As You Wish

The Han and Cheng families have been family friends for generations, and their marriage alliance was arranged long ago.

Cheng Ziyao, the Cheng family's daughter, is three years older than Han Xiao and has always looked after him.

When they were children

Han Xiao: "Sis, don't tell the adults I snuck out."

Cheng Ziyao, helplessly: "All right, as you wish."

When they were students

Han Xiao: "Sister Yaoyao, do my homework for me."

Cheng Ziyao, indulgently: "All right, as you wish."

When they grew up, Han Xiao's friends all envied him over the marriage arrangement. "Sister Yao is so wonderful, gentle and considerate. If you say one, she'll never say two."

Han Xiao chuckled. "Other than being gentle, she has nothing going for her."

Yet even when he called off the engagement, Cheng Ziyao stayed perfectly calm. "All right, as you wish."

Han Xiao: "..." She agreed just like that?

He'd successfully called off the engagement, but he couldn't bring himself to be happy.

Years later, Han Xiao finally saw Cheng Ziyao again.

She had changed a lot: shrewd and capable, with a successful career.

She already had a new fiance, older than her and, as he heard, very attentive to her.

Han Xiao's eyes went so red they looked ready to bleed.

One night, drunk, he held Cheng Ziyao and pleaded in a hushed voice, "Sister Yaoyao, I was wrong. Don't leave me again. I'll do anything you want."

Cheng Ziyao: "..."

[Outwardly warm, inwardly cold and calculating younger male lead X gentle but strong, ill-fated female lead]

[Wealthy families | Younger man | Childhood friends | The male lead's arduous pursuit of his wife]

[Reader's guide]

* A melodramatic story. There's heartbreak early on, followed by the male lead's arduous pursuit of his wife in the middle and later parts.

* The characters' statements and opinions do not represent the author's.

* My take on wealthy-family stories. Everything is fictional.

[First version of the blurb written on 2020.5.24, screenshot saved]

[Blurb revised on 2023.1.30, screenshot saved]

[Next story, currently in the works, visible on my author page]

To You, My Dear: Childhood friends / Two top students / Bickering couple / School life

When the results of the first monthly exam of high school were announced, Tang Tang's roommates banded together and kicked her out of their dorm.

With nowhere else to go, she had no choice but to turn to her childhood friend Song Yuanji, who lived in the same dormitory.

The boy had just placed first in the grade. He lounged around drinking cola and said, "I thought you were crying because you did badly and fell too far behind me."

He looked incredibly punchable.

Tang Tang knew how to swallow her pride. She put her hands together and asked, "Could I stay in your dorm for one night?"

"Cough." Song Yuanji choked on his cola, unable to believe what he'd heard.

Tang Tang didn't think it was a big deal. "Didn't we used to take naps together all the time when we were little?"

Song Yuanji: "..."

The boy crushed his empty cola can, tossed it into the distance, and sank it into the trash can with a clang.

Then he turned around and gritted out, "Fine. If you're brave enough, come with me."

After the college entrance exams, Tang Tang and Song Yuanji both got into A University, but they lost touch.

In her sophomore year, Tang Tang received a letter sent through a delayed-mail activity from their high school days.

She opened the envelope and was stunned. There'd been a mix-up, and the letter wasn't the one she'd written.

But it was a "love letter" addressed to her.

I'm Here for Your CEO Persona

With his company on the brink of bankruptcy, the once-glorious CEO Wang Yu has fallen on hard times.

Then his ex-girlfriend Yu Yang offers him a helping hand: "Marry me, and I'll get you out of this mess."

Wang Yu sees right through her. "Hah. Woman, you still want me after all."

Yu Yang shakes her head. "No. I want your persona."

"?"

"Marry me and teach me how to be a CEO." The woman parts her red lips. "Or I'll make Wang Yu go bankrupt."

Wang Yu: "..."

-

Before he got married, the news Wang Yu hated most was

"The stock price has fallen."

"The bid was unsuccessful."

"An investor has pulled out."

After he got married, the news Wang Yu hated most was

"President Yu hired another handsome new secretary!"

"President Yu flew to Japan to visit a host club again!"

"President Yu spent a fortune on some pretty young thing!"

Wang Yu: I'm getting a divorce, no matter what!

Yu Yang: Oh? Then why are you holding me so tightly?

-

Yu Yang is a wealthy heiress who has loved reading CEO novels since childhood.

But whenever she reads one, she wants to be the CEO herself, not the heroine doted on by the CEO.

So she has a dream.

She doesn't want to be [the CEO's woman]. She wants to be [a woman CEO]!

No Problem: Scheming, devoted male lead X carefree, easygoing female lead

Ten years ago, Xia Lanya worked up the courage to confess her feelings to the boy next door, who had just finished his college entrance exams.

The very next day, her family came from a thousand miles away to find her and took her home. From then on, she lived the life of a rich, beautiful heiress.

She studied abroad, dated, got married, then divorced... and soon forgot all about the boy next door.

She never expected to meet him again ten years later.

She smiled and held out her hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you. I look forward to working with you."

The handsome man before her gave her a long look. "This isn't our first meeting."

She was confused. "Have we met before?"

The man smiled and parted his thin lips. "It's all right. I'm not an important character anyway."

Theme: Treasure the present and be independent