Soft Words in Daylight

* Main story complete

* Mutual salvation / friends-with-benefits to lovers / campus to city life / rekindled romance

* Melancholy painter x gentle beauty

1.

A mother and son moved in next door to Chi Xue.

The mother was gentle and capable,

while the son rarely smiled.

The first time Chi Xue saw Lu Xingcheng, she thought there was something fiercely predatory in his narrow, hooded eyes.

Later, she learned it wasn't ferocity. It was madness.

Lu Xingcheng was a complete and utter madman.

Since the day they first met, she had lost count of how many long nights he had held her in his arms, twirled her long hair around his fingers, and murmured the most cliched declarations of love beside her pillow.

"Chi Xue, you're mine."

"Don't run. You can't run. You are not allowed to run."

2.

Keeping it secret from everyone, they began a relationship that was hard to define.

The high-and-mighty young master threw away all his pride, with eyes and heart devoted entirely to her.

But later, she betrayed him.

After hurting him deeply, she didn't even leave him an apology. She simply turned away and left his world for good.

A bucket of cold water doused him. Lu Xingcheng gave a bitter smile and shook his head.

So from beginning to end, he had only ever been her pawn. He had never truly entered her heart.

3.

At the ball on the day they reunited, she stood beside another man, smiling as she held up a huge skirt, red as crashing waves.

She had no idea that nearby, Lu Xingcheng's hand was clenched so tightly around his wineglass that it nearly shattered.

The man silently swore that, by whatever means necessary, he would make her come back to him.

Before long, he got his wish.

One of his admirers asked him, "I only just found out that you've gotten involved with that woman again."

"You lied to me. Didn't you say you hated her?"

He merely replied coolly, "I do hate her. That's why I'm keeping her by my side so I can torment her."

"We don't need a happily-ever-after in the traditional sense. It's enough if we're tangled up with each other forever."

* Synopsis screenshot saved on October 30, 2021

* Lightly revised on August 1, 2026

--- Next book: Dear Winnie ---

The first time Winnie met Zhou Xiren, she was sixteen.

He was a producer her mother had hired, refined, handsome, and so very suave.

When he smiled and greeted her, Winnie saw his sharp canine teeth. "Hello, dear Winnie."

Then he knelt on one knee and kissed the back of her hand, showing her what it meant to be a gentleman.

The second time Winnie met Zhou Xiren, she was twenty-six.

He seemed to have taken an elixir of eternal youth. He looked just as he had before.

"It's an honor to meet you, Producer Zhou," she said with a smile as she walked over to greet him in the cafe.

At the time, he was struggling to get through a blind date arranged by his family. When he looked up and saw Winnie, he was stunned.

The next second, Winnie flashed her pearly whites, deliberately trying to ruin the date. "Producer Zhou, may I ask if you're a virgin?"

He wasn't.

At her words, the man's gaze darkened.

Of course he wasn't.

Dear Winnie, do you remember? For so many nights and days, you used to sneak into his bed.

When Zhou Xiren first met Winnie, he thought she was spoiled and insecure.

Later, he thought she was adorable.

After that, he couldn't help thinking: If only I could hide her inside my body forever.

Reader's guide:

- Both leads are virgins; happy ending

- Dance student x top producer / ten-year age gap / melodramatic elements / all professional details are made up

- Synopsis screenshot saved on August 9, 2026

Theme: Love can shatter all darkness