He Was the One Who Fell Hard First

[Published under the title Cherry Knot, now available on Tmall, Taobao, and other major platforms. The print edition includes a new bonus story.] The year her parents divorced, Yingtao returned to the countryside with her mother. Her arrival brought a new splash of color to the little town, and plenty of boys secretly fell for her. Cheng Jie had seen her once. She had a parasol over her head and stopped every few steps to catch her breath. Her pretty face was especially pale. Cheng Jie sneered. What a damn delicate little thing. ** Later, when he fell in love with her, Cheng Jie carried her home on his back every day, coaxing her: "Sweetheart, will you be my girlfriend?" He never got an answer from Yingtao. Instead, he heard that she was going abroad. When he went looking for her, all he got was a letter full of insults. In it, she called him a delusional fool. Years passed. When Yingtao returned to China to take up her new post, Cheng Jie's advertisements were everywhere in the city. The boy from that little town had become a dazzling young Best Actor. Yingtao's first job was as a doctor on a film set, training the actors in medical basics. Everyone loved the beautiful doctor, but Cheng Jie showed no courtesy at all when he saw her. He flipped over the table and stalked off, his eyes cold. She thought that was the end of things between them. But on the day the training ended, Cheng Jie clutched her hand, asking each word with difficulty, his voice trembling. "Can I afford to be delusional now?" - You ask how much I love you? I'm utterly hopeless. All it takes is a silent, fleeting glance from you, and I bow down and surrender. ----Cheng Jie Rebellious, unruly top-tier star X gentle, composed, stunning cardiac surgeon #ReunionAfterYearsApart# Reader's Notes: 1. Single-couple romance. Updates daily at 6 p.m. The Gu Jing and Ji Yang pairing is in the author's collection, A Gift of Love. 2. Weibo: Jinyu A 3. The heroine has congenital heart disease. She will be cured, and the story has a happy ending. 4. Note: All medical information about cardiothoracic surgery in this story comes from the internet. Sources will be cited in the author's notes. 5. The author is not a medical student. Please kindly point out anything medically inaccurate, and I will try to revise it without disrupting the plot. 6. Please don't dwell too much on how the heroine can still work as a doctor with her condition. This will be addressed later. 7. All potential triggers are in the blurb. Please identify what bothers you and avoid it in time. Don't tell me when you drop the story. Writing advice and needless arguments are politely declined. Thank you for your kindness and restraint, and may you prosper! Next book: Blackmailing Romance - Zhou Su has spent years acting carefree and has a reputation for being cold and heartless. But with his good looks and status, he's never short of admirers. He likes relationships with women that are direct and short-lived, brief flings that take as little time as possible and provide a bit of fun. That's always been his habit. He's so cold he never gets attached. Then he meets Ye Qingyao. She's pure, composed, and unattainable, not to mention an extraordinary young Taoist nun. She always gives him a casual glance as if he were some cheap trinket, then mocks him: "Mr. Zhou, my heart is devoted to the Dao. I don't date." Zhou Su knows his comeuppance has arrived. - The night Zhou Su returns from a camping trip with his friends, a heavy snowfall traps them in the mountains. As he searches for shelter, a young woman in white Taoist robes slowly approaches through the falling snow, carrying a lantern decorated with plum blossoms. Her long hair falls to her shoulders, and she stands alone in the storm, its dim golden light illuminating her otherworldly features. The instant she curves her lips and speaks, Zhou Su suddenly hears his own heartbeat. Bonus Scene: When Zhou Su's friends hear that he's pursuing a young Taoist nun, they scoff and laugh at him for having terrible taste, for actually falling for a Taoist. But later they meet the young nun. She approaches through the drizzle with an umbrella, wearing sky-blue Taoist robes, her slender waist accentuated, her hair pinned up with a wooden hairpin. She walks toward them gracefully with a faint smile. She's so gifted and beautiful she takes their breath away. Only then do they realize Zhou Su doesn't have terrible taste. He's fallen for a fairy! They assume Zhou Su has won the young nun over when he takes her out. But when they lean in to listen, they hear him pleading in a low voice: "Don't worry, I've already fed the chickens and ducks, and I washed your clothes too. I'll chop the rest of the firewood tomorrow. Can you stay a little longer? I'm begging you." A flirtatious playboy who's useless around the heroine X a pure fairy who inherited a Taoist temple Theme: Cherish life and make good use of your time