I've Had a Crush on You for a Long Time

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Coming next / Available for pre-order: Shared Sleep / Bitter Words. Blurbs below!

Soft, timid upperclasswoman x scheming, calculating CEO

Years ago, at a graduation banquet, Chi Nian got drunk and kissed a younger student by force.

At the time, the junior asked her with a solemn look, "Senior, what was that supposed to mean?"

Thinking they would never see each other again anyway, Chi Nian laughed triumphantly at him three times. "I was just messing with you, junior!"

But Chi Nian never imagined that eight years later, the junior would show up at her door.

"Hi, are you looking for a roommate to share rent... Senior?"

Looking at the handsome man outside, whose face was impossible to forget, Chi Nian was struck by memories of the past like a bolt of lightning, leaving her utterly stunned.

-

At a class reunion one day, someone asked Chi Nian if she still remembered the junior she'd taken advantage of back then.

Chi Nian gritted her teeth. "Remember him? Of course I do." After all, he was living at her place right now.

"He's the CEO of a publicly listed company now, worth tens of billions!"

Chi Nian stared in shock. "He's that rich?!"

"Haven't you read the financial news? He's been on the cover lately, the cold-faced CEO of MJ, Duan Muzhi."

Chi Nian shook her head frantically. "I haven't! I had no idea!"

"I hear he's getting married soon. Some woman is going to be so lucky to marry him."

"...Getting married?"

Only then did Chi Nian realize she might have been deceived.

-

When she got home, she saw her supposedly "homeless" roommate wearing an apron and making soup. Chi Nian's face darkened.

"Duan Muzhi, get over here!"

"I hear you're getting married. You have one hour to get out of here, or else..."

Or else...

Chi Nian was pinned against the windowsill, shouting, "Duan Muzhi, you bastard!"

Duan Muzhi caught her earlobe between his teeth and slipped a diamond ring onto her finger.

"You were only teasing me back then, senior, but I took it seriously. Don't you think you should take responsibility for me?"

Chi Nian: ???

#How a wolf pretends to be a dog

#Every trick to win over his wife

#Once he's got his wife, who cares about saving face?

Mutual pining, mainly set in the city with scenes from their school days. A lighthearted, sweet little romance to bring you some winter warmth!

Shared Sleep: Bluster x gloomy and disheartened

The first time Chi Rang saw Shi Xia, her own brother had stolen her money, and she was sitting in a filthy puddle in a narrow alley, looking miserable.

The stains on her pale skirt, and her face, which looked on the verge of tears, were equally irritating.

Chi Rang tossed his cigarette aside and called out to the man who was busy counting his ill-gotten cash.

"You pull this kind of stunt on my turf and don't pay protection?"

-

At school, Shi Xia was the clever, well-behaved darling of her teachers and the goddess-level top student in her classmates' eyes.

Her skirts were always spotless and fluttering, her smile always bright and sunny.

But just as she was working hard to appear content in front of everyone, Chi Rang suddenly transferred into her class.

At the corner of the junkyard, Shi Xia cornered Chi Rang against a wall and threatened him in a low, dark voice. "Don't tell anyone you know me, or else..."

"Or else what?" Chi Rang casually lit a cigarette. "Or else you won't come sleep with me anymore?"

Pale blue smoke drifted across Shi Xia's face. He narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Have I ever told you how utterly irresistible you look in your school uniform?"

-

Shi Xia was born into a muddy mess. She tried desperately to climb out and leave the ugliness behind, doing all she could to make her life clean and bright.

But Chi Rang's appearance shattered everything.

He was arrogant, reckless, and utterly self-assured. He had the gloom and darkness Shi Xia most wanted to escape, yet also possessed the warmth and love she longed for most.

She wanted to run from him, but she couldn't bear to lose him.

Plenty of people at school were drawn to his dangerously worn-out air, but Chi Rang always smiled carelessly in her direction alone.

"I have a lover."

"We're made for each other."

*We will always belong to the darkness, not the beautiful morning sun.

*Come sleep beside me.

The male lead is a jerk, and the female lead is imperfect.

They save each other.

Bitter Words: elegant and composed x unruly and detached

Before Yan Zhen's father died, he left behind an inheritance that could only be claimed on a specified date, along with adoption papers.

When the lawyer brought Yan Zhi in front of her, Yan Zhen studied the deaf-mute boy, who was no relation to her, without expression. She couldn't understand why claiming the inheritance required her to live with this stranger for five years.

But for the sake of the inheritance, Yan Zhen stood up and said, "Come home with me."

At first, Yan Zhi was quiet, obedient, and so docile that Yan Zhen felt guilty.

Over time, he grew secretive and cold, radiating such hostility that Yan Zhen began to fear him.

-

Yan Zhi was a trapped beast sinking into a mire. Once he seized something that could keep him alive, he would never let go, even if it killed him.

At first, he wanted to drag Yan Zhen down into hell with him.

Later, he began to find that he couldn't bear to.

He was immersed in a dark, soundless world, and Yan Zhen's smile was the first heavenly sound he ever heard.

He never spoke, yet she seemed to understand him, giving him tenderness, compassion, and boundless mercy.

In the darkness, he wanted to stain Yan Zhen with twilight.

In the sunlight, he wanted to return her to her pristine white.

Yan Zhi wavered between light and shadow until Yan Zhen helped him choose.

-

Five years passed in the blink of an eye.

Yan Zhen took the inheritance and planned to leave for good, but Yan Zhi chased her to the airport.

He bound her hands in front of her with his tie and whispered tenderly in her ear, "Zhenzhen, come home with me."

*Possession gives rise to anger, anger gives rise to resentment, and resentment gives rise to hatred.

*Of all the angry, deceitful words I've spoken in this life, there is only one I truly mean: I love you.

The male lead has psychological issues. He's genuinely bad and a real jerk. He's only pretending to be deaf and mute, so don't expect too much of him.

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