A Hint of Sweetness in the Lemon

[Weibo: @AiLeGeChangTuiYu] & [Please collect my author page] 1. Six years ago, Shan Xiwei met Xie Jingchen, her older brother's good friend. The young man had handsome, open features and a tall, straight build. His smile was so warm and indulgent that, in her eyes, he was even more handsome than her brother. At sixteen, her heart stirred for the first time. She gathered up her pure, innocent affection and nervously went to confess to him. Not only did he turn her down, he even went abroad to avoid her. Six years later, they met again. The sunny, open young man had become a cool, refined adult, his whole being radiating a dignified, restrained elegance. That night, Xie Jingchen cornered Shan Xiwei in a private room. A few buttons of his black shirt were undone. His sexy Adam's apple bobbed as he teased her by her ear, like someone playing with a cat. "Weiwei, it's been years. Don't you recognize your big brother anymore?" 2. Shan Xiwei loved lemon candies, and over the years Xie Jingchen had grown used to carrying her favorite sweets with him. After they got together, Shan Xiwei fell ill one time. Xie Jingchen gently coaxed her for ages before she finally took her medicine. As soon as the girl finished her medicine, brow furrowed, she grabbed his hand in a hurry, wanting candy. The man chuckled and lifted her chin, slipping the candy between his teeth into her mouth. "Still bitter?" "A little..." Xie Jingchen held the back of her head and tasted the lemon candy with her. Then, in a low, tender voice, he asked, "What about now?" Shan Xiwei's cheeks instantly flushed red. Her lashes fluttered as she murmured softly, "Sweet... I want more." [Bonus Scene:] There was a red birthmark on the right side of Shan Xiwei's lower back. Only her family, best friend, and roommates knew about it. After they got together, she accidentally discovered a tattoo on the right side of Xie Jingchen's lower back. It was a simple character: Wei. "When did you get it?" "The day I turned you down." · A calculating, impeccably dressed wolf in sheep's clothing x a slightly scheming, catlike girl · The male lead is a refined scoundrel, the female lead is understated and elegant. Six-year age gap, reunited after years apart. · He chases her after losing her / one-on-one romance, both are each other's first and only. Slow burn. The male lead isn't a jerk and the female lead isn't a mean girl. No bashing them. · This is a melodramatic, sweet-and-angsty story. If it's not your cup of tea, just click out. No need to leave a comment explaining. · I don't accept negative comments posted under the guise of warnings, nor unsolicited advice. Please respect one another. [Upcoming Story 1] Series novel: The Golden House Hides an Oriole / Shan Xiyang x Su Ying / wealthy young Shan heir x the little oriole he keeps. Synopsis below. Close friends all know that Shan Xiyang, who seems cool and restrained to outsiders, keeps a beauty hidden away in a golden house. In truth, she's a stand-in who looks a lot like his late girlfriend. Everyone can also see clearly that Su Ying loves Shan Xiyang desperately, while he couldn't care less about her. But later, Shan Xiyang is the one who loves desperately, and Su Ying is the one who couldn't care less about him. Su Ying stayed by Shan Xiyang's side for five years. For the first four, she loved him so much she lost herself. In the fifth year, Su Ying finally came to her senses and realized that the person she should love most was herself. So every time Shan Xiyang hurt her, she took back a little of the love she'd given him. By the end, Su Ying realized that leaving him wasn't difficult at all. [Bonus Scene] One night after their breakup, Su Ying received a call from Shan Xiyang. The man on the other end was drunk, his voice choked as he murmured, "I lost my little oriole. Can you tell me where she went?" Su Ying didn't say anything. He asked her, sounding utterly heartbroken, "When is she coming home?" Only after a moment did Su Ying let out a cold, mocking laugh. "Mr. Shan, we already broke up." A few months later, Shan Xiyang blocked Su Ying at her front door and held her tightly, as if he wanted to crush her into his very bones. But Su Ying used a clever move to push him away, then swung her metal-chain purse at him. A streak of blood immediately appeared on his sharply defined face. Standing before him, Su Ying looked indifferent, her expression cold. Impatiently, she reminded him, word by word, "You and I are over." The man's eyes were red as he rasped, "I didn't agree to it." [Upcoming Story 2] Series novel: Sneaking a Taste of Lychee / Gu Jingchen x Li Zhi / sweet, adorable little white rabbit x sly black fox. Synopsis below. Years ago, Li Zhi transferred to No. 8 High School. Her parents worried that their sweet, well-behaved daughter might get bullied at school. They repeatedly told her to go to the Gu family's young master, Gu Jingchen, if she ever needed help, saying he'd look after her for the sake of their families' friendship. However, Young Master Gu, the school's resident tough guy, didn't look after her at all. Instead, he kept picking on her, making Li Zhi avoid him like the plague. Then one day, Gu Jingchen unexpectedly and kindly helped Li Zhi get rid of a boy who was pursuing her. Grateful to Gu Jingchen for suddenly acting like a decent person, Li Zhi heard from a classmate that he liked lychees. She peeled a box of fresh lychees and gave them to him to show her thanks. Gu Jingchen sneered at the lychees she'd brought and said disdainfully, "You think I want lychees you peeled?" Li Zhi explained softly, "But my classmates said you like lychees..." Gu Jingchen was so worked up that he blurted out, "What they said was that I like you, damn it! You're the one I want!" That summer, Gu Jingchen secretly tasted the lychees. For years afterward, he couldn't forget the sweet lychee, white as snow and glistening like ice. When they met again, Gu Jingchen cornered the girl who had just eaten lychees behind a door. In a low voice, he asked, "Are the lychees sweet?" Li Zhi blinked, licked the corner of her mouth, and answered his question very seriously. "Sweet." "I don't believe you. Let me taste them," he murmured, leaning close to her reddening ear, his voice sexy and lazy. "Just how sweet are you?" Theme: