Gentleness Draws Blood

[The new novel next door, "Hidden in the Wilds," is now open. Shen Gou's story.]

As the prima ballerina of a top ballet company, Ming Shu is noble and graceful, as beautiful as an orchid.

Everyone says she was born to dance, and sees her as a jade-like beauty, delicate to her very bones.

Only Cheng Yanzhou saw through her fear and insecurity, and saw that her father was an utterly heinous criminal.

He gave Ming Shu his love without reservation, but in the end, pointed a gun at her heart.

Only then did Ming Shu understand.

He was no different from everyone else.

Cheng Yanzhou was every bit as noble and self-assured, a favored son of heaven. No one ever imagined that one day he would cast aside every shred of pride for a woman.

One day, later on,

Ming Shu touched the healed scar and asked him, "Cheng Yanzhou, what would you do if I died?"

"I'd die with you."

Ming Shu smiled. "No thanks. You're disgusting."

It's not only your gun that can hurt someone.

Tenderness can be a blade, drawing blood with every stroke.

Cold, ruthless CEO VS gentle, aloof dancer

[Reader's Notes]

1. Both leads are devoted only to each other. The male lead has to win his wife back, and you can decide for yourself how intense the groveling is, though it should be pretty miserable.

2. The female lead isn't a pushover. Her personality shows differently depending on whom she's dealing with.

3. The story has plenty of melodrama. Please be patient and keep reading.

4. No nitpicking or attacks, please. The author won't tolerate them. And don't conflate fiction with reality!

Upcoming Novel

Shen Yiming always thought he was gloomy and aloof, unmoved by any woman.

Until he met Xu Mian.

The woman was bold, spirited, cool, and alluring. She hit him like a glass of strong liquor, leaving him out of control and head over heels.

He tried every trick in the book to win her love, only to be dumped over and over again.

One day, after they'd gotten together, the man casually remarked, "I'm tired of this."

Xu Mian nodded calmly. "What a coincidence. So am I."

They looked at each other for a moment, then spoke almost at the same time.

"I love you."

"Let's break up."

Shen Yiming's Adam's apple bobbed as he stepped closer. "I mean, let's get married."

Xu Mian: "I figured."

Shen Yiming never could have imagined that she would grow up to become even more special, and even more playful.

Back in school, Xu Mian had once cast off her tomboyish protective shell for someone unreachable, doing her best to become a girl again.

She even dreamed of waking up one day with hair that reached her waist.

But she had also seen that person dismiss her letter as trash without even looking up.

Xu Mian's birthday wish at sixteen was to become a beautiful woman. At twenty-six, it was to become a heartbreaker.

She achieved the first on her own, but Shen Yiming put a stop to the second.

[The male lead has to win her back]

The female lead isn't a heartbreaker. There's a reason for her birthday wish.

Theme: Love you openly, and love you more purely.