Born Out of Wedlock, Dependent on You

My new 2023 contemporary romance, Spring Fields, is updating now. Visit my author page and add it to your collection! [Blurb One] Zhao Yuanxi had been with Nie Yaochen for four years. Now he was getting married, and she wasn't the bride. Zhao Yuanxi: "That's fine, Mr. Nie. Please settle the bill first." So he did his best to compensate her: buying her clothes and an apartment, getting her promoted and giving her a raise, and finally going all in and offering to marry her and have a child with her. Then he realized none of that was what she really wanted. Nie Yaochen couldn't help wondering: Could it be that she wanted more than money and more than me? Could she want my true heart, too? Zhao Yuanxi: "Yeah, right." [Blurb Two] When Nie Yaochen ran into Zhao Yuanxi outside his house, she had a small backpack on and was leaning over the fence to take pictures of the roses in his garden. "Hi." She smiled at him. "Your garden is beautiful, prettier than anyone else's around here." Her smile dazzled him, and he nearly forgot that the more vivid and radiant a rose was, the more thorns it had. Its blossoms were as untrustworthy as lies. Even keeping a beauty in a golden house has its rules. He built her another love nest, but she wasn't content to play the caged songbird. She always wanted to become the lady of that garden. Nie Yaochen: "She must really love me." Zhao Yuanxi: "I'm pretending." From then on, one of his life goals was to make sure she kept pretending forever. Another story about two people who are both a little crazy, but just right for each other. Male lead with Asperger's syndrome and a female lead who stops at nothing. In one sentence: Twenty years ago, after both her parents died, the heroine and her younger sister were sent to an orphanage in the hills outside the city. As an adult, she returns to the city, starts a flower shop, and works to uncover the truth behind her parents' deaths. [Note] Asperger's syndrome is a form of autism. People with it have normal or above-average intelligence and strong mechanical memory. They want to interact with others but lack social skills, have limited interests, and engage in repetitive, stereotyped activities. Updates daily at 9 a.m. The characters and setting aren't based on real people. Please don't dig for real-life inspirations. Thank you! My next planned story is a medical-school campus romance, Who Said We Were Getting Married? [Blurb] Because of something Zhan Xingzhi said, the rebellious Wang Xia actually managed to get into Ming Medical University. But her score fell just short, and she ended up in forensic medicine instead of clinical medicine. As the saying goes, persuade someone to study medicine and Heaven will strike them with lightning; persuade someone to study law and they'll be hacked to pieces. Study forensic medicine, and you'll get both struck by lightning and hacked to pieces! Zhan Xingzhi, the one who started all this, has to take responsibility for her! But when she excitedly went to find him and hold him to his promise, all she got was: "Who said we were getting married?" Well, look at that. Is he trying to break off the engagement? If his parents hadn't arranged it, how could Zhan Xingzhi, the campus heartthrob of Medical University, have married so young? As far as he was concerned, love and marriage couldn't be relied on anyway. What difference did it make who he married? At least the Ye family's daughter might be useful, and perhaps they might have something to talk about. It didn't take long after the wedding for him to realize how wrong he was. She was more valuable than he'd imagined, and she could get along with anyone. With no other choice, in full view of everyone, he filled in someone's personal information form: Ye Wangxia, twenty years old, second-year forensic medicine student, married. I am the light going against the current. Only you can see the shadow behind me. My next planned historical transmigration food story is I Run a Canteen in the Eastern Depot. [Blurb] Tan Xiang: "A falcon on my left, a hunting dog on my right, and a canteen in the Eastern Depot." Shen Zhi: "Who are you calling a dog?" Shen Zhi, the Eastern Depot's chief eunuch, had more than once grabbed the young man surnamed Tan and said, "Your food tastes good, so I'll let you keep your life." Tan Xiang wasn't sure that promise would still count if he ever found out she was a woman. Theme: The road may be long, but if you walk it, you'll get there.