The Heart's Reflex Arc

[My next book is You Look Delicious. Click into my author page and please add it to your reading list! ~(*^▽^*)~] Qian Xun, a legend in the industry, had exquisite features and an air of quiet nobility. Even someone as untouchable as him could be abandoned by a woman one day. Some people deliberately brought up "Lu Ranran" in front of Qian Xun, but he showed no reaction. Everyone said he was cold-hearted, and probably didn't care about some insignificant woman. Perhaps even Qian Xun himself never imagined that the name "Lu Ranran" would become a knife, carving into his chest again and again. Only a few days after their breakup, he was already regretting it. * It poured the day they first met. The little girl was soaked through, pale and frail. She curled up by his feet and grabbed the hem of his clothes. One "Big Brother" won her ten years by his side. In those ten years, outsiders thought she was the one reaching above her station. And his countless gestures of affection toward her had long since become an ingrained habit. The relationship between giver and receiver was never an equal one. After carefully plotting every step, Lu Ranran finally reached the day she had "grown wings." She decisively asked to break up. She'd come to her senses. A fickle, uncertain romance couldn't compare to building a career. But while she'd come to her senses, he seemed unable to come to terms with it. Domineering and aloof vs. restrained and calculating [Setting details] ↓ · Eight-year age gap My next book, You Look Delicious, is in progress. Please add it to your reading list! ↓↓ Yun Tiantian is a popular food streamer. Her cooking is excellent, and she's blessed with stunning looks. But her beauty attracts obsessive fans who harass her, forcing her to move as often as ants shift their nest. As she remembers it, the first time she met Duan Xijing was at a dental hospital. A man in a white coat brushed past her and accidentally knocked the medicine bag from her hand. "Sorry," he said. He crouched to pick it up, handed it back, and smiled, his eyes crinkling. He had beautiful eyes and a lovely voice. She looked at the half of his face visible above his mask, and for no reason at all, her heart skipped a beat. They met again the day after she moved into her new home. As was her habit, she prepared a housewarming gift for her neighbor. When she knocked on the door next door, she was surprised to find that her new neighbor was Dr. Duan, the man she'd met at the hospital a few days earlier. The dental clinic's resident heartthrob. She'd thought it was a case of "fate working in mysterious ways." It wasn't until one day, while looking through old photos, that she discovered one of his little secrets. On the back of an old elementary school graduation photo was a line of crooked handwriting: "I like our class monitor best. When I grow up, I'm going to marry her." #I thought it was love at first sight, but you'd been plotting this for ages# #Mutual secret crush, a heartwarming sweet foodie romance# Beautiful and sweet-voiced, a talented cook and food streamer vs. gentle and handsome, boyfriend material maxed out, dentist My upcoming book, Kiss the Wind, is seeking readers! ↓↓ The Su and Feng families are arranging a marriage between their children. The elders from both families nervously waited for the meeting, afraid the two unruly ones would cause trouble again. The two protagonists arrived late and ran into each other outside. They both froze, then spoke in unison: "You!" "You!" The reporters waiting outside sensed there was a story and stepped forward to ask, "Had you two met before your families arranged this marriage?" "We were more than acquainted." Feng Zheng calmly offered the reporter a cigarette. "Miss Su and I have handled guns and crossed minefields together. And out in the wild..." Su Tang coughed, cutting him off. Handled guns and crossed minefields? And out in the wild? That sounded like a huge scoop! "Out in the wild... what happened?" the reporter pressed eagerly. "We don't need to mention how we both fell into a manure field out there," Su Tang said quietly. Feng Zheng nodded, a faint smile appearing. "Fair enough." Former military correspondent, tsundere vs. former special forces soldier, suave rogue * I felt the evening breeze you'd felt. Does that mean we embraced? "Time Out of Joint" Theme: Love goes both ways, and the two are evenly matched.