A Little Ripple

Signed for print publication. Progress updates: Qiqi's A Moment of Time

Blurb:

1. As a child, Su Wanyin picked up a quirky habit from watching TV. Whenever she saw a handsome little boy, she'd go up to him and perform her two-part palm-reading routine.

"You're destined for great wealth, but you'll also face a calamity."

"Our fates complement each other. Marry me and you'll escape it."

Then she'd start playing house and pretending to get married.

Su's mother was driven mad by this. She tried scolding and hitting Su Wanyin, but nothing could break her habit of teasing handsome little boys.

Then one day, Su Wanyin reformed.

Or, more accurately, she'd picked a fight with someone she couldn't handle.

After playing wedding with Chu Sinian, a boy even more handsome than the most handsome boy in the entire neighborhood, Su Wanyin was quite satisfied and was about to head home. The normally polite and refined boy stopped her when no one else was around.

His beautiful, peach-blossom eyes were filled with a smile far too mature for his age. "Now that we're married, shouldn't you come home with me?"

Su Wanyin ran home crying, a ring of teeth marks on each cheek. She never teased another handsome boy in the neighborhood again.

2. After graduating, Su Wanyin went to interview at the company of her dreams.

After the interview, she left feeling pretty good about herself, only to be stopped by the exceptionally handsome man who had sat in the middle of the interview panel.

Su Wanyin nervously wondered whether she ought to agree if her ridiculously handsome boss tried to take advantage of her.

The man gave her a playful look and drawled, "My little bride has finally come to help me escape the calamity in my fate."

Su Wanyin: "???"

Reading guide: 1. One-on-one romance, both leads' first time. 2. What goes around comes around. 3. I think my boss has his eye on me.

Completed: The Gods Slept Not for Seventeen Days

[Suave, scheming second-generation heir from the capital x no-nonsense, bold, straightforward campus beauty]

Song Anru believes in one saying: With no man in your heart, your swordsmanship will be divine.

She has stayed single for 20 years without wavering.

As if to test her resolve, a new student arrived at school. He was 188 centimeters tall, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs. Relaxed and carefree, he was so tempting that one could easily lose their head over him.

They crossed paths during orientation, and rumors soon spread. Everyone thought they were dating, but neither of them cared.

Song Anru had just one thought: His shoes are really nice.

Those in the know said the rumors weren't true.

The new student was the most doted-on heir of the Shen family of Yunjing. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he also had a face so stunning it could captivate the world, and an air of untouchable refinement. He seemed gentle, but was nothing like he appeared: cold and heartless. Countless socialites pursued him, but not one succeeded.

After the CP fans accepted reality and scattered, they were suddenly force-fed a display of affection.

One day, the two argued on campus, and Song Anru stormed off without him.

Shen Nanchen followed lazily behind her. He tried to coax her for a while, but to no avail. Looking at her puffed-up cheeks, he couldn't hold back the laughter in his voice. "One frog with one leg, someone's a little miser; two frogs with three legs, someone's still a little miser; three frogs with no legs, someone's got a frog's mouth..."

"You're the one with a frog's mouth!" Song Anru cut him off, her eyes red with anger. "What kind of frog has legs like that?"

"Frogs don't have legs like that, so someone's not a little miser." Shen Nanchen, wearing that captivating face, gently rubbed the back of her hand. "I'm the little miser. Magnanimous Song Anru, will you forgive me just this once?"

Song Anru's anger vanished in an instant. "Fine, fine."

Good looks are dangerous.

[Bonus scene]

After they got together, Shen Nanchen asked curiously one day, "You were single for so long. What made you choose me?"

Song Anru sized up his face and said with satisfaction, "I like it."

Shen Nanchen: "You like my face that much? What was your first impression of me?"

Song Anru fell silent.

Shen Nanchen raised an eyebrow. "Too embarrassing to say?"

"I didn't pay attention to you as a person," Song Anru said. "The shoes you wore that day had me dazed."

Shen Nanchen: "..."

Theme: What goes around comes around