The Game of Testing the Waters

[Complete] [Please add my next book, Applying to Enter Your Heart, to your reading list] [Sweet, cool, and fiery girl who seems innocent but is secretly cunning X aloof beauty who seems pure but is secretly devious] Yu Hui accidentally fell into the arms of a handsome man over six feet tall when a bus braked suddenly. He had sharp brows and bright eyes, and an extraordinary air about him. Yu Hui fell for him at first sight and was instantly smitten. The handsome man, however, was so aloof that he disappeared into the crowd without even giving her his WeChat. Then, the next day, Yu Hui spotted him playing an NPC at the escape room her family owned. Fate works in mysterious ways. Yu Hui began pursuing him relentlessly: engineering chance encounters, fussing over him, and making him nutritious lunch boxes. She felt she had finally met her ideal type. They were both younger guys, after all, but her guy was far better than her roommate's little brother. Yu Hui's roommate had a younger brother. In her words, among the 3.5 billion men in the world, no one could be more of a jerk than her little brother! According to the roommate, he was a good-for-nothing troublemaker who could find eight hundred different ways to annoy people in a day. Yu Hui hated him too. Her happiest time each day was joining her roommate in cursing the little devil. Recently, the roommate's brother had pulled another stunt. Rumor had it some wicked woman had bewitched him, and he was staying out all night. Heartbroken, Yu Hui decided to help her roommate drag him home. "When I catch him, I'll wring his neck and tear him limb from limb!" Yu Hui chimed in: "Exactly! If I ever run into him, I'll slap him twice!" Just then, a clear, pleasant male voice came from behind them. "Is that so?" Yu Hui jolted and turned around. Before she could speak, her roommate began rolling up her sleeves. "You little brat! I've finally found you!" Yu Hui: ? Cheng Jue calmly addressed her roommate. "Sis." Yu Hui: ?? Then Cheng Jue lowered his gaze to Yu Hui and tilted his head slightly, smiling as if amused. "What did you say you'd slap me with?" Yu Hui: "..." #TheWickedWomanWhoBewitchedHimWasMeAllAlong# #WhatIfISaidIdGiveYouTwoPassionateKissesWouldYouBelieveMe# #CanIStillWinHimOverAfterThat# Cheng Jue met someone like her when he was young. She was always passionate, always full of energy, like the midsummer day when they first met, so scorching that she nearly melted him. He had been a withered blade of grass in a dark mire, but her arrival gave him the desire to seek the light and grow. "Someone as dazzling and warm as you deserves to have me run toward you with all my strength." - [Just pretend I'm braver than you. Don't be surprised that I like you.], The Game of Testing the Waters The heroine pursues the hero in the first half, and he pursues her in the second. No painful breakup, just two people saving each other and finding their way together. 1. Older woman-younger man romance, with a three-year age gap. Both are each other's first, though the heroine has dated before, so please be mindful if that bothers you. 2. Because of his childhood experiences, the hero has some psychological scars and resists being close to others. He's obsessive and has a few issues, but the heroine helps him heal. 3. Includes university life. 4. The title comes from The Game of Testing the Waters by Chen Yiqian and King Loki. 5. Please support my dear Xia Rilu's new book next door, Secret Marriage in the Entertainment Industry: a tsundere, jealous, straightforward movie star X a rebellious, anti-overwork, pretty-but-useless actress. Please add my next book, Applying to Enter Your Heart, to your reading list~ [Blurb] The Ye and Xu families arranged a marriage between their eldest daughter and Xu Nanhe, the eldest son of the Xu family, back when their grandparents were alive. But just before the engagement, the eldest daughter asked to call it off. Xu Nanhe was a rising business tycoon in Qingang, handsome and refined as jade. But in business, he was ruthless and decisive, and no one dared cross him. Faced with their eldest daughter's broken engagement, the Ye parents were too frightened to face Xu Nanhe. The man seated at the tea table simply sipped his tea at an unhurried pace, the tiny cup in his hand like a toy. He raised his eyes lightly, his dark gaze unreadable. "It seems the Ye family has more than one daughter." Everyone present froze. The Ye family did indeed have another daughter: their second daughter, Ye Tingzhi, who had been rebellious and unruly since childhood and was never her parents' favorite. - Xu Nanhe had once been invited back to Qingang University to give a lecture. The auditorium had been packed, and nearly everyone at Qing University knew who he was. The campus belle Ye Tingzhi had a distinctive personality. In her third year, she formed a band. At their first performance, someone spotted Xu Nanhe in the front row, even though he had never shown any interest in events like that. After the show, a male student presented Ye Tingzhi with flowers and confessed his feelings. As the crowd stirred, Xu Nanhe appeared beside her and gently drew her into his arms. Looking at the young man, Xu Nanhe refused on Ye Tingzhi's behalf. "Sorry, she can't accept you." The young man, full of passion, refused to back down. "Why? What gives you the right to decide for her?" Xu Nanhe smiled and said, word by word, in front of everyone, "Because our marriage is protected by law." That night, Ye Tingzhi became every bit as famous as Xu Nanhe. When they got home, Ye Tingzhi angrily accused Xu Nanhe of breaking their premarital agreement. He caught the back of her head and kissed the corner of her lips, then murmured hoarsely, "I'm breaking the agreement unilaterally." - Later, Ye Tingzhi realized that the business marriage she had considered a simple exchange of interests was not as straightforward as she had imagined. Xu Nanhe had been the one moving the pieces all along. "I wasn't settling for second best. If it weren't you, it would never be anyone else." You were always my first choice. * A rebellious, unruly band singer X a powerful businessman who has been plotting this for a long time 1. Both are each other's first. Eight-year age gap. 2. The hero and the heroine's older sister have no romantic relationship; their engagement was only verbal. Theme: Have the courage to pursue what you want