I'm Really Not Cinderella

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This story's blurb: Sheng Xiting, the famous senior at A University, is handsome and striking, and comes from the prestigious Sheng family, an old noble house in the capital. He's the dream man of countless young women in the capital's new generation.

Guan Yao grew up abroad, where life was free and easy, but her family kept a very tight rein on her. Any hint of a puppy love was nipped in the bud.

After returning to China alone to attend university, she finally lets her true nature run free.

The first time she meets Sheng Xiting, even Guan Yao, who's seen all kinds of handsome gentlemen abroad, is bowled over by his looks.

So she pulls out all the stops and successfully wins Sheng Xiting over.

But before long, rumors start flying. People mock Guan Yao as a country bumpkin who won't leave Sheng Xiting alone because she wants to marry into a rich family.

Guan Yao, who really is from a fabulously wealthy family: ???

Guan Yao usually wears clothes from everyday brands, and on weekends she tutors children. In everyone's eyes, she's the very picture of a modest, self-reliant poor student.

One day, she shows up with a designer bag just like one owned by an international Best Actress. Many people laugh at her, saying she's showing off with her boyfriend's money.

Guan Yao looks baffled. "My sister-in-law gave me this bag. What does my boyfriend have to do with it?"

But no one believes her. They call her a shameless liar who won't admit the truth.

Sheng Xiting feels sorry for his girlfriend and gives her a bank card, telling her to spend whatever she likes.

But she just smiles and refuses. "You don't need to give me a card. I have money of my own."

He feels even more sorry for his sweet, sensible, independent girlfriend, and thinks about how to break free from his family as soon as possible so he can earn money for her himself.

Blurb two: To be with Guan Yao, Sheng Xiting rejects the marriage his family arranged for him and turns down everything his family offers. He chooses to start his own business.

His family secretly undermines his company, and he endures contempt and hardship because of it.

Luckily, his girl never leaves his side. Sheng Xiting is deeply moved and jokes, "What if my business fails and I can't support you? Would you look down on me?"

Guan Yao laughs merrily. "No. I'll take care of you instead."

Sheng Xiting thinks she's only comforting him, so he smiles without saying anything and works even harder to make money.

Then one day, the Baileng Group, at the very top of the country's wealthy family hierarchy, holds a grand banquet to welcome relatives back from abroad.

Guan Yao arrives dressed to the nines, standing close with the rest of the Guan family.

The onlookers are dumbstruck. It must be the wrong way to attend a banquet!

Sheng Xiting: So my girlfriend really can take care of me...

The classmates who've always looked down on Guan Yao: Turns out I'm the clown...

A sweet little fairy × an ascetic senior

Also known as: My Girlfriend Really Is Rich, Turns Out I'm the Gray Prince, My Family Kept Looking Down on My Poor Girlfriend, but It Was Her Family Looking Down on Mine All Along

P.S.:

★ None of the characters are based on real people. Please don't associate them with anyone!

★ One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship

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After constantly seeing her boss show off his romance with the young man she keeps as a pet, Su Jinying, an older single woman, finally gets tired of being alone and starts thinking about getting a younger man to keep her warm.

One day, she meets a college student delivering takeout. He's tall and slim, with handsome, delicate features. Not bad at all.

One day, when the college student delivers her food and turns to leave, Su Jinying stops him. "Hey, would you quit delivering takeout?"

The college student says, "Are you going to pay my tuition if I stop?"

Su Jinying holds up her bank card and smiles faintly. "Yes, I'll pay it."

Xu Hanxuan thinks he's capable of supporting himself and has no need to sell his body for money. He firmly rejects a client who has designs on him.

But fate has him by the throat, and he has no choice but to put his pride aside to pay for his family's expensive medical treatment.

One night later on, he takes the initiative and says, "Yingying, the doctor says my stomach's not in good shape. I don't want to work hard anymore."

Su Jinying smiles calmly. "Then don't. I'll take care of you."

Xu Hanxuan nods without hesitation. "Okay!"

Xu Hanxuan is a rising star in the tech industry, handsome and wealthy, and plenty of rich young women want to marry him.

But he already has a girlfriend, and she's a few years older than him.

Rumor has it his girlfriend was his sugar mommy when he was in college. She financed his startup, and what began as a transactional relationship turned into true love.

Many people think Xu Hanxuan must hate that past, and now that he's made it, he'll dump his girlfriend.

But at his company's annual celebration, Xu Hanxuan kneels before his girlfriend with a transfer agreement for all his assets and a huge diamond ring. "Yingying, will you keep taking care of me for the rest of our lives?"

Su Jinying slowly raises her left hand. "Yes."

A wealthy, cool-headed professional woman × a handsome, hardworking, poor college student

Check out my completed stories! Click the author's page in the upper right for more sweet treats to take home!

My Assistant Is Under My Thumb: a tough-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside female boss × a male assistant happy to play second fiddle

The Puppy Boy Makes His Move Online: a straight-talking female CEO × a drama queen puppy boy

The Best Actress Is Sweet and Flirtatious: a flirtatious Best Actress × an imaginative, secretly sulky CEO

Theme: Be modest and unassuming, self-reliant and strong.