Against the Current

My new novel, Innocence, is now available! Please add my upcoming novel, There's No Such Thing as Divorce, to your wishlist! [Blurb] Qiao Sui got into a conflict with the new transfer student, and it was serious enough for their parents to be called in. That was how Qiao Sui found out her dad's current wife had a nephew. Shen Qing pointed to the transfer student and introduced him. "Suisui, this is my nephew, Shen Jiayun." Qiao Sui: "..." This is my natural enemy. Shen Qing wanted to bring Shen Jiayun to live with the Qiao family. Qiao Sui went to visit Shen Jiayun, who was sick, intending to talk him out of moving into her house. She opened the door and froze. I never knew I had a new classmate who lived in the slums. When he saw her, Shen Jiayun was speechless. That's no reason to stand downstairs and yell at me for five minutes. Next novel: Innocence The thing Zheng Qiancheng is proudest of isn't getting into a university she'd never dreamed of by doing unexpectedly well on her college entrance exams. It's winning over the aloof Jiang Song after the exams were over. - They dated for three years, then broke up after a cold war. - Later, at a class reunion, they were seated next to each other, yet neither said a word. Someone teased them, "You're both single. Why not give it another try?" Zheng Qiancheng said self-deprecatingly, "I can't bear to repeat the same mistake. I'm just an ordinary person." Jiang Song smiled without replying. - Forty days later, Zheng Qiancheng was pregnant. The baby was Jiang Song's. Please add my upcoming novel, There's No Such Thing as Divorce, to your wishlist! Lin Ruobing's whirlwind marriage took everyone who knew her by surprise. As the law firm's prettiest and most charming woman, she was known as quiet, polite, hardworking, introverted, and refined. Until one day, her new husband pulled up outside the law firm in a luxury car. Dressed in black, his long legs stood out, his commanding aura was impossible to ignore, and he tilted his chin up as he called her "Wifey" in a cocky drawl. Everyone exclaimed, "So this is Lin's type!" Lin Ruobing's ex-boyfriend asked, "What type?" A coworker said, "Her husband's name is Xiong Ran. You can tell he's no ordinary man just from the name." When Xiong Ran first met Lin Ruobing, his impression matched those of her colleagues. A fair-skinned woman, not too young and not too old, sat upright by a sunlit window. When she saw him, she simply lowered her gaze and gave a slight nod, the corners of her lips tilting up. Before their blind date, he'd told a friend what he wanted in a partner. Just one thing: someone filial. His friend said, "Lin Ruobing is the most filial girl I know. She's pretty and honest, too." Xiong Ran thought, Who still uses the word 'honest' to describe a woman these days? Is that a compliment or an insult? He asked his friend what Lin Ruobing wanted in a partner. His friend said her requirements were simple too: someone independent. Xiong Ran raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that just me?" His friend egged him on. "You're a perfect match." At the end of the blind date, Lin Ruobing asked, "Can I ask you something personal?" Although Xiong Ran was puzzled, he grinned roguishly and said, "Go ahead." Lin Ruobing leaned closer, her warm breath brushing his cheek, and calmly asked her personal question. By then, Xiong Ran had already formed a fixed impression of her: just like her name, she was wooden and dull. But when she asked that question, he realized he was wrong. A thread of sweet warmth seeped through his skin, like a strange current that instantly coursed through his whole body. They didn't go home that night. On the day they registered their marriage, Xiong Ran held a cigarette and said seriously, "We may have married in a hurry, but divorce is not an option." Lin Ruobing thought for a moment. "Then maybe we shouldn't get married." Xiong Ran's hand jerked. Ash tumbled down, and his shoe quickly began to scorch black. He drew out her name. "Lin Ruobing?" She rarely showed any expression, but suddenly she laughed, her voice charming and playful. "I'm joking. Divorce isn't an option for me either." In every intimate night they shared afterward, Xiong Ran felt that marrying her was the best decision he'd ever made. Lin Ruobing felt the same. Roguish boss & cool, beautiful lawyer Marriage first, love later / Male lead's perspective / Realistic setting The title means divorce is not an option. Theme: Independence, freedom, and the courage to move forward.