I've Shipped This Couple Since We Were Kids

[Column: Defeated by a Heartbeat, complete, fragile girl x gentle control] [Follow the print edition updates on Weibo: Jiang Luoluo Ya] As children, Ming Chen and Xing You were both chosen to compete in the Children's World Music Competition. Their piano and violin duet dazzled the entire audience. Fans of this childhood-friends pairing quietly shipped them, waiting for them to grow up. From the time they turned eighteen, fans hoped each year that the two would make their relationship official. Sadly, as they grew up, the two never appeared together in public again. The once wildly popular national ship became a thing of the past. Just as fans thought there was no hope and prepared to move on, news broke that the two would soon appear on the same variety show. Fans: !!! Seeing each other is enough, seeing each other is enough! Mom agrees with them getting reacquainted! A reunion after a long separation, going from awkward to familiar again, is the best thing to ship! On the show, their smoldering glances and sweet interactions made their chemistry take over the screen. The comments went wild: [Mom, I found the real thing!!] But in an interview afterward, when asked about her childhood friend, Xing You, now a rising star in the music world, kept a straight face and firmly denied it three times: "No. That's not true. I don't know him." Fans wailed, heartbroken by the couple's abrupt breakup. Xing You's coldhearted remarks were condemned in a trending topic. That was until paparazzi caught Ming Chen hurrying after her in an underground parking garage, carefully straightening Xing You's collar to cover a red mark on her neck. "Are you still mad about last night?" Xing You blushed bright red and frowned, reproach in her delicate features. "You know I am!" Ming Chen lowered his head and kissed the fingertips of the precious musician, smiling softly. "My fault." The fans were stunned. -- From the age of eighteen, Ming Chen always fastened his collar to the very top. Then one day, a photo of his collarbone appeared on Weibo. A woman's name was tattooed just below it. "She is my fiancee." [Reading Guide] Weibo: @JiangLuoluoYa 1. A scheming top-tier star x a proud musician, childhood friends. Her name has been engraved below his collarbone for years~ 2. Both leads are each other's first and only partners. The novel's full title is He Is So Charming and Flirtatious. Ming Chen is the male lead, and Xing You is the female lead. --★Currently Serialized★-- Defeated by a Heartbeat: fragile girl x gentle control Old Master Lu brings home an eighteen-year-old girl who has mild autism and rarely speaks. He tells his most outgoing grandson, Lu Xi, to look after her. His friend teases him: "Your grandpa's found you a wife." "Who would like that boring mute?" Lu Xi is proud and arrogant. He acts like he will do as his grandfather asks, but secretly keeps pushing the responsibility onto his older brother, Lu Yanchen. Everyone treats Jiang Yumian like a joke, until she enters a competition and is revealed to be the "computer prodigy" who once won an international award. People start seeing her in a new light, and only then does Lu Xi realize that the quiet girl has transformed into someone extraordinary. Lu Xi regrets his past behavior and starts doing everything he can to get her attention. Jiang Yumian remains unmoved. She doesn't even smile. When a friend asks how things are going, Lu Xi gets drunk in frustration. "She doesn't understand feelings at all!" But not long afterward, he sees Jiang Yumian cling to his older brother, Lu Yanchen, and rise on tiptoe to kiss him. - Jiang Yumian keeps a diary. It's filled with thoughts about Lu Yanchen. She has loved him for a long time. --★Coming Soon★-- Forced to Keep Up Appearances After the Breakup Airheaded beauty x scheming movie emperor Jiang Li is a top-tier beauty in the entertainment industry. An interviewer asks her what recent decision she regrets most. Probably acting alongside her first love, then falling for him all over again. Song Zhili is a fox! So sly and so flirtatious. --★Completed Novels★-- 1. Defeated by Tenderness The gentle second male lead wins her over, while her ex faces a long road to redemption 2. How Can She Be So Alluring? A nurturing romance, a radiant little enchantress x a cold, celibate man 3. Absolutely Spoiled Adorable childhood sweetheart x genius, scheming childhood friend. The main couple's romance has no angst, just a sweet, heartwarming healing story~ The male lead gives the female lead shameless, exclusive favoritism 4. The Ji Family's Daily Life of Doting on Their Wife A sweet, clingy male lead with autism x a reborn young wife 5. Absolute Heartbeat Bickering couple, sweet childhood friends 6. Absolutely Gentle A dancer with bipolar disorder x a gentle doctor. "Please be gentle with my darling." 7. The Second Male Lead Won Her Over After the female lead loses her memory, she gets a new fiance 8. Absolute Redemption A gloomy, obsessive male lead x a warm, sunny female lead, a sweet healing story. Theme: Love your dreams, love yourself