Loving You in a Thousand Ways

[Completed.]

[Next works: "I'll Be With You" / "Stop Acting Already." Please add them to your reading lists!]

During the summer break after the college entrance exams, a young girl from the countryside moved into Fu Chaoli's home.

She had faint dimples and a gentle smile. She was just a little too innocent and slow to catch on, and carefree to a fault.

No matter how coldly he treated her or how much he bullied and teased her, she followed behind him obediently, as if she had no temper at all.

After all these years of doing whatever he pleased, Fu Chaoli was experiencing helplessness for the first time.

In Fu Chaoli's eyes, Jian Congxin was timid and clingy, always throwing around his parents' names to get her way. She was exactly the kind of person he looked down on most.

When his friends teased him with a laugh, he only gave a faint scoff, his eyes filled with a cool, indifferent smile.

"Her?"

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The words reached Jian Congxin outside the door. She slowly closed the door, which had been open just a crack.

No one knew that night Fu Chaoli stood outside Jian Congxin's room with a plate of little cakes, knocking on the door and saying, "I made these myself. Want one?"

No one answered from inside. He stood at the door and waited until the middle of the night.

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One day, much later, a group of friends got a sudden idea and agreed to go to Fu Chaoli's house to watch the show.

They expected to see Fu Chaoli make the girl cry on the spot. Instead, when the door opened, they witnessed the haughty young master with his chin nestled in the little cook's neck, coaxing her in a low voice: "...How about no cilantro?"

Jian Congxin seemed angry. Expressionless, she tossed a huge handful of cilantro into the pot, her lips an unnatural shade of red.

"Fu Chaoli, kissing me won't work this time."

Everyone: ???

#If you're being held hostage, blink...?#

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"Everyone else seems bland to me. You're the only one who's sweet."

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- A stubborn liar × a healing innocent

- University campus / healing romance and sweet redemption / short story of 120,000 to 130,000 words

- Both virgins / one-on-one / happy ending / illogical fluff, just for fun

[Upcoming: "I'll Be With You"]

Jin Lin of Jianming Middle School is strikingly handsome with a roguish air. Rumor has it his family is wealthy. He's good at fighting, always has a girlfriend, and is the notorious troublemaker who gives teachers the biggest headache. He's also the dazzling star everyone at school adores.

Cong Yu has one wish:

To stay by Jin Lin's side.

One night later on, Jin Lin looked down at her, soaked, disheveled, and homeless. He gave a lazy smile and held out his hand.

Taking Jin Lin's hand that night was the craziest thing Cong Yu had done in her first eighteen years.

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At university, Jin Lin was still rich, popular, and surrounded by girls, living a wild and carefree life.

Everyone knew he always had a girl following him around. They all laughed that he was such a jerk, and wondered how she could put up with him.

Only Cong Yu knew she was just a bit of amusement he'd picked up.

Over the years, countless people had come and gone from his side, but he'd never truly touched her.

She'd seen every side of Jin Lin except the one that was in love.

Until the day she packed her things to leave. The man pinned her against the door, eyes bloodshot, dark emotions churning in their depths.

As their breaths mingled, he lifted her chin, his voice filled with tightly restrained menace:

"Cong Yu, don't make me touch you."

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He knew he was born vile, covered in filth, and had never wanted to stain that pure moon.

But when his moon tried to escape his grasp, he regretted it.

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- Gentle and resolute × wild and roguish

- One-on-one / happy ending / the male lead has a long romantic history, but he's a virgin. Read with caution if that bothers you.

- Secret love / mutual redemption / high school and university campus

Theme: Care for troubled boys.