My Abstinent Husband

When Xia Zhi was in school, she had a crush on a boy.

He was refined and handsome in a white shirt, the untouchable, celibate heartthrob in every girl's eyes.

Xia Zhi pursued him from freshman to senior year, studying hard for love, and finally got her wish: she was accepted into the same university as him.

Then he went abroad.

Xia Zhi: “...”

Little fairy, take a deep breath. No swearing.

*

Years later, Xia Zhi ran into Ji Yanqing again. Gold-rimmed glasses, white shirt, still that damn celibate type.

In a moment of carelessness, Xia Zhi kissed him.

The next day, the company announced a new senior appointment. As they passed the president's office, the HR manager introduced her enthusiastically: “Mr. Ji, this is Xia Zhi, the secretary in the president's office. From now on, she'll mainly handle your daily schedule.”

Xia Zhi: “???”

As the word “resign” flashed through her mind, rent, utilities, and transportation costs came charging in.

Xia Zhi: Stay calm. Don't panic. I can keep hanging on QAQ

But as she kept hanging on, she somehow went from being next door to the president to clinging to his thigh...?

*

Ji Yanqing, the president of Xinbo Technology, was cold and ruthless, a notorious capitalist machine. Yet his refined, aloof good looks had every young woman in the company swooning.

In the office, a young woman leaned over to whisper to Xia Zhi: “Zhizhi, you follow Mr. Ji around every day. Do you know what kind of girl he likes?”

Xia Zhi, with a cold expression: “I don't know, I have no idea. It's a work relationship. We're not close.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a tiny human toddler, barely taller than a bean sprout, grabbed her leg. “Mommy.”

The little one looked up, and his face was almost identical to Ji Yanqing's.

Xia Zhi: “...”

#LooksLikeICan'tKeepMySecretMarriageToTheBossHiddenAnymore#

#TheSecretarysRidiculousRiseToTheTop#

#A Guide To The Hundred Correct Ways To Cling To Your Boss's Thigh#

A secretary who crossed “aloof and celibate” off her dating criteria vs. an aloof and celibate man

One-on-one / sweet romance / first time for both / marriage

★ New novel now underway: Moonlight Kiss. Blurb:

A little girl came to live with the Yan family. She was fair and sweet-looking, spoke in a soft, gentle voice, and was so well-behaved it was almost unbelievable.

Old Madam Yan told Yan Xi to take good care of the girl from now on. The man lounged lazily in his chair, his dark eyes glancing at the person beside him. The corner of his mouth lifted slightly. “Sure.”

Two careless syllables, steeped in mischief to the bone.

*

Lin Yining had a secret: she liked Yan Xi.

She couldn't bring herself to say it, so she quietly stayed by his side, watching him spend his days acting carefree and changing rumored girlfriends one after another; watching him save lives in his white coat, letting blood soak through the thin fabric of his shirt.

On the day she decided she would no longer love Yan Xi, Lin Yining packed up all her things and left the Yan family without hesitation.

She didn't know that a hair tie she often wore had been left behind in the corner of her room. A little crescent moon dangled from its thin black elastic.

*

Years later, Lin Yining became Yan Xi's personal doctor.

The man who once seemed carefree had shed his white coat, taken charge of the Yan family, and become a formidable player in the business world. Beautiful women surrounded him, yet none had ever gotten close.

Everyone said the young Mr. Yan had someone he secretly loved.

Until one day, at a gathering, someone found a woman's hair tie in Yan Xi's home.

A friend flung open the bedroom door. “Bro! Whose hair tie is this?”

Yan Xi glanced at Lin Yining, who was busy packing up the medicine box, and slowly buttoned his shirt from the bottom up with his long fingers.

“Some ungrateful little thing.”

Lin Yining suddenly looked up.

There it was: the black hair tie she'd lost years ago, its little golden moon worn pale from being rubbed so often.

Also known as: I Unceremoniously Dumped My Crush, Then Found Out I Was His One True Love (?)

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