A Little Tenderness

Everyone says Fu Shihan, the campus heartthrob at S University, is aloof and noble, calm and self-possessed, and never speaks to a girl for more than three sentences. Only Huo Yan knows how Fu Shihan used to hold her close beneath the Chinese parasol tree outside his home, greedily biting at her lips. When Huo Yan gasped for breath and pleaded in a low voice, Fu Shihan's heart nearly burst. A naive, adorable, slightly dim-witted female lead who's physically delicate from birth, paired with an aloof, noble, possessive, scheming demon king. [Even the cold-hearted demon king has a little-known tender side.] Huo Yan didn't speak until she was five. Even after growing up, she was still a little clumsy and slow on her feet. One day, she noticed a Rolls-Royce following her, moving even more slowly than she was. "What are you doing?" Fu Shihan kept his hands on the steering wheel, his peach-blossom eyes shining as he looked straight ahead. Calmly, he answered with two words: "Taking a walk." From then on, Huo Yan thought there was something wrong with this man's head. So she did her best to humor him, go along with him, and avoid upsetting him. One day, after they'd argued, Fu Shihan said, "Don't be mad anymore." Huo Yan pouted. "I'm not mad. How could I possibly get mad at an idiot?" The cigarette in Fu Shihan's hand tapped lightly. "Then come here and let me hold you for a bit." Huo Yan hesitated, then gently wrapped her arms around his waist and said softly, "Just for a moment, okay?" [A sweet and satisfying romance about a naive girl who accidentally charms a genius academic, turning her life around and unlocking an overpowered glow-up.] For twenty years, Fu Shihan had been cold and distant. The only tenderness he had ever felt in his life, he gave entirely to Huo Yan that night. Purchase link for the print edition of Little Tenderness Theme: