A Little Warm Winter

(Main story complete. It goes behind a paywall on Friday, so hurry and read it tonight if you haven't finished.) Beneath the lacquered moon. Shu Dong was cheated on, then her friends pressured her into drinking after they got back from karaoke. Everyone was making a spectacle of themselves. A hand reached over. The man's shoulders were broad, and his fingers pressed down on her glass. "You don't have to drink if you don't want to." His low, magnetic voice sounded like an order. He took a closer look and asked, "Why are your eyes red?" Shu Dong shook her head, her nose stinging. He glanced at the ex-boyfriend chasing after them outside. Mu Zhi pulled the sofa back a little. "Hide behind the corner." Mu Zhi pressed down on the back of her head. His fingers brushed through her hair, twirling a strand. His voice was husky and low. "Make sure you stay hidden." 2: Later, her ex-boyfriend Jiang Kai desperately begged her to get back together. But Jiang Kai kept seeing Shu Dong with the same aloof old friend of his. Jiang Kai went mad with jealousy. 3: Later, after someone swooped in and caught up with her, they returned to that karaoke bar. Shu Dong let slip how glad she was. "If that hadn't happened back then, we wouldn't have met." Seeing Shu Dong thrilled to be back at the old place, looking like she wanted to buy out the whole karaoke bar, Mu Zhi's voice grew increasingly dangerous. "You want to commemorate it?" He gritted his teeth and ran a finger over her lip, warning her in a hoarse voice: "Why are you blushing? You really are asking for trouble." --"Under fairy-tale skies, all is warmth in winter; beneath blue skies, we share each other's rise and fall." ----------------Next story: Wild at Heart---------------- On the day they were supposed to register their marriage, Fu Tan Jin flew to Switzerland on a private jet to discuss a deal, leaving her waiting. Yuan Zhijing had put on a radiant, elaborate look and waited outside the civil affairs bureau for three hours. In the end, she received a notice that he would be delayed, leaving her completely deflated. On the flight home, Fu Tan Jin assumed she must be heartbroken. He had his secretary order a Kashmir blue sapphire to make it up to her in advance. But when he walked through the door, deafening gothic heavy metal was playing. Yuan Zhijing's wild, teased-out hair stood out, her makeup was smoky, and she was dancing wildly with drumsticks in hand, completely absorbed. A young rapper by the door said in a teasingly sweet voice, "Second Princess, you're so cool! You've got amazing rhythm! President Fu must be blind!" Hearing that, Yuan Zhijing suddenly became interested. She stopped, propped her cheek on her hand, and asked, seeking a kindred spirit, "His taste is toxic. You think so too?" Fu Tan Jin had just entered and walked right into this scene of mutual admiration, along with Yuan Zhijing's wild hair. The jewelry box in his hand tipped down at a forty-five-degree angle. "?" "He fell for my sweet, delicate act, only to discover I have wild hair. What do I do?" "There's a little pig at home who can make him fall in love a thousand times over." Radiant second princess x cool, aloof young master #In this life, she stands alone at the top, yet she is the only one he indulges in every way. - Recommending a friend's new story. It's especially good!!! I promise!! It's great!! Hard to Win Over by Wu Shi Xia Feng Jiang Banxia falls in love at first sight with a cheerful, curly-haired guy from her company, and goes to great lengths to get his WeChat. Before long, she discovers two things: First, the curly-haired guy on WeChat is as cold as ice and nearly impossible to win over. Second, Pei Yan, the company's universally acknowledged untouchable flower, somehow becomes her biggest obstacle in pursuing the curly-haired guy. For example: One moment, she messages Curly: "Want to see a movie tomorrow? My treat." The next, Pei Yan stands up, his expression calm. "We just got a notice. Tomorrow's the company outing." Or: She hears Curly skipped lunch and messages him to check in: "Want me to bring you a meal?" Twenty minutes later, she shows up with a meal, but can't find him at his desk. She turns around and sees Pei Yan returning from the cafeteria with Curly. Or, for instance: She gets her period and messages Curly to complain: "My stomach hurts so much. I forgot to buy a heat pack, sob." Two minutes later, Pei Yan puts a heat pack on her desk. "The administration department handed out some household supplies." Jiang Banxia, exasperated: "How+old+are+you??" Pei Yan calmly looks back at her inquiringly. Jiang Banxia: "..." Jiang Banxia's feelings for Curly come and go quickly. When he proves impossible to flirt with, she soon forgets all about him. Later, one day after Jiang Banxia and Pei Yan get together, Jiang Banxia is clearing out her WeChat contacts when she accidentally sends Curly a message. She quickly apologizes. The moment the message goes out, the screen of Pei Yan's spare phone beside her lights up. [Sorry, sorry, wrong person!] Jiang Banxia: ? *How+old+are+you: Why is it always you? *Sweet, mischievous heroine x calculating, aloof man; the male lead has a secret crush *The untouchable flower's elaborate scheme to fool her Theme: Beneath blue skies, we share each other's rise and fall.