The Sound of Beating Wings

[Newly Completed]

A moon in the clouds, dust-stained (female lead) VS a glamorous lump of mud from the gutter (male lead)

Gu Miao may be a terrible student, but she is great at juggling odd jobs. Yet after graduating from college, she keeps getting rejected when applying for proper jobs.

Then one day, a job falls right into her lap. A handsome young man with an intellectual disability, the foolish son of a wealthy family, suddenly offers to hire her as his general manager's assistant.

The problem is, he mistakes her for a woman in her forties, and may be interested in her work experience.

After thinking it over, Gu Miao decides to try it out while wearing a secret identity.

Her younger brother, Gu Xiao, has only one question: Sis, just how handsome is this intellectually disabled young man that you'd sell your conscience for him?

Later, when Gu Miao comes clean, she learns that her secret identity was actually practically transparent to him, and that Wei Ruxu, the foolish son of that wealthy family, is really a sweet-looking schemer.

Now for the question: since they're around the same age, should she date her boss and act out a tale called The Arrogant CEO Falls for Me?

Wei Ruxu: Have you fallen for me?

Gu Miao: I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare.

Ow, my face really hurts.

Young Mr. Wei and Assistant Gu join forces, and no one can stand in their way!

Reader's Guide:

1. Tough girl Gu Miao VS scheming young gentleman Wei Ruxu. They each have their own emotional baggage and heal each other. Sweet, mutually doting romance throughout. One-on-one, happy ending.

2. A workplace slow-life novel. Two workplace rookies press on together. There are plenty of everyday scenes, along with descriptions of workplace culture and all sorts of people, so there are lots of supporting characters, too.

3. There are two secondary couples. One is the female lead's aunt and a deputy department head: a divorced woman VS a devoted puppy of a man (not quite). The other is the female lead's younger brother and his girlfriend: a scheming top student VS an even more scheming female top student. Both couples are very sweet.

Also known as The Job I Got with a Secret Identity Somehow Became a Lifetime Commitment / The Tough Girl and Her Not-So-Arrogant CEO / Does It Hurt When My Face Gets Slapped?

The title comes from a line of poetry by Tagore: "Thoughts skim across my mind like a flock of wild ducks flying across the sky. I hear the sound of their wings beating."

The English on the cover, "I hear the voice of their wings," is the final line.

Currently serializing Bamboo Shadows Beneath the Canopy, a campus and city romance with a groveling pursuit after a breakup.

Synopsis:

At eighteen, Lu Fanyin is a princess in everyone's eyes. She comes from a good family, is beautiful, and has a lovely personality. She is as radiant as the moon in the clouds, admired from afar but impossible to approach.

At nineteen, Yu Zili has just clawed his way out of hell. Once the dirt beneath everyone's feet at the welfare home, he has become the second young master of the Yuxin Group.

Years of hardship have made Yu Zili sensitive and volatile, like a young wolf startled by every rustle of wind. The moment he senses hostility, he bares his fangs before the other person can. But with the person he loves, he keeps a cool face while spoiling her to the utmost.

Melted by love, Lu Fanyin uses her own affection to tame the young wolf. She becomes the only light shining into Yu Zili's world, riddled with cracks, and his one and only refuge.

The cool boy who mouths off at the whole world carefully offers her a picture he drew himself, smiling nervously as two little canine teeth show.

"Fanyin, I like you. Stay with me from now on, like the bamboo shadows and the tree canopy in this picture. Let's never be apart, okay?"

The canopy and bamboo shadows complement each other in the painting, layered shades of tender green, with a butterfly faintly visible in the middle. Bamboo shadows beneath the canopy: the loveliest sight of that spring.

Fate had other plans. The princess's life was turned upside down, and the boy was powerless to help. The two who had wanted to stay by each other's side through thick and thin ultimately went their separate ways.

Seven years later, they meet again. The young wolf has put on a disguise, wrapped in maturity and reason. Only Lu Fanyin can soothe his mild bipolar disorder.

She is his whole world, the only person who has seen every joy and sorrow, every dark chapter of his past.

But his princess no longer wants to look at him.

It's all right, it's all right. If she hates me, it means she still loves me.

Lu Fanyin: "...It's been years. How did you get even more shameless?"

Yu Zili smiles and kisses her hand. "Dignity doesn't matter. I only want you."

Young Mr. Yu's assistants have always been afraid of him. This young CEO is as much a vicious wolf as his father, and he has mild bipolar disorder, making his moods unpredictable. No one knows what might set him off.

But one day, they see this domineering CEO clinging to a girl and making endless demands for affection. He doesn't fight back when she hits him or talk back when she scolds him. What kind of wolf is that? He's clearly a licking...

We've been spotted! Run!

An adorable, lively, sociable, energetic, cool girl

A cool guy who's a devoted, dramatic, secretly scheming mess

A moon in the clouds, dust-stained, and a glamorous lump of mud from the gutter

A multitalented young woman and a CEO with mild bipolar disorder

A princess and the young wolf she tamed

Theme: Work hard and strive to realize your own worth.