Starry Isles Above the Clouds

- The main story is complete; sweet bonus chapters are updating.

- My new novel, "Running Toward You", is now out. There are plenty of chapters to binge, so come on in!

- Glamorous, spoiled celebrity x stern, celibate old-school official. She pursues him first, then he pursues her.

When Yun Duo first entered the entertainment industry, her rich second-generation background made her a target of controversy. Just as she finally turned things around with her acting skills, rumors began to plague her, all because she had praised too many male stars and called the nation's male idol the moon among men.

Her haters called her fickle and promiscuous, claiming she'd slept with who knew how many men and had the nerve to set her sights on the great Lu.

Only Yun Duo knew that she had someone hidden in her heart.

She had kept him there for seven years. They had been apart for six.

Years later, they unexpectedly met again at a dessert shop.

Xie Xingzhou sat in a wheelchair, gazing at the cakes in the display case. He had naturally charming eyes, but his expression was bland. He seemed even more untouchable than before.

After Yun Duo saw him stare at the cakes for five minutes, she asked uncertainly, "Did you forget your wallet? Want me to help..."

Xie Xingzhou looked at her indifferently. Without looking at her or hearing her out, he wheeled himself away.

"..."

How could Yun Duo just give up? She made the first move again and again, only to be rejected every time.

Then she got tired. She didn't want to chase him anymore.

Who could have guessed that Xie Xingzhou would suddenly change his cold ways and start showering her with attention?

Yun Duo threw his own words back at him: "You'd better stay away from me."

Xie Xingzhou's voice was husky. "Not a chance. Not unless I'm dead."

Little scene (from an earlier blurb):

Yun Duo thought Xie Xingzhou was a pitiful old virgin.

Not only was he in a wheelchair and too poor to afford cake, but his first and only date in life had been stood up without a second thought by a sixteen-year-old girl.

How tragic was that?!

So she decided to melt his heart with love. "Old Xie, I'll push your wheelchair for the rest of my life."

Xie Xingzhou lowered his eyes to look at her. His long lashes dipped, and his gaze was tender. "A lifetime is a long time."

"I can do it!"

He gave a faint smile. "You wouldn't be happy. In every way."

Yun Duo's cheeks flushed. "...I can handle that too."

Xie Xingzhou coaxed her in a husky voice. "How about we try it first?"

Yun Duo turned so red she was about to start smoking. Her voice was barely a whisper. "If we're trying... then let's try."

Not long afterward, he tossed aside his wheelchair and moved with the lightness of a swallow, walking as easily as if on flat ground.

"..." I'm going to kill this jerk!

Later, Yun Duo discovered two more things:

1. The "poor old virgin who couldn't afford cake" owned several dessert shops!

2. Years ago, she'd been stood up by a twenty-four-year-old man!!

Content warnings: Zhouzhou's legs are perfectly fine, not broken or disabled, and he's very sexually fulfilled. He's not poor either; he can afford cake and provide for his girl.

Don't meet the hero riding on seven-colored clouds when you're young. Otherwise, you'll realize later that everyone else is nothing special.

Blurb for the new novel, "Running Toward You":

- Sensitive, insecure chubby girl x roguishly handsome playboy

- Secret love, from school days to the wedding aisle. Sweet romance, both leads are virgins, one-on-one, happy ending

1.

When she was sixteen, Bai Zhi's mother remarried, and Bai Zhi, who had grown up in the countryside, was brought to the city to attend the same high school as her stepfather's son. There, she met her stepbrother's group of friends.

She was timid and insecure, and became even more sensitive after gaining weight due to an illness. She could never fit in with these golden children, so she avoided them at every turn.

But one boy was always teasing her. "Little sis, why do you always run away when you see your big brother?"

Bai Zhi had heard that Shen Jingyu was carefree and debauched, changing girlfriends more often than clothes. He was someone to admire from afar, never to fall for.

2.

At a party, Bai Zhi lost a game and was made to name the boy there she liked most.

Blushing, she looked at him.

Shen Jingyu grabbed her wrist and pulled her to his side. Looking at everyone, he lifted his chin and smiled nonchalantly. "She's my little sister, so of course she likes me best."

3.

Later, Bai Zhi did poorly on the college entrance exams and had no choice but to repeat the year.

Shen Jingyu got into a prestigious university and had a bright future ahead of him.

At last, she decided to bury the feelings she'd never should have had and keep them hidden from the light.

But when they met again, he had changed his ways and pursued her relentlessly.

He even complained in an aggrieved voice, "Little sis, why did you suddenly stop paying attention to your big brother?"

You don't have to say a word. I'll give everything I have to run toward you.

Theme: Growing together hand in hand~