Would You Sing Me to Sleep?

The story is complete! My next book will be Catching Stars with Bare Hands. Please add it to your reading list qwq

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Harmless little bunny x gentle, refined scoundrel

Both leads are each other's first love, sweet romance with no angst.

The little princess of the Xu family developed insomnia. She had to be soothed to sleep, and the voice had to be pleasant and to her liking.

Unable to find one she liked, Xu Yin's insomnia grew worse and worse, until she was unable to sleep all night long.

The elders of the Xu family were heartbroken. They announced that whoever could get the little princess to fall asleep would be paid ten thousand for each night.

One applicant after another came, but Xu Yin didn't like the sound of a single one.

On the day she planned to give up, a man came to her house to audition in person.

He wore a white shirt washed yellow with age. He was as clear and bright as a cool breeze beneath a moonlit sky, with a crisp voice and an unhurried pace that was especially soothing to hear.

Xu Yin's ears practically melted.

She got straight to the point. "Would you be willing to soothe me to sleep? The kind where you call me 'baby.' It's ten thousand a night, and if I'm satisfied, I'll pay more."

The man paused. The curve of his lips deepened, and he readily agreed. "It would be my pleasure."

**

As her bedtime helper, he called her "baby" this and "baby" that, and took care of getting her to sleep. After three months of being called baby, Xu Yin's insomnia was almost completely cured.

The helper's job was done. Xu Yin thought for five seconds, then blocked him without a shred of conscience.

Her reason was as follows: [I'm all better now! Thank you for keeping me company these past few days!]

A week later, Xu Yin was invited to a banquet hosted by an old family friend of the Xu family.

The man stood tall in a suit, surrounded by a crowd of people hoping to curry favor with him.

Their eyes met. Feeling terribly guilty, Xu Yin instinctively tried to hide, but the man caught her by the wrist and pulled her into his arms.

"Xu Yin." He breathed softly beside her ear. "Did you think I spent three months calling you baby for nothing?"

Very sweet.

Please don't attack the male or female lead, and don't attack the author either. The author will cry.

Blurb for Catching Stars with Bare Hands:

Marriage first, love later / The male lead's secret crush comes true

On their anniversary, Gu Miao caught her boyfriend embracing another woman. She tossed his gift into the trash without changing her expression, then stepped forward and slapped him.

"What a waste of a white shirt on you."

She didn't realize that a man in a suit had seen the whole thing.

On a stormy day, he rolled down the car window. "Miss Gu, you'll get sick if you stand in the rain. Get in and wait out the storm."

They say the best way to get over a breakup is to start a new relationship. Gu Miao married the man her family had picked for her after a whirlwind courtship. He was so handsome and refined, like the moon hanging high in the sky.

"Miss Gu," the man from that day said gently. "I look forward to working with you."

Early in their marriage, Gu Miao heard plenty of rumors. They said Shen Yixiu was cold-hearted, decisive, and ruthless. Someone like him could never care about anyone.

But when she got to know him, he turned out to be different. After they married, Shen Yixiu was a perfect match for her in every way. He respected her opinions in all matters, and his service was impeccable.

After listening to her friend's analysis, her friend warned her ominously, "That's just a facade to fool you. He must have an ulterior motive."

Gu Miao blinked. "But he looks really good in a white shirt."

"..."

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Gu Miao returned to her hometown to sort through old things. In a storage room, she found an anonymous love letter she'd received when she graduated from high school. The handwriting looked somewhat familiar. It was from her current husband.

The final line read: [May everything go your way, and may someone always hold an umbrella for you on rainy days.]

She suddenly remembered that she liked white shirts because one rainy day, a boy in a white shirt had given her an umbrella.

Back then, she had regretted never learning his name.

Now she understood that someone had waited a full ten years for the chance to hold an umbrella for her, openly and without hiding his feelings.

"People always fall in love with the same person again and again."

- Gu is the Gu in "one glance can topple a kingdom," and Miao is the Miao in "a drop in the vast ocean."

Theme: Keep striving upward, and aim to be the boss instead of an employee.