Do I Have a Grudge Against You?

The ongoing novel, Playing Couple, Falling for Real Every Day, is now underway. Visit the author's page to read it. The upcoming novels, Stop Pretending with Me and Survival Guide for the Doomed Supporting Female, are available for pre-order on the author's page!

Qiao Mian, the celebrated top student at Su'nan University, is warm and courteous to everyone. Steadfastness and composure seem to flow through her very soul.

That is, until one day, Zhao Huaijin, her old high school nemesis and the campus heartthrob, appears before her. Her classmates' image of the sweet, gentle girl is completely overturned.

When facing Zhao Huaijin, Qiao Mian is sharp-tongued and petty, and even picks fights with him on purpose. Zhao Huaijin also drops his usual arrogance and coldness, firing back at her. The two trade barbs, neither willing to give an inch.

They soon become the most famous bickering pair around, even attracting fans who ship their love-hate relationship.

One year later. The two are both invited to a gathering.

Zhao Huaijin corners Qiao Mian in a secluded spot. His fingers are cool, his kisses burning hot, as he draws close to her again and again.

He lowers his voice. "Mianmian, since you don't hate me anymore, you have to like me."

The girl's eyes are faintly red at the corners as she says sweetly, "Then why don't you give it a try?"

Sweet girl who's innocent on the outside and calculating underneath vs. a laid-back, gloomy campus heartthrob who just coasts through life. (At first they're enemies who argue whenever they meet and can't stand each other.)

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Ongoing novel, Playing Couple, Falling for Real Every Day. Synopsis: Unhinged, cool-headed police captain x sweet, soft-spoken girl who doesn't show her true colors and makes her feelings known boldly

Everyone in the entertainment industry knows Lin Zhi, the international supermodel.

She debuted at just sixteen, cool and aloof as the moon, stunningly beautiful. Luxury brands can't sign her fast enough, and she's also the daughter of a powerful family, with a famous actor for an older brother. Her looks and background make everyone envious.

But even a heaven-blessed beauty can't have everything go her way.

For the sake of a family-arranged marriage, Lin Zhi is pressured by her elders into dating Gu Ze. He's a complete scoundrel, living a debauched life of wine and women. Lin Zhi is cheated on day after day and mocked behind her back.

After catching Gu Ze cheating yet again, Lin Zhi ends things with him, only to run straight into the one person she'd never want to meet in this lifetime.

"Gu Yanshen..."

"What a coincidence, kid."

The youngest and most handsome officer on the city's criminal investigation team is Gu family's youngest uncle. Unfortunately, despite his naturally handsome face, he's an unruly, vicious, and gloomy madman.

Lin Zhi nearly fell into his hands years ago and has been avoiding him ever since. Yet paparazzi catch them in an intimate-looking photo!

To protect her reputation, Lin Zhi has no choice but to pretend they're a couple and act like they're in love. She never expects this madman to go completely off the rails.

At a star-studded fashion show, he leaves a hickey on her in front of everyone. At a party attended by business tycoons, he carries her home in plain view. When a colleague so much as glances at Lin Zhi and asks for an autograph, the gloomy menace in his eyes is enough to make their knees tremble.

Worst of all, no matter where Lin Zhi hides, the man can find her with ease.

Lin Zhi is about to lose it, but Gu Yanshen simply spins his key ring and smirks. "I'm here to take the kid home."

"I'm not going with you."

"I brought handcuffs." The man kisses her, his eyes brimming with undisguised possessiveness and desire. "You don't get a choice."

Reading guide: A sweet one-on-one romance. They keep falling for each other, eight-year age gap. The male lead is the uncle of the female lead's ex-boyfriend.

Next up, Stop Pretending with Me. Synopsis: A new transfer student arrives at Huhang High School. She's sweet and cute, with a soft, delicate voice and a pair of misty eyes that make anyone feel protective of her.

When she walks down the hall with her schoolbag, the boys watching from the corridor are so excited they nearly tear the floorboards up.

At that moment, Yu Zhiyan has just spent the night at an internet cafe. The noise is keeping him from catching up on sleep, so he kicks a desk hard.

The whole place falls silent.

No one dares to provoke this guy.

Yu Zhiyan frowns in irritation, then his gaze meets that of the transfer student standing outside the classroom.

Tsk.

She's pretty, all right... and somehow a little familiar.

Tao Su blinks. "Classmate, it's not nice to swear."

"..."

Everyone covers their faces. She offended the school bully on her very first day! That little girl is done for!

Later, Tao Su really is bullied by Yu Zhiyan. He hides her homework, snatches her schoolbag... and even tears up the love letters she receives.

"Tao Su."

Yu Zhiyan likes trapping her in his arms and asking fiercely, "Why are you pretending to be such a good student?"

She doesn't get angry. She only smiles sweetly and obediently, nothing like the "Tao Su" he thought he knew.

They grow close, grow flirtatious, and even embrace. Yu Zhiyan openly favors her and becomes more and more captivated, falling deeper and deeper. He even starts studying hard just to win her over.

He likes leaning close to Tao Su's ear and calling her "baby." He's so protective of her that everyone at Huhang High School knows not to mess with the little girl.

But when he confesses, Tao Su turns him down.

Only then does Yu Zhiyan understand that from the very first day they met, Tao Su had been pretending...

After that day, Yu Zhiyan leaves with a cold heart. Four years later, they meet again.

Tao Su stages countless chance encounters, only to be met with Yu Zhiyan's cold face each time. Until one day, Yu Zhiyan can't take it anymore and holds her tightly in his arms. "Tao Su, when are you going to stop pretending?"

Tao Su's eyes are full of flirtatious affection. She rests her fingers on his uniform and coaxes him softly. "I'm not pretending this time. I really do like you."

A sweet, cute girl who's good at pretending and secretly calculating, with a tea-like charm x a tough, roguish-looking pilot who's pure-hearted inside

Reading guide:

Warning: The female lead isn't perfect. Her own interests always come first.

Reunion after a long separation, rekindling an old romance.

Theme: Pursue your dreams with determination, and keep going