Biting Red Lips

[This novel has been published under the new title "To Be Honest with You" and is now available.]

["Don't Be Too Wild" is now underway. Visit the author's page to read it.]

Blurb:

In the first year of her marriage into a wealthy family, Pei Xiruo went abroad to recuperate, claiming she was in poor health. She hadn't seen her bargain-bin husband in over six months.

On the flight back to China, she took off her sunglasses. Her lips were bright red as she smiled and struck up a conversation with the gentleman beside her. "Hey, draw a fortune stick for me."

The man drew one without a word.

Pei Xiruo glanced at it and beamed. "They say strangers get the most accurate fortunes. Looks like I'm about to achieve something big."

"Oh? What is it?"

"Getting a divorce." Pei Xiruo twirled the card, smiling. "I've been sick of my bargain-bin husband for a long time."

"Is that so?" The man leisurely set down his tablet and glanced at her. "Why don't you take another look?"

*Elite CEO x independent beauty who blooms on her own

Blurb written on 12/24/19.

No stealing plot ideas.

Blurb for "Don't Be Too Wild":

The summer after the college entrance exams, Liang Fengyu met Chen Qingji and unexpectedly discovered that her younger brother's friend was actually pretty handsome.

She confessed her feelings, and he rejected her outright. "Sorry, I'm not looking to date."

She didn't mind. "You have to give me a chance."

"All right. One hundred meters." Chen Qingji said no more, just nodded toward the track in the distance. "Beat me in a race."

Liang Fengyu rolled her eyes at the sky.

Chen Qingji laughed, thinking that was the end of it. But one day, she came to challenge him.

Chen Qingji lazily stepped onto the track, wondering if he should give her a few seconds' head start so she wouldn't lose too badly.

Who would have thought that, at the sound of the starting pistol, a dozen boys from the school team would suddenly rush over and pin him firmly to the track?

He could only watch as Liang Fengyu slowly made her way around the track. She crouched in front of him, laughter dancing in her eyes and brows. "Chen Qingji, do you keep your word?"

Laid-back cool guy vs. flirty little butterfly

"Come one inch closer, and I'll start taking you seriously." - Centripetal Force

Girl pursues boy / not an incest romance / childhood friend who appears out of nowhere / calm, slow-burn romance

Theme: Find the shining qualities in each other and treat one another sincerely.