Picking Stars

- My new novel, Stars Above the Clouds, is out! Please visit my author page and add it to your collection, cuties~

- The whole novel has been polished for typos and awkward sentences. A few missing chapters will be added as bonus chapters~

- A mischievous, sharp-tongued girl × a flirtatious, sharp-tongued fox of a man; schoolgirl × oil painter

- Mutual pining, mutual healing, an eight-year age gap, sweet romance, both leads are each other’s first, one-on-one romance, happy ending

Blurb 1: Gu Jianan first met her on a rainy night.

The fifteen- or sixteen-year-old girl crouched beneath the dripping eaves, limping toward him, her almond-shaped eyes wet and her voice choked with tears. "Un... Uncle?"

He was on his motorcycle beneath a pale streetlight. His expression was hard to read as he tossed his helmet into her arms and said in a low, smoky voice, "Kid, get on."

His first love climbed onto his bike and hesitantly grabbed the fabric at his waist.

Gu Jianan glanced back at her. "Hold on tight."

Chulian wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her head against his broad, solid back. As tears ran down her cheeks, she thought, This is nice.

In the years that followed, he became her shield, and she became his cure.

Blurb 2: On the night of her coming-of-age party, Chulian grabbed the man’s shirt with both hands and pinned him against the door of her room. She rose onto her toes, leaned close to his ear, and smiled without a word.

After a long moment, Gu Jianan caught her wandering fingertips. His voice was husky and low. "Kid, don’t start."

Chulian lifted her head, her smile sweet and innocent, though her fingers kept misbehaving. She gave him a teasing look. "Little Uncle, I’ve been under your nose all these years. Have you never wanted to ‘start’ anything?"

[He casually wandered into her life, yet changed it forever without a second thought.]

Content warnings:

1. The male and female leads are not blood-related.

2. The male lead will not give up painting.

Next novel, Stars Above the Clouds, blurb:

- A seemingly promiscuous playgirl who’s actually a lovesick little drama queen × a seemingly cold and abstinent man who’s actually insecure and obsessive

- She pursues him at first, then he pursues her; a little showbiz, an eight-year age gap, sweet romance, both leads are each other’s first, one-on-one romance, happy ending

When Yun Duo first entered show business, her background as the child of two celebrities made her a target of controversy. Just as her acting finally won people over, rumors began following her, all because she praised too many male stars and said the nation’s heartthrob was the moon in everyone’s eyes.

Haters called her fickle and promiscuous, claimed she’d had countless men in her bed, and said she had the nerve to set her sights on the god Lu.

Only Yun Duo knew she had someone hidden in her heart.

She’d kept him there for seven years, and they’d been apart for six.

They reunited after years apart at a dessert shop.

Xie Xingzhou sat in a wheelchair, gazing at the cakes in the display case. He had naturally alluring eyes, but his expression was detached. He seemed even more untouchable than before.

After seeing him stare at the cake for five minutes, Yun Duo asked uncertainly, "Did you forget your money? Would you like me to..."

Xie Xingzhou’s gaze was indifferent. He didn’t look at her or let her finish, simply turning his wheelchair and leaving.

"..."

How could Yun Duo give up? She made the first move time and again, only to be rejected every time.

Then she got tired. She didn’t want to chase him anymore.

Who would have thought Xie Xingzhou would suddenly change his cold ways and start showering her with attention?

Yun Duo threw his own words back at him: "You’d better stay away from me."

Xie Xingzhou’s voice was hoarse. "Don’t even think about it. Not unless I’m dead."

Content warning: Xingzhou’s legs are perfectly fine. He isn’t injured or disabled.

The knight may have no legs, but the princess has wings.

Don’t meet the hero riding on a rainbow cloud when you’re young, or you’ll find everyone else pales in comparison.

Next novel, Running Toward You, blurb:

- An insecure, sensitive chubby girl × a roguish, handsome rich boy

- Secret love, from school days to the wedding altar, sweet romance, both leads are each other’s first, one-on-one romance, happy ending

1.

When she was sixteen, her mother remarried, and Bai Zhi, who had grown up in the countryside, was brought to the big city to attend the same high school as her stepfather’s son. There, she met her stepbrother’s group of friends.

She was timid and insecure, and her illness had made her overweight and even more sensitive. She could never fit in with these golden children, so she avoided them at every turn.

But there was one boy who always teased her: "Little sis, why do you run away every time you see your big brother?"

Bai Zhi had heard that Shen Jingyu was carefree and wild, changing girlfriends faster than clothes. He was someone to admire from afar, never to fall for.

2.

At a party, Bai Zhi lost a game and was made to pick the boy she liked most in the room.

Blushing, she looked at him.

Shen Jingyu caught her wrist and pulled her to his side. Looking at everyone, he lifted his chin and smiled carelessly. "She’s my little sister, of course she likes me best."

3.

Later, Bai Zhi did poorly on her college entrance exams and had no choice but to retake them.

Shen Jingyu got into a prestigious university and had a bright future ahead of him.

At last, she decided to bury the feelings she’d never should have had, keeping them hidden from the light.

But when they met again, he had changed his wild ways and pursued her relentlessly.

He even complained in a wounded voice: "Little sis, why did you suddenly stop talking to your big brother?"

[You don’t need to say a word. I’ll give everything I have to run to you.]

Theme: A young girl’s secret love for an older man comes true, and along the way she helps him get into graduate school!