Like the Wind Kissing a Rose

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[Next up: Mistakenly Sent a Confession to My Boss or Little Sweet Peach]

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Chi Yan is a notorious rich young man in Linjiang City: unruly and willful, always tinkering with race cars, with women constantly coming and going around him. He's never seemed to genuinely care for any of them.

At a gathering with friends, after a few rounds of drinks, someone asked, “Brother Yan, what kind of girl are you into these days?”

Chi Yan's eyelids drooped, and his voice was languid and flirtatious. “Innocent, cute, and preferably the kind who makes the first move.”

The girls in the booth exchanged glances, each trying to figure out who fit the bill. Not one of them looked at Lin Zhiwan.

She was quiet, reserved, and aloof. No one would believe she had anything to do with Chi Yan.

But after the gathering ended and everyone scattered like weary birds returning to their nests, Chi Yan went and knocked on Lin Zhiwan's door.

“Wanwan,” he said with his head bowed, his voice gentle and restrained. “You haven't spoken to me in three days.”

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After he turned twenty-six, his family took turns setting him up on blind dates, hoping to get him to settle down. He refused to meet any of them, brushing off his family with, “I have a girlfriend. I met her in high school, and we've been together for years.”

His family: “Bull! As if we'd believe that!”

Then one day, after an F1 race, Chi Yan was photographed by the gossip media.

In the footage, a girl stood on his shoes and kissed him. He kissed her back with the force of a sudden storm.

His buddies dug around for ages before they discovered the girl was Lin Zhiwan.

Everyone was flabbergasted: “??? How did these two get together?! Wait! The little fairy actually makes the first move?!”

The genuinely proud and flamboyant rich playboy X the seemingly gentle and well-behaved young lady

One-on-one, both virgins and each other's first love / The male lead is a star graduate of the Gentlemanly Conduct Training Class

Mistakenly Sent a Confession to My Boss

Meng Zhiyu had a secret crush on someone. The day she planned to confess, she wrote a long love letter and sent it on WeChat.

A moment later, her phone chimed.

Her direct supervisor, Cen Ji, sent her a message: “Your writing is average, and there are quite a few typos.”

Meng Zhiyu opened the chat and instantly broke into a cold sweat.

She had sent her confession to the wrong person!

She was just about to drop to her knees and apologize when Cen Ji replied again: “But your feelings are sincere.”

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Cen Ji: “I accept.”

Meng Zhiyu: “…!!!!!”

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Meng Zhiyu hurried to ask her friends for advice.

When they heard that her supervisor was Cen Ji, the refined, untouchable heartthrob of Linjiang University’s Business School, they all agreed that this mistake had worked out just fine.

But outside campus, Cen Ji was stern and serious. He was meticulous at work, and everyone in the office was afraid of him.

Meng Zhiyu didn't dare actually date him, but she didn't dare tell him it was all a misunderstanding either.

Then inspiration struck: she would become the person Cen Ji hated most!

He hated incompetence, so Meng Zhiyu submitted an Excel sheet with inconsistent font sizes.

He hated tardiness, so Meng Zhiyu showed up half an hour late to a meeting, holding a milk tea.

He hated people who didn't take work seriously, so Meng Zhiyu deliberately sent a message about slacking off to the entire work group chat.

After all that trouble, finally...

After work, Cen Ji called her into his office, helped her fix the Excel data, bought her milk tea, and even gave her a day off.

Meng Zhiyu: “...”

Realizing Cen Ji might actually be serious about her, she blinked and tried to tell him the truth.

Before she could speak, Cen Ji patted her head. “Are you so tired you've lost your mind? My little girlfriend.”

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Contrary to what people thought of him, Cen Ji had struggled during his student days. He worked three part-time jobs to cover his tuition and his mother's medical bills.

On his twentieth birthday, he was still keeping vigil in the oncology ward, so busy he forgot it was his birthday.

A young girl found his ID card and came bouncing over to return it, bringing him a little cake as well.

When she smiled, dimples appeared in her cheeks. With innocent warmth, she told him, “Don't worry. Things will get better.”

“Remember to have a happy birthday!”

It took only a minute or two. Then the girl skipped away again.

She left behind the corner of her blue-and-white school uniform and a ponytail swaying in the air.

“She wasn't my moon, but for one brief moment, her moonlight did shine on me.”

The cold-faced big boss X the scatterbrained marketing newbie

A sweet soul who heals a bitter heart (?

The male lead is rich! And has impeccable manners!

Little Sweet Peach

After their math teacher got married, the children in Class 2, Grade 3, began fretting over their Chinese teacher Xia Tao's love life and introducing her to potential boyfriends.

Ding Yiyi said, “Teacher Xiaotao, my uncle is still single.”

Xia Tao frantically refused. “Teachers can't date their students' parents.”

Many days later, at a parent-teacher meeting, Xia Tao ran into her old high school crush in the classroom.

Song Weizhi wore a black suit and stood by the window with an indifferent expression, not taking a seat.

They hadn't seen each other in years. Xia Tao couldn't imagine that someone as brilliant as him would have married so young. Fighting back her heartache, she went over and greeted him politely. “This parent, please take a seat once you've found one.”

Song Weizhi looked at her coolly. “I'm not a parent.”

Xia Tao: “?”

“I heard you won't date a student's parent.” Song Weizhi spread his hands, looking rather shameless. “So Ding Yiyi has disowned me as his uncle.”

Xia Tao: “...”

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Ding Yiyi couldn't accept or understand that his uncle had been rejected by Teacher Xiaotao, and he fell seriously ill.

For the sake of the nation's future flowers, Xia Tao and Song Weizhi decided to pretend to date until Ding Yiyi reached fourth grade, then break up.

Everything went smoothly. On the day of Ding Yiyi's final exam, Xia Tao decided to immediately delete all of Song Weizhi's contact information and declare their act over.

But before she could press the delete button, the man in question appeared at her door.

His figure was hidden in the darkness, and only his voice reached her, hoarse as if he were drunk. “Xia Tao, are you going to delete me for a second time?”

Xia Tao's mind went blank for a moment. “Then should you delete me this time?”

“No.” He braced one large hand against the doorframe and leaned toward her, his voice a little plaintive. “I just want to hold you.”

A brilliant young man X a sensitive girl

Reunited after years apart

Theme: Healing each other, living well, and building a brighter tomorrow together.