Falling for You

Cold, aloof beauty on a pedestal vs. sweet, wild girl with her head on straight (urban romance)

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Shen Xingfu never expected she'd get to see Li Siyu, the aloof beauty she'd once teased, again.

Back then, her grades were at the bottom of the class and she was "good for nothing," while he was cold and solitary. His face was beautiful, yet world-weary, and he remained cool and self-possessed as she chased him with her pranks.

Before transferring schools, she cornered Li Siyu in a narrow alley. "I was just messing around with them. Pretend I kissed you and play along, okay?"

But the boy grabbed her wrist, his eyes cold. "If you can't take it, don't play."

Years later, when they meet again, the man narrows his cool, deep-set eyes at her. "Don't recognize me?"

Shen Xingfu is so polite it's almost ridiculous. "Oh, you're an old classmate."

After that, they spend a while acting like "old classmates" who have nothing going on. But before long, the man, who's spent a long time pretending to be cold and chaste, can no longer restrain the possessiveness he's suppressed for so long.

The space is as narrow as it was back then.

Only now, he's the one blocking the way instead of her.

The man's eyes are cool yet seductive as he stares at her. "Do you remember what you did to me that day?"

"My memory isn't very good," Shen Xingfu says with an innocent smile. "I've long forgotten what happened back then."

His smile fades, and he leans close, speaking softly. "Want me to help you remember?"

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"When all is said and done, I'm the one trapped in the palm of your hand."

He knows it was all just a prank, yet time and again, in the middle of the night, he dreams of her grabbing him by the collar, almost obsessively.

P.S.

Both leads are each other's only partners. The male lead has a secret crush and starts pursuing her after a dozen or so chapters. This isn't a groveling-after-rejection story.

The job details are entirely made up by the author, so please don't fact-check them.

The blurb has changed a lot from the previous version. If that bothers you, feel free to remove it from your collection.

Thanks to the lovely reader from Bishui for providing the cover. Kisses!

My next book, You've Finally Come Online, needs your collection! Kisses!

One day, Huang Xiaxia accidentally downloads an app and registers as a user. Soon, she receives a link. It opens an app called Virtual Boyfriend.

After being single for twenty years, Huang Xiaxia sets a series of standards for her boyfriend based on her ideal type, and names him Seven.

Huang Xiaxia chats with him for ages and has a wonderful time. Then one day, her virtual boyfriend seems to glitch. She sends him messages for three days, but he doesn't respond.

He finally appears.

Seven: I'm back.

Xiaxia: ! You've changed! Why don't you call me "baby" anymore!

Seven: ...

Xiaxia: ???

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Yan Qi is a star in the computer science department at R University.

The campus confession board is covered with declarations of love for him, but few people dare to pursue him. There's no other reason: his face is exceptionally handsome and refined, and meeting his slightly flirtatious eyes is enough to make anyone blush and their heart race.

For a computer science assignment, Yan Qi designs a virtual boyfriend app and posts the link on the campus forum to test how it runs.

Once the test is over, he breaks all the online functions. The few campus users soon disappear when their virtual boyfriends stop replying.

Only one person keeps sending him messages without giving up...

"You jerk, do you have someone else on the side?!"

"I'm mad. You're going to regret this."

Finally, out of curiosity, Yan Qi opens the chat and replies, "I'm back."

But Yan Qi never expects that after chatting for a few months, he'll fall for her. Without the ten-second voice clips of her singing that she sends every night, he can't fall asleep anymore.

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Later, someone sees Yan Qi, the man supposedly living on the campus confession board, following a young woman with his head bowed and a meek expression.

The girl ignores him and asks, "Have you got the wrong person, classmate?"

"I haven't." Yan Qi stops her and lets out a low laugh. "You flirt with me, then pretend it never happened?"

A female lead who lets loose online but is reserved and aloof in real life X a dark, aloof genius who perfectly fits the virtual boyfriend persona

Both leads are each other's only partners. Super, super sweet.

Theme: A heart that keeps beating for you, forever