Lonely Planet

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The day Li Xichen met Lu Siyue was the first time she had stepped outside in three months, after cutting herself off from the world.

She stood outside her door with her "stockpile" in hand, cautiously knocked, then asked, "Is anyone there?"

Ten seconds passed. No one answered.

She reached into her coat pocket for her keys, only to find they were missing. As she looked down to search for them, she heard metal clink behind her. "Are these yours?"

That day, Lu Siyue wore a wrinkled shirt and reeked of alcohol, leaning against the wall as if he had no bones.

Li Xichen was so frightened that her hand trembled as she took the keys. In the end, Lu Siyue turned them over and dropped them into her palm.

Lu Siyue, who had moved in two months earlier, knew the young woman lived alone.

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The second time they met, Lu Siyue was still wearing the white coat he had not yet had a chance to take off. He was checking the pipes in the building for leaks when he passed Li Xichen's door.

The gentle young woman stood in the hallway, tilted her head up, and asked through her tears, "Could I borrow a hug?"

Before she had even finished speaking, she clung to him as if he were the last lifeline she had.

Lu Siyue's hand had been hanging in the air, but he patted her shoulder.

It was a long time before Li Xichen learned that on the day they first met, a client Lu Siyue had been treating for a year had been rushed to the hospital for a stomach lavage. The attempt failed, and the client died on their twenty-third birthday.

[Love means that no matter how turbulent the world outside may be, the world the two of you share is warm.]

[The world is imperfect, but we can still live with passion.]

- One-on-one romance // Both leads are each other's first // Six-year age gap // A warm, healing story

- Therapist X screenwriter with insomnia

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My next novel, "It Had to Be You," is coming soon. Please add it to your library!

[Blurb]

[One]

Shen Yi is nearly the perfect husband in everyone's eyes: handsome, wealthy, intelligent, gentlemanly, and responsible.

Zhao Nanxing, on the other hand, is the woman everyone thinks is least suitable to bring home to meet the family: domineering, decisive, and a workaholic.

Yet the two of them got married. When they did, their mutual friends made a private bet: How long until they divorced?

The longest bet was three years.

Three years passed, and the couple hadn't divorced. They even showed up at a party together, and their friends gradually accepted the truth.

But in the fifth year of their marriage, Zhao Nanxing posted a picture of her divorce certificate on her social media feed.

Everyone: ...What???

[Two]

Zhao Nanxing and Shen Yi were neighbors as children and attended the same elementary school. Later, Shen Yi's whole family moved away, and they lost touch.

They met again at a friend's birthday party, spent one bewildering night together, then got married in an equally bewildering fashion.

Zhao Nanxing had always held herself to impossibly high standards. She believed she could do anything well, including marriage.

Especially since Shen Yi was everyone's idea of an ideal husband.

But five years later, after losing a baby, she was the one who asked Shen Yi for a divorce.

[Three]

During the lunch break at the hospital, a TV was showing an interview with Shen, a lawyer who had recently become the talk of the town.

Someone said, unable to hide her infatuation, "Lawyer Shen is so handsome that even if I were arguing with him, I'd have to slap myself first."

As Zhao Nanxing quietly ate her lunch, she thought: You haven't experienced what it's like to lose your temper during an argument while he doesn't say a word. You haven't been injured and hospitalized while he leaves on a business trip that same day. And you haven't suffered a miscarriage and sobbed alone in the middle of the night while he refused to hold you, then coldly wrote 'thank goodness' in his diary.

Everyone thought Shen Yi was the perfect man. Only Zhao Nanxing knew how cold he was at heart.

Later, Shen Yi stood below the hospital in a torrential downpour, holding a banner that read: Zhao Nanxing, I was wrong.

Even when he collapsed in the rain and was taken to the emergency department, Zhao Nanxing never showed up to see him.

Childhood sweethearts navigating life after divorce // Criminal defense lawyer X emergency room doctor //

Coming soon: "A Kiss of Temptation." Please add it to your library!

[One]

Xi Nan made her debut as a child star, and her stunning face captivated countless people. But as an adult, she had no noteworthy works to her name and relied on rumors and shipping to stay popular. Every year, she topped unofficial rankings as the entertainment industry's most beautiful but talentless actress.

She had so many rumored pairings that they were like carp crossing a river, but none inspired more sighs than Sheng Siqi.

They were both beloved child stars, and their childhood-friends-to-lovers image had fans utterly obsessed. At the height of the frenzy, fans openly shipped them right in front of the two stars themselves.

But for three years, the pair had not appeared together or interacted, and plenty of fans said it was the end of an era.

Then one day, the celebrity dating show "Love Era" announced its cast, tagging both Xi Nan and Sheng Siqi.

The whole internet spread the news: My ship is back together!!!

But the show's official account also tagged two of Xi Nan's other rumored partners, as well as He Yi, a famous actor with a notoriously bad temper.

Netizens: ???

[Two]

Everyone knows that He Yi once said in an interview that Xi Nan was the female celebrity he disliked most. His four-word verdict: All looks, no substance.

Xi Nan, who usually ignored online criticism, responded for the first time: Right back at you.

Netizens: The most dramatic dating-show showdown in history is coming!!!

Some even started a poll asking who Xi Nan would end up choosing. The rival fan groups were neck and neck.

Only He Yi's fans were absolutely certain, swearing up and down on social media: "She could end up with anyone, but never that dog He Yi."

But before filming wrapped, a reporter made a surprise visit to the show's dating house. They accidentally opened a door to find He Yi, the famously cold-faced actor with the terrible temper, kissing Xi Nan passionately, their kiss both innocent and sensual.

Netizens: ???!!!

The reporter immediately cut away, while comments flashed furiously across the screen:

[Let me see! I'll pay!]

Also known as: #TheBadBoyGetsHisFaceSlappedEveryDay# #Uncles, Aunts, Brothers, and Boyfriends All Jealous on the Same Dating Show# #TheDarling'sLoveStory#

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