Secretly Smitten

[Publication title: Where Spring Ends, There You Are] 1. In college, Qin Xiaoze was handsome, came from a privileged family, and lived with carefree confidence. He was always the center of attention among his friends. Even more enviable, he had a beautiful, pure-hearted, perfect girlfriend, Lu Jiaen. They'd been together for two years, and Qin Xiaoze had always thought Lu Jiaen loved him deeply. She had silently cried over his injured leg; never missed a single one of his basketball games; secretly drawn countless portraits of him; been the first to make up after every argument; and always looked at him with tender affection... He never imagined that his usually sweet and obedient girlfriend would dump him. After spending some time heartbroken, Qin Xiaoze accidentally discovered that Lu Jiaen had always had someone else in her heart, a white moonlight. He was nothing but a similar-looking replacement. That was the first time he learned that it wasn't only mouths that could lie. Eyes could lie, too. 2. Before Lu Jiaen left the country, Qin Xiaoze drove for ten hours to her apartment building. When night fell, Lu Jiaen returned with her white moonlight. Beneath the hazy moonlight, the two said goodbye downstairs. In the dim light, Lu Jiaen's gaze was gentle, and a faint smile played on her lips. Just like the way she'd looked at him before. In an instant, Qin Xiaoze's face turned ashen in the darkness of his car. He nearly crushed the phone in his hand. The next day, Lu Jiaen found a missed call on her phone. She had no idea someone had spent the entire night smoking beneath her building. 3. Lu Jiaen once thought that she and Qin Xiaoze had both been pursuing their own agendas, and that they'd broken up peacefully and gracefully. She never expected that one day this arrogant young master would force back tears in front of her. [Reading Guide]: 1. Scheming, sickly beauty X wild, unrestrained young master. Both are sexually inexperienced. Happy ending. 2. Daily updates at 9 p.m. I'll post a notice if I need to take a day off. The blurb was first posted on September 14, 2020. Blurb for The Tenth Year of Loving You 1. In high school, Cheng Yuezhi was handsome and excelled academically. He was the model student praised by teachers and the envy of his classmates. No one knew his secret. He was always wondering: Were Qiao Zhining's eyes covered by eighteen layers of filters? Otherwise, why did she never look his way? In high school, Qiao Zhining had lots of friends, a doting dad, and a simple, happy life. She only had two little worries. First, how could she prove that she and Cheng Yuezhi really were nothing more than ordinary friends?! Second, how could she confess to the person she liked while still dealing with the first problem? In the end, Qiao Zhining never got to confess. But her relationship with Cheng Yuezhi was clarified once and for all. Almost all their friends believed they were simply a pure, platonic boy-girl friendship that transcended gender. 2. One day after graduating from college, Qiao Zhining gave in to her streamer friend's relentless persuasion and agreed to help film a video confessing to a male friend. "He doesn't like you that way anyway, so it'll be hilarious," her friend said excitedly. With no other choice, Qiao Zhining called Cheng Yuezhi on the livestream. "I like you." After saying it, Qiao Zhining braced herself for him to chew her out. Instead, after a long silence, the boy's clear, gentle voice came through: "I like you, too." Qiao Zhining: ??? Who are you?! 3. Afraid that confessing would cost him their friendship, Cheng Yuezhi had quietly loved Qiao Zhining for nine years. In the tenth year, he couldn't hold back anymore. Childhood sweethearts. He secretly loved her. Premise: Be gentle, and be strong.