I Accept My Fate

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[Obsessive devotion / Sweet romance / Reunited after years apart / Marriage first, love later]

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Five years after they parted, Lu Weiw an runs into her ex-boyfriend, Qin Wei, at a drinking party.

The bar is dimly lit. Qin Wei holds a cigarette between his fingers, its tip glowing red. His features are hidden behind pale blue smoke, giving him an air of detached indifference.

Lu Weiw an stares at him, lost in thought.

Qin Wei lowers his lashes and smiles darkly. He draws out his words, lazy and mocking.

"Miss Lu, have you looked enough?"

Lu Weiw an thinks he hates her with all his heart.

But she doesn't see his eyes, red and trembling behind the smoke.

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Lu Weiw an left without a word all those years ago. She never imagined she would see Qin Wei again in this lifetime.

She certainly never expected that just days after their reunion, the two of them would end up at the Civil Affairs Bureau.

The Civil Affairs Bureau is brightly lit. Qin Wei's gaze is dark as he lays a hand over Lu Weiw an's, just as she is about to sign.

His hand is cold, and his voice is low and hoarse, barely holding back.

"Lu Weiw an, take one last moment to think this through."

"Once you sign, you'll never get away from me for the rest of your life."

In the end, Lu Weiw an signs.

Qin Wei stares blankly at their two dazzling red marriage certificates.

The next second, he pulls Lu Weiw an into his arms, his voice trembling uncontrollably at the end.

"Be good from now on."

"Don't run away again."

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"Falling in love is a game. I lost completely, yet I still have the ambition to love you."

Obsessively devoted male lead x scheming girl

Race car driver x singer-songwriter

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Reader's guide:

1. Both leads are virgins; happy ending; reunited after years apart; marriage first, love later; male lead is a lovesick stalker; sweet romance.

2. The male lead is a race car driver. The female lead gets involved in the entertainment industry later, but overall this isn't an entertainment-industry story.

3. The female lead isn't the kind of player who sleeps around, but she is still a scumbag!! (Emphasis!) The story will explain what happened. Marriage first, love later applies to the female lead's later love.

4. The blurb was revised on June 20. The final line was inspired by a popular comment on NetEase Cloud Music, with some changes.

5. Please don't scrutinize the racing details in the story.

Blurb for my upcoming story, The Softest Girl on Your List:

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There's a rumor at T University that Jiang Qingyao, the French department's campus beauty, is gorgeous but cold to the bone. Her rejected suitors could circle the university district three times.

Jiang Qingyao herself has this to say: "That's bullshit! You people spread so many lies that nobody dares ask me out?!"

One day, Jiang Qingyao, who has been single since birth, gets lonely and opens a Taobao shop called "Sweet Dreams for Girls." She chooses the shop's star virtual boyfriend, "Nan Qin."

She wants to experience the fake happiness of being told "I love you" by a man who's lying to her.

But no matter how shamelessly she flirts with "Nan Qin," the shop's star boyfriend only replies:

"Oh." "Okay." "Mm."

Jiang Qingyao: Is this a scam shop?

Furious, she leaves the first negative review of her online shopping career: This isn't the kind of love I wanted! Nan Qin, the shop's star, I'm talking about you!

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There's another rumor at T University.

Lin Xianbai, a genius academic from the physics department, is aloof, abstinent, and uninterested in women.

That part is true.

So when his roommate asks him to fill in as a virtual boyfriend for a day, he ends up earning the first negative review of his roommate's shop's star boyfriend, "Nan Qin."

Lin Xianbai: Did I say something wrong?

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The T University forum has exploded lately because someone spotted the two rumored campus ice queens meeting in a dark grove!

Lin Xianbai takes her hand and pulls her into his arms, resting his chin on top of her head.

"Why are you angry?"

"Lin Xianbai, you were Nan Qin all along! Have you been chatting with a bunch of other girls, too?"

"If I tell you I was only filling in, will you believe me?"

"I don't..."

Before she can finish saying "don't," Lin Xianbai covers her lips with his. Their warm lips press together, and after a lingering kiss, he finally lets her go.

"Do you believe me now?"

Theme: Healing and keeping one another company.