Today's Tea and Meals

[The story is complete. My next novel, Cold Pond, is updating now.]

1.

Chart-topping singer Li Buzhou has a smoky voice. He doesn't sing about romance or love, yet still leaves people utterly enchanted.

So far, though, apart from writing songs and holding concerts, he has no other hobbies. His clean-cut lifestyle is almost unnatural.

2.

Lin Jiu debuted as a child star and steadily gathered devoted fans along the way. She's popular, but never quite a sensation.

The timid girl had spent years working up the nerve to confess, but never dared. She cried to her best friend, "Li Buzhou really doesn't like me after all."

Lu Wanqiu's head filled with three question marks.

Everyone in their circle said Li Buzhou was a doting husband. Why did he seem so different when it came to the person involved?

"What makes you so sure he doesn't like you?"

Lin Jiu: "He's only nice to me because we're in an arranged marriage."

Lu Wanqiu: "???"

The story quickly reached the person in question.

The man usually took his time setting the record straight about rumors. That night, he cornered her in the dressing room. His naturally curly hair couldn't hide his dark expression, and the smell of smoke clung to him, making the culprit's heart race.

"Is this why you haven't answered my calls for a week?"

Lin Jiu: "..."

When she didn't answer, his voice, roughened by cigarettes, turned even lower. He practically ground out the words:

"Are you planning to wait until I'm over thirty before you marry me?"

A hard-won romance about an old man determined to get married before turning thirty _(:з"∠)_.

The blurb for my next novel, Cold Pond. Click my author page to add it to your collection!

As the most beautiful flower at No. 1 High School, Lu Chao is fair and handsome, excels at school, and is always composed and gentlemanly, making everyone feel at ease. He's like an air conditioner that runs twenty-four hours a day.

He never arrives late or leaves early, follows every school rule, and wears a clean blue-and-white uniform that carries a faint lemon scent. First- and second-year girls trail after him, cheering him on.

The basketball court is packed when he plays, and the track is jammed when he goes out to clean.

He's wildly popular.

His childhood friend, Lu Bai, watches coldly and thinks with a wicked smile:

Wouldn't it be fun to tear off his hypocritical mask and show everyone how he jumps and hides behind her when a tiny bug scares him?

Before she can put her plan into action, she's forced to confront another reality.

Earthbound spirits crushed to death on the road, hanging ghosts on streetlights, upperclassmen wandering around the school track...

And the only person by her side is Lu Chao, the one who caused it all.

Unable to stand being left out, he steals a spark from her shoulder, trying to drag her into it with him.

Lu Bai's response: Get lost :)

No apologies accepted.

Don't bother playing the victim.

Getting down on your knees won't work either.

Offer yourself to me?

Shameless.

A little scene:

Seven years later.

Lu Chao has just escaped from a drinking party. His black shirt reeks of alcohol, mingled with a woman's perfume. He's undone two buttons because he felt too hot, revealing his pale skin and elegant collarbones. His suit jacket hangs over his arm.

Still a gentleman on the outside, he can't quite hide the beast beneath.

The man glances at the ghost in his car, slowly takes out his phone, and answers in a plaintive voice.

"Honey, there's a female ghost in my car."

"Yeah, I can't get her to leave."

"I'm scared."

"I'm a married man. This could look bad."

"Can't you come get me?"

Half an hour later, Lu Bai hurries over. She spots the "female ghost," who looks no older than ten, in his car and slams the door shut in a fury. Before she can say a word, the drunk man pulls her into his arms.

He buries his face in her hair and nuzzles her, satisfied, then murmurs softly in her ear:

"Xiao Bai is the best."

Lu Bai: "..."

You Have to Spoil Your Man, No Matter How Much Trouble He Is; What Can You Do? Just Live with It; The Kind Get Bullied; That Jerk's Counting on Me to Like Him; Better to Make a Scene

A silly horror mystery. The heroine is fiercely protective and handles the mystery, while the male lead is in charge of the silliness. That's right _(:з"∠)_

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