I've Had a Crush on You for a Long Time

[Next up: Love Like a Raging River]

Years later, An Ziyuan runs into Xiang Chenxi again. Xiang Chenxi is preparing to get divorced.

An Ziyuan thinks, At last, my chance has come.

An Ziyuan's secret love has stayed hidden for years, then strikes with pinpoint precision in a single moment.

Reader's Notes:

1. The heroine is not a virgin; the hero is.

2. The hero's secret crush comes true.

[Blurb for the following story, Love Like a Raging River]

Shi Jingchen, heir to a top-tier wealthy family, is nearly thirty, single, and unmarried. Yet he suddenly announces that he's about to get engaged, setting off a wave of gossip.

It isn't until the night before the engagement that Shi Jingchen looks at his beloved fiancée as if he's never known her.

"So I'm just a tool for you to get revenge on your father, stepmother, and stepsister, right?"

Qin Yishu avoids his gaze. "Yes."

"Was it always that way?" He lifts her chin, forcing her to look at him.

Qin Yishu's long lashes tremble, but she doesn't answer.

After a moment, the man lets go of her and walks away. His figure is tall and straight, his presence cool and distant, like a snow-covered mountain in the depths of winter.

--

Qin Yishu thinks back to their first meeting.

Snow fell thickly that day. She went to ask her father for money to pay for her mother's treatment. It happened to be her stepsister's birthday banquet, and Shi Jingchen was an important guest. Everyone vied for a chance to talk to him, while her stepsister tried to win him over.

But the man remained impassive. Even from a distance, Qin Yishu could feel his imposing air of nobility.

That night, Qin Yishu not only failed to get the money, but was also slapped by her father.

Overwhelmed by grief and anger, she ran out of the villa and soon fainted in front of a black Bentley with a lucky plate number.

Through her haze, she saw a pair of gleaming black leather shoes approach. When she looked up, she saw Shi Jingchen's sharply defined face.

Qin Yishu instinctively reached out and grabbed his pant leg.

--

Months later, people are still happily gossiping about Shi Jingchen's sudden cancellation of the engagement. Everyone says the woman got spoiled and arrogant, angering Shi Jingchen.

But only the two people involved know the truth:

Just days ago, Shi Jingchen chased Qin Yishu to the city where she was on a business trip because of an unsubstantiated gossip story. He cornered her in her hotel room and demanded, "What's going on between you and that young celebrity?"

*Love like a raging river: love for you pouring forth like a waterfall, surging without end.

Theme: Don't fear hardship. Keep working hard, and a beautiful future will come