The Sweetest Thing to Offer as Collateral

This novel will be going VIP on October 3. Leave a comment on any of the three chapters before it goes VIP to receive a little red envelope. Thank you for your support. Coming soon: A Substitute Voice Story. Voice substitute vs. stand-in. The heroine is a voice actor, and the hero is a possessive, gloomy young master. Please check my author page. Content warnings: Sweet, silly, feel-good comedy with an overpowered heroine. The leads have a big age gap, a big height difference, and a big intelligence gap. Gu Ci, the famously beautiful heiress of a bankrupt family, signs a marriage contract with Rong Haiyang to pay off her debts. Two years later, she will take the money and leave. Everyone knows they are a fake couple, not even as close as plastic. Miss Gu stands on the roof of the Moon Palace, playing the virtuous, self-sacrificing white lotus for over seven hundred days. She is considerate and kind, but utterly unremarkable. But just after signing the divorce papers, she is struck by a falling object and rushed to the hospital... The dignified head of the Rong family, Rong Haiyang, still has a shred of conscience, so he hurried to the hospital. Who knew Gu Ci would block his way, sobbing, and say, "Mr. Rong, hello. My Yangyang went bankrupt, so I'm here to pay off his debt by becoming your wife." Rong Haiyang: ??? Gu Ci was hit on the head and lost her memory and her ability to think logically. She thinks Yangyang, the man on the phone, is her boyfriend who went bankrupt and ran away. In real life, Rong Haiyang is her boyfriend's creditor, and she is the unfortunate pawn offered to settle the debt. From then on, the two of them live a life fit for four. But with her mind addled, Gu Ci is still dazzlingly beautiful, sweet and adorable. Every frown and smile dances on someone's heartstrings. Rong Haiyang's heart, once impervious to temptation, suddenly stirs... Rong Haiyang is in a meeting when he gets a call from Gu Ci. Gu Ci whispers, "Yangyang, if someone hugs me, they'll give us a million to pay off the debt. What should I do?" Rong Haiyang's voice is icy. "Tell him to drink more water from the toilet." He hangs up, then feels like something is off. Didn't he say that last night...? Gu Ci slowly regains her memory and logical thinking. In her confusion, she thinks she has been abandoned. She breaks down crying. "Yangyang, Yangyang doesn't want A-Ci anymore, does he?" The elegant man sits with her on the carpet, his crisp suit trousers creased, and pulls her into his arms to comfort her. He sighs. "He's so stupid. A-Ci should be with me instead." Gu Ci's tears dry up in alarm. (⊙_⊙)??? Until one day, Gu Ci fully regains her memory... #After her brain gets scrambled, the flirtatious, clingy sweetheart goes wild# #Without showing it, the pretend-cool flirt gets teased every day# Coming soon: A Substitute Voice Story When Zeng Ya was eight, a mysterious older boy moved in next door to her grandmother. He had burn scars on his face and was blind. Every afternoon, he would avoid the sunlight and sit quietly in the little garden for a while. Little Zeng Ya often climbed onto the garden wall to sing to him and coax him into talking. Those carefree afternoons lasted just one summer vacation. Then one day, the boy in the shade disappeared... When Xiang Qian returned to the Xiang family and had everything settled, he could no longer find his little summer oriole. He finally met Zeng Ya, and the colors of summer returned to his mind. But she wasn't the little oriole after all. She was only a substitute voice... After becoming a voice actor, Zeng Ya knew her chance had come the first time she met Xiang Qian. She wouldn't care whether she was one of eight hundred girlfriends or got dragged into endless catfights with other women. She was utterly obedient to Xiang Qian for one reason only: to step out from behind the scenes and into the spotlight. As long as she worked hard and got more people to notice her, someday she would find the older boy from the garden. Until she realized that, somehow, she had fallen for Xiang Qian... On a torrential rainy night, Xiang Qian's luxury car blocks Zeng Ya's way. He opens the front passenger door. "Get in. Stop throwing a tantrum. I'll give you whatever you want." Zeng Ya wipes the rain from her face. "Mr. Xiang, stop fooling around. You can't give me what I want." Xiang Qian: "What if I said we should get married?" Zeng Ya: "What if I said you're just a substitute?" Theme: Take off your disguise and discover your true self. The real you is more beautiful.