My Heart Burns Like Fire

[My new novel, Goodnight, Darling, is now underway]

[The only official version is on Jinjiang. Reposting this blurb on public accounts is prohibited.]

[Brilliant screenwriter x guesthouse owner. Weibo: @Jinjiang Mu Xiaobu]

1. Shi Muyuan was gentle, refined, and always courteous and considerate. When Ji Yangge met him again, she often thought that any girl who met a man like him while first discovering love would fall for him. She had only made the same mistake as every other woman.

Back then, Ji Yangge was a terrible student who always ranked near the bottom of her class. To get closer to Shi Muyuan, she turned things around for the college entrance exams and got into S University, becoming his junior.

Shi Muyuan was busy with his senior-year internship, so Ji Yangge didn't see him often. To ease the bittersweet ache of missing him and secretly loving him, she wrote a sweet romance novel based on Shi Muyuan, recording their first meeting, the time they spent together, and her beautiful fantasies about their future.

She had written the novel just for herself, but unexpectedly, it became an overnight hit during serialization, ranking first on the site's sales chart for three consecutive months.

Her career was thriving. All she lacked was love.

On her twentieth birthday, Ji Yangge finally worked up the courage to ask Shi Muyuan out and confess her feelings.

Her heart pounded. The hubbub around her suddenly sounded pleasant, and brilliant stars shone in her eyes as she waited for his answer.

Shi Muyuan's gaze was calm, his clear voice polite yet distant. “I'm sorry, we're not right for each other. Please don't interfere in my life again.”

That day, gale-force winds blew and rain poured down.

Ji Yangge ran through the rain, her body heavy and her mind blank.

When she got home, she faced a flood of comments urging her to update. She wiped away her tears and pounded out a furious reply:

[On the wedding day, the heroine elopes with her true love, while the hero is heartbroken and becomes a monk at Shaolin Temple. The End.]

2. Years later, Ji Yangge became a screenwriter. A hit web series brought her widespread attention, and offers to collaborate poured in.

Her badly written, angst-filled novel, in which the hero became a monk, caused an uproar online after its screen adaptation rights sold for an astronomical price.

By a twist of fate, Ji Yangge joined the novel adaptation project, and Shi Muyuan became her client.

One day at a script meeting, Ji Yangge kept her secret identity as the original author under wraps and sat in the conference room, listening carefully to Shi Muyuan's suggestions.

The man's gentle, clear voice rang out. “As for the direction of the adaptation, ninety percent of the book's fans want us to continue the story: the hero rises from the ashes and wins the heroine back from her true love.”

Ji Yangge refused in a righteous tone. “The original author said the hero was destined to spend his life alone. We should respect her.”

Shi Muyuan's expression darkened. “Absolutely not.”

Ji Yangge stood her ground. “Why not?”

His brows relaxed, and he smiled. “I was forced to become a monk and kept myself chaste for you for 1,826 days and nights. It's time I left the monastery, Teacher Ji.”

My heart burns like a flame, faithful to this longing.

May I spend the rest of my life walking hand in hand with you.

[Bonus Scene]

Years after they parted, Ji Yangge had no shortage of handsome, wealthy, high-quality men around her, but Shi Muyuan became her biggest rival in building a pond of potential dates.

After Shi Muyuan had scared off five dates in a row, Ji Yangge finally lost her patience and pinned him against the wall. “What exactly do you want?”

His arm suddenly tightened around her waist, and his fiery masculine presence surrounded her. “Nothing much. My face has been hurting for years. I need you to kiss it better.”

* Gentle schemer x bold, gorgeous woman

* Reunited after a long separation. No real-life inspiration. Happy ending.

* The cover image is from a commercial-use source. The font has been confirmed as free for commercial use.

* The blurb screenshot was uploaded on 2022.12.21 and revised on 2023.07.12.

Please add my new novel, Goodnight, Darling, to your reading list!

The first time Liang Ying saw He Xu was at Qingshan Nursery.

He drove a black off-road vehicle down the mountain road at full speed.

The door opened, and a broad-shouldered man stepped out.

He wore a black short-sleeved T-shirt and camouflage cargo pants.

His features were deep and sharply defined, and the muscles in his arms were clearly outlined.

At the time, Liang Ying was devoted to her career and had no intention of getting involved with him.

That was until she ran into a university professor who had taught her at a matchmaking corner in the park.

She had barely greeted him when the professor took her hand, brimming with enthusiasm.

“My son doesn't smoke or drink, and he has no bad habits. He's great at doing laundry, cooking, and fixing appliances. He's emotionally stable and an absolute wife-lover. If you tell him to go east, he wouldn't dare go west. Would you be interested in meeting him?”

Before Liang Ying could refuse, the professor hurriedly made a video call.

A low, helpless voice came from the other end. “Give it up. Stop tormenting those girls. Whoever you introduce me to, it won't work out.”

The professor ignored him and turned the phone toward Liang Ying.

He Xu was at the gym, radiating masculine charm.

Liang Ying's breath caught. As they stared at each other, the video call abruptly ended.

The next second, Liang Ying received a message from He Xu: I take back what I just said.

Liang Ying, realizing he wanted to torment her: “...”

He Xu had been single for thirty years, free of worldly desires.

Then a woman brimming with bookish charm appeared before him.

She smiled. His heart went haywire, and the iron tree that had stood for ten thousand years finally bloomed.

“I didn't believe in love at first sight until your silhouette appeared in my eyes.”

“The woman I love deserves to be cherished and to have every beautiful thing in the world.”

“Goodnight, darling.”

* Landscape architect x owner of a nursery with mountains and land

* Gentle little white rabbit x tenderhearted tough guy

* Sweet everyday romance, no angst or melodrama

Please add my new novel, You Taste Like Sweet Candy, to your reading list!

[Innocent, bright plant breeder x gentle perfumer]

For two years, Shen Siyue traveled from one flower-growing base to another in search of a special fragrance that could be extracted from plants and used as a perfume ingredient, but he found nothing.

Just as he was about to give up, he heard of a place called Qingxi, where there was an exceptionally skilled plant breeder.

With one last hope, Shen Siyue went there and met a young woman wearing a straw hat and sun sleeves, pushing a cart with sweat covering her head and face.

The cart was piled high with all kinds of flowering plants, like a little mountain. The girl put all her strength into pushing it, and, without looking where she was going, ran right into him and repeatedly apologized.

A perfumer's sense of smell was sharper than most people's. Shen Siyue took a potted plant from the cart.

The flowers looked listless, yet their fragrance touched his heart. It was exactly the scent he had been searching for.

Delighted, Shen Siyue offered to buy it for a high price.

Xuan Ning blinked her bright eyes, looking puzzled. “These are all varieties I've rejected. Are you sure you want them?”

Realizing that the person before him was the plant breeder, Shen Siyue smiled. “To you, it's a failed creation. To me, it's a rare treasure.”

Later, they spent every day together, and affection gradually blossomed between them.

The perfume Shen Siyue created won the gold medal at an international fragrance competition. He named it “Xuan Ning.”

After the competition, the host asked him what “Xuan Ning” meant. His eyes held a smile, and his expression was tender.

“It's the name of the person I love.”

* A warm, sweet everyday romance, with no angst or melodrama

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