Forest Fairy Tales

The standout students of Xi'an No. 1 High School.

Lin Shuqing is quiet and gentle, elegant and beautiful. On her first day of school, she was named the school's belle and held up as a model student.

Qi Wen is aloof and cool, carefree to a fault. Rumor has it he was once a top student who won the Olympiad championship year after year, but he vanished from the scene for several years.

The two had nothing to do with each other, but in Qi Wen's first week after transferring, they got into trouble together and ended up on the school bulletin board.

One day, as everyone was still reeling from the news, inside the art room in the arts building

Qi Wen wore a black shirt, one foot on the floor and the other bent slightly against the edge of a chair. He sat half-turned and perfectly still, making an ideal model. His expressive peach-blossom eyes were restrained, his brows slightly raised, and his smile was teasing and alluring.

He looked at the serene-faced girl in front of the easel and smiled. "Is this pose enough?"

Lin Shuqing met his gaze, paused, then beckoned. "Could you... come a little closer?"

She only wanted him to sit closer so she could draw him more easily.

But Qi Wen walked right over to her.

Lin Shuqing: "You don't have to come this close."

Qi Wen leaned down and chuckled. "Isn't it easier to draw the details this way?"

Tips:

1. Mutual pining, childhood friends. The leads aren't art students, but high-achieving science students. The story goes from school to the city.

2. This is more of a coming-of-age story, not solely focused on secret crushes and romance.

3. The heroine really is excellent from the start, but that also leaves her feeling lost, and she isn't very sharp-edged in personality. The story is about the leads finding their truest selves as they grow, so the heroine develops over time, and her adorable side gradually comes out.

4. The story doesn't follow the latest Gaokao reforms. It uses the old system of choosing two auxiliary subjects, so there are different subjects in the second-year high school exams.

5. The story focuses somewhat on the ensemble cast. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Thank you.

Up next: Glass Tower (older brother Ji Zhenran)

Bossy beauty & scheming fox

Among the Foreign Ministry's latest batch of spokespeople, Ji Zhenran is admired for his distinguished looks, imposing presence, and refined elegance, backed by his exceptional eloquence.

But whenever asked about his private life, he always responds with a flawless smile.

This sets everyone speculating, and they eventually come to their own conclusion: he must be single.

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Chi Yun, a general surgeon at City No. 1 Hospital who is already famous from regularly appearing on TV programs, is dedicated and cool at work. In private, she's domineering and difficult to deal with. She has a beguiling fox-like beauty, but usually keeps everyone at arm's length.

She has plenty of admirers, but no one has won her heart yet.

Rumor has it she's waiting for someone, but no one knows who.

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These two people seemingly had nothing to do with each other.

One day during the lunch break, at City No. 1 Hospital, Chi Yun went to visit a friend in the psychiatry department and unexpectedly ran into a man sitting calmly in a chair.

The man had sharp features and a mature, sexy air.

He was still dressed in an impeccably neat suit, as he would be at work.

A friend who knew Chi Yun and Ji Zhenran had broken up, and knew how things had been going for them lately, froze in place and asked uncertainly, "Are you really here to see a psychiatrist?"

Ji Zhenran fixed Chi Yun with a cold gaze and asked unhurriedly, "I want to ask the doctor: if someone keeps appearing in my thoughts, someone I miss day and night, does that mean I should go find her?"

The friend dared to ask, "Is that person Chi Yun?"

Chi Yun shot him a look.

But Ji Zhenran laughed right there.

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At an interview after his next appearance as spokesperson, someone asked Ji Zhenran again about his relationship status.

Ji Zhenran simply slipped on a ring in plain sight.

It meant he had someone he loved.

Waiting for the Moon After the Fog Clears (military compound setting / secret crush comes true / both leads' first love / eight-year age gap, growing up together through an arranged marriage / marriage first, love later)

[Playful and sweet & wild and carefree]

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Meng Yitong met Song Yizhou when she was fifteen.

Back then, Song Yizhou would be waiting outside her school almost every day when classes let out.

His usual pose was to lean lazily against his car.

As he called her, he would squint in the sunlight, find her with ease, raise his chin toward the light, and tease her nonchalantly: "Kid, coming home with me again today?"

When they grew up, their families arranged a marriage between them.

After a drunken night, Meng Yitong accidentally heard Song Yizhou sincerely say that he thought of her as a younger sister. Her dreams shattered overnight, and she came to her senses.

From then on, they each did their own thing.

Song Yizhou gradually realized that something was wrong with him.

One day, after shopping with friends, Meng Yitong came out laughing and joking, only to find Song Yizhou waiting outside with a dark expression.

She smiled, her eyes curving. "Long time no see."

"Long time no see?" Song Yizhou's expression tightened. "At least you know when to call it quits."

Just then, a new friend asked Meng Yitong, "Who is this?"

Meng Yitong's gaze skimmed over Song Yizhou. With a rare, slight raise of her eyebrow, she asked, "Who's this?"

Her voice was low and soft, stirred by the breeze.

After a few seconds of silence, Meng Yitong smiled. "Isn't he the guy I'm about to break up with?"

Song Yizhou: "..."

Theme: Pursue yourself and search for true love.