The Wild Gentleman

My next book will be a sweet romance set in the entertainment industry, titled Greedy for Sweetness. Please add it to your reading list!

[1] When she was young, Li Li met Chen Xiao for the first time.

The man was strikingly handsome, with a pair of naturally tender eyes. As he led her away, he gently brushed his thumb over her brows and eyes, his voice warm and clear: "Li isn't a good name. From now on, you'll be called Li Sheng."

[2] Li Sheng spent seven years by Chen Xiao's side, showered with affection. When their love was at its most passionate, he would always call her "Shengsheng" with deep tenderness.

Chen Xiao often went to a cemetery to pay his respects to someone. Little by little, Li Sheng learned that she was a substitute, right down to her name.

People comforted Li Sheng, saying the other woman wasn't as pretty, as gentle, or as likable as she was.

Even when she confronted Chen Xiao, the man could kiss her lips without so much as changing his expression. His manner was tender, his voice devoid of emotion: "What's the point of competing with the dead?"

[3] Li Sheng finally broke up with Chen Xiao. He said nothing and let her leave without a fuss, coolly waiting for her to give in. But the girl never came back.

Later, a dark horse emerged in the entertainment industry. With her superb acting, Li Sheng won the Golden Lion Award for Best Actress.

Someone revealed a bit of gossip from outside the celebration banquet that day: Chen Xiao, a business tycoon, drunkenly grabbed the newly crowned Best Actress by the hand, his eyes downcast. "What do I have to do to make you come back to me?"

Li Sheng pulled her hand away, her tone calm. "How can the living compete with the dead?"

Chen Xiao's eyes reddened. He nodded with a smile, then, in front of everyone, drove his supercar at full speed into the guardrail, like a madman.

That night, the luxury sports car was totaled. Chen Xiao was rushed into the emergency room and made the trending searches.

Netizens buzzed: With a wife-chasing campaign this intense, getting back together is only right!

So everyone called on Li Sheng and Chen Xiao to rekindle their relationship.

Afterward, Li Sheng replied on Weibo: "I wouldn't call it getting back together. Please send Mr. Chen a bouquet of white chrysanthemums for me."

Everyone: ?

#Six-year age gap

#Both are each other's first, no switching male leads

#The characters' values do not represent the author's. If you insist on arguing, you're right. Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

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Next book: Greedy for Sweetness

Blurb:

[1] Huo Sinian is a top-tier star singer in the entertainment industry, with both talent and looks. He won the Golden Melody Award at a young age and has countless fans. At one music gala, he composed a song with just three keystrokes, becoming an overnight legend.

At the height of his fame, Huo Sinian was bold and carefree, with eyes for no one.

Until he met Meng Ning, a girl brought from the countryside by Grandpa Huo, the granddaughter of an old army buddy.

Later, everyone knew he had fallen hard.

The first time they met, Huo Sinian had silver hair and was coming downstairs with a guitar on his back. Grandpa Huo led Meng Ning over to him and gently reminded her: "Ningning, from now on, think of this as your home. Huo Sinian is your real big brother."

The little girl watched him shyly. Huo Sinian raised an eyebrow lazily, gazed into her clear eyes, and couldn't resist teasing her: "Kid, why don't you call me big brother?"

[3] Meng Ning is widely recognized as the campus belle at A University. She has countless admirers, but she's as cool and distant as smoke, polite yet reserved with everyone. Later, on the first day of term, someone caught the campus belle getting out of a luxury supercar. The driver was tall and straight-backed, with pale skin and a baseball cap. He carried the girl's white backpack over his shoulder and held Meng Ning's hand with his right.

The campus forum was flooded with the photos:

"The campus belle's family is poor, so even she has to sell herself for money."

"So she was just pretending to be aloof all along. Her character is no better."

"I'm Meng Ning's roommate. You'd never guess who the guy beside her is!"

"So mysterious? Their relationship must be something they can't talk about."

It wasn't until a gossip account reposted the thread that netizens dug up the fact that the owner of the luxury supercar was a major top-tier star in the entertainment industry.

That night, Huo Sinian posted on Weibo: "This is my future wife. I'm pursuing her."

Everyone: ???

Overnight, Weibo crashed, and the whole internet was heartbroken.

[3] The rumors grew more and more intense, and Huo Sinian became increasingly brazen.

Once, he took Meng Ning to one of his concerts. After the show, the two were squeezed into a cramped dressing room. Huo Sinian cornered her and demanded an answer. Meng Ning's face flushed red as she stammered out her refusal: "You're my brother. We're family. We can't date..."

Huo Sinian curled his lips into a smile, thinking only: To hell with being her brother.

So he shamelessly asked for a kiss, coaxing and persuading her: "Be my wife. Then we'll still be family."

Theme: Be a law-abiding citizen of China [Title and blurb dated 2021/01/28]