The blurb for my next book, Why Don't You Call Me Big Brother Anymore?, is below. Thanks!
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Chi Sui has mild night blindness. The alley on his way home from evening study has no lights, and in the darkness he can't see a thing.
But it doesn't matter. He's walked through that alley with his eyes closed more than a hundred times. He knows how to avoid bumping into anything strange.
But it rained that day, and muddy puddles covered the uneven ground. He didn't want to get his shoes dirty, so he felt his way through the darkness, avoiding quite a few puddles by memory.
Then, delighted, he hopped forward and bumped into someone he knew very well. Again.
The tip of his nose ached faintly. He smelled blood on the other person, mingled with the warmth of their body in the rainy night. It made his skin tingle.
The other person's arms held him tightly around the back. He couldn't move at all.
A little flustered, but with an unfamiliar thrill of excitement, Chi Sui stammered, "S-sorry. Did I hurt you when I bumped into you?"
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Yan Jiushen woke from a dream and was reborn.
He abandoned the fight he hadn't finished and had just reached the pitch-black alley when he let out a small breath. A familiar figure came hurtling toward him.
Memories surged through him: the awkward little figure who had once dared to knock him out of the path of a speeding truck, and the familiar warmth that had always crashed into his arms in his previous life.
Yan Jiushen took a deep breath. He pressed his injured palm to Chi Sui's back, the corners of his mouth rising as he said lightly, "You did hurt me, little one. How many times have you bumped into me now? You hit me so hard, you have to come home with me until I'm healed."
A wound to the heart never heals.
#Stop bumping into me. I've already fallen for you.
#I crossed the long years, pretending you bumped into me in that dark alley, just so I could hold you.
Sugary sweet//Chuunibyou school romance//Just for fun//Not very logical//Everyday life
---Blurb for the upcoming book Why Don't You Call Me Big Brother Anymore?---
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Xia Yuci called him Big Brother three times.
The first time was when Xia Yuci had just been brought to live at his house. At a party, a group of spoiled young men dragged Xia Yuci in front of him, holding him by his straight shoulders and forcing him to call him Big Brother.
He sneered. "Hmph."
The onlookers laughed. For a moment, he thought he heard Xia Yuci laughing too, and for no reason, it made his heart skip a beat.
The second time was when Xia Yuci came back soaked to the skin, staggering.
His eyes were wet, his mind clouded. Look closely, and his eyes were rimmed with red.
Xia Yuci tugged at the hem of his clothes and asked, "Big Brother, can you help me?"
The third time was on a rainy night. The enormous villa was unusually quiet that day, with only the soft patter of rain to be heard, cold and oppressive.
He came downstairs and saw a figure standing beside the half-open door in the pitch-black hall.
Lonely, yet proud.
Against the mournful sound of the rain, he clearly heard Xia Yuci call over his shoulder in a cool voice, "Big Brother, good night."
Then he disappeared.
After landing a supporting role as the young immortal lord in the big-budget xianxia series A Young Man's Journey, Xia Yuci became an overnight sensation, hailed as a stunning new star with extraordinary acting talent. His schedule filled up with work, and his posters seemed to be everywhere. There was no avoiding him.
Yet he was very low-key. He never appeared on variety shows, and rarely updated his Weibo. Apart from a post from a year ago captioned "Big Brother," he had shared nothing else.
Then, in a surprising move, Xia Yuci signed on for a live-action escape-room variety show, and updated his long-neglected Weibo.
The picture showed a proud-looking silver-shaded cat. The caption read: "Big Brother."
On the day of the live-action escape-room show, fans watched as the aloof, solitary, star of the industry seized Xia Yuci and dragged him into a nearby dark room during a puzzle-solving segment, while no one else was looking.
The star's eyes were frightening. He pressed against Xia Yuci's neck, looking so furious he seemed ready to bite off a chunk of him.
#The star and Xia Yuci don't get along# It took only a few minutes for it to become a trending topic.
But only Xia Yuci knew that the star had pressed against his neck, hesitated for a long time, then gritted his teeth and let out an angry meow.
#Why don't you call me Big Brother anymore# #What do you like so much about that cat# #Call me Big Brother, please, please, please# #Call me Big Brother, not that stupid cat!
After you left, love took root, sprouted, and grew wild, flooding everything and consuming my heart and lungs.
Every day, I want to hear you call me Big Brother.
*My take on the entertainment industry‖No real-life models‖The couple are perfect together, no separating them or switching roles‖Just fictional characters who look gorgeous when they're hurt
Theme: Growing together in the same light, all things coming back to life
