I Dream of You Often

(Please add my upcoming novels, Through Your Verdant Window, Perfect Secret Crush, and You’re So Loud in My Heart, to your reading lists!)

[Alluring, bewitching, lazy older woman x restrained, self-controlled, easily embarrassed, loyal puppy]

During their freshman year, Li Zhe confessed to Lan Yun. He stumbled over his words, his face red as a tomato.

Lan Yun thought he was pretty cute and said yes.

But the very next day, Li Zhe vanished off the face of the earth.

Lan Yun: ??? Fine, so you’re playing me? Just you wait.

Years later, rising star Li Zhe landed a role in a film written by Lan Yun.

During one visit to the set, Lan Yun happened to see Li Zhe clutching a scarf she had once worn, hiding in a corner and secretly wiping away his tears...

Lan Yun: ??? Hello? Are you crazy?

-May you cut through every obstacle and keep moving forward, stand atop a dazzling peak beneath the stars, alone in the cold heights.

-And when you look back, I will not be where you return.

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Since entering the entertainment industry, Li Zhe's fame had skyrocketed.

One year, for his birthday, a fan rented a huge billboard to show their support.

There was a small line of text at the bottom of the screen asking him: “Li Zhe, are you happy now?”

Li Zhe didn't respond.

Many days later, out of nowhere, he posted on Weibo:

“I had already started regretting it before I made my decision.”

-And you don't know that I loved you for years, quietly and humbly.

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Blurb for Through Your Verdant Window:

A new guy has started working at the coffee shop downstairs. He's refined-looking and fair-skinned.

Even when people tease him, he just shyly presses his lips together.

Xu Nanzhou always thought he was a pure, innocent little bunny.

Until one day, at a party, beneath the colorful lights, the man performing in the lounge wore a black shirt with a deep V-neck. His foxlike eyes lifted, and he looked like a demon who had wandered into the human world.

After finishing a song, he walked to the bar, mixed himself a drink, and tipped it back.

Xu Nanzhou struck up a casual conversation. “Make one for me too?”

The man lowered his eyes slightly, touched her wrist with a water-beaded fingertip, and smiled. “Aren't you already drunk, sis?”

Xu Nanzhou took that as a rejection and hadn't expected anything anyway. But when she left, she realized he had been following her the whole time.

She turned around. “What, are you stuck to me now?”

“I was just waiting.” His collar was now buttoned high, and he smiled obediently. “When are you going to take me home, sis?”

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After they got together, Xu Nanzhou asked, “Why didn't you make me a drink that night?”

Gu Tingyi: “Because you get drunk easily, sis.”

“That's nonsense.” Xu Nanzhou frowned. “Could you really tell just by looking?”

Gu Tingyi didn't answer. He casually picked up a bottle of mineral water, took a sip, then bent down and covered her lips with his.

Xu Nanzhou couldn't help blushing.

Gu Tingyi chuckled by her ear. “See? You can even get drunk on water.”

“...”

“You don't get drunk on alcohol,” he murmured. “You get drunk on me.”

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Let me be the green at your window, a new shoot budding on a branch,

and bloom with brilliant, vivid flowers in your snow-covered winter.

[Older sister, tonight I don't care about humanity. I only want you.

Hai Zi, Diary]

Beautiful older woman x male seducer

Older woman/younger man romance / mutual flirting / mutual secret crush / five-year age gap

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Blurb for Perfect Secret Crush [Entertainment Industry]:

Song Xian, a top-tier star and the industry's leading female idol, is hailed as the queen of solo performances thanks to her stunning face and solid professional skills.

Qin Siyu, a megastar who found fame at a young age and works in both music and film, has been devoted to his career since debut. Rumor has it that if he ever fails in show business, he'll have to go home and inherit a fortune worth billions.

By chance, the two were cast on the same acting variety show.

After it aired, Qin Siyu, serving as a mentor, acted haughty and criticized Song Xian as if she could do nothing right. Netizens joked that the award-winning actor was ruthless with beautiful women and single by choice.

No one expected that right after the show ended, a major film would be announced, with Song Xian and Qin Siyu as its leads.

During filming, a fan posted an on-set video. In it, the usually stern-faced award-winning actor was on one knee, tying Song Xian's shoelace!

Netizens went wild: “Weren't you two supposed to be enemies?!”

Qin Siyu calmly replied: “After a long secret crush, you build up a bit of resentment.”

Netizens: “???”

Qin Siyu: “May I ask, @Song Xian, when are you going to make it official?”

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Fool everyone, then wait for you to reach the top.

The Salty Fish CP: putting in the laziest effort and serving up the sweetest romance.

Career-obsessed female seductress x obsessive, abstinent, poker-faced man

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Blurb for You’re So Loud in My Heart:

#Childhood friends / body swap / mind reading#

He Sheng has a handsome childhood friend, Song Chi, a younger boy who gets excellent grades, is well-behaved, and is often at her beck and call.

One day, by chance, their souls swapped bodies, and they gained the ability to read each other's minds.

So that morning, He Sheng and Song Chi stared at each other and heard his unhinged inner voice:

“Giao, my face is so handsome. I want to kiss it.”

After that, He Sheng realized that her seemingly well-behaved little brother was actually a walking chatterbox, constantly roasting her in his head:

When he woke her up, Song Chi thought: “What a spectacularly awful sleeping face.”

When he ate with her, Song Chi thought: “This pig has gotten fat. Time to slaughter it.”

When he poured her a glass of water, Song Chi thought: “Paralyzed at such a young age. How pitiful.”

He Sheng: ... Fine. You insult me, and I'll make you a cross-dressing diva. :)

*Everyday schoolkid romance

Comedic rich girl x secretly flirtatious curly-haired boy

Theme: Companionship is the longest-lasting confession of love.