu: "..."

They stood in silence, both too stubborn to speak first.

In the end, Xie Yu couldn't hold back. With five years of pent-up feelings behind it, she slapped him across the face.

She cursed him: "Liar."

To get back at Chen Jinrang, Xie Yu deliberately called him Big Brother every day.

At first, Chen Jinrang didn't react. As time went by, Xie Yu thought he had accepted it.

Later, Chen Jinrang looked down at her, his eyes red.

"Xie Yu, who said I only want to be your big brother?"

Theme: Love takes the right time, place, and people