Please Love Me

Jiang Mei, the daughter of the Jiang family, is beautiful and sharp-edged, with naturally flirtatious eyes, yet she acts with cool indifference and reckless abandon.

Since she was a girl, she has been in love with someone: her neighbor, an older girl named He Sui, six years her senior.

She is alluring and fiery, gentle and charming, yet she refuses to spare Jiang Mei a second glance.

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One day, her older sister gets drunk and complains to Jiang Mei about her ex-girlfriend.

Jiang Mei is consumed with jealousy, but pretends to be calm. She takes the wineglass from He Sui's hand, leans close to her ear, and whispers:

"Sister He, why don't you consider me instead?"

"At least I can make you happy..."

He Sui is drunk and dazed, her expression confused. "A Mei, what are you saying?"

"I'm your big sister."

Jiang Mei's eyes darken. She gives her a sip of red wine, then runs her fingertips through the hair hanging loose beside her face.

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The next morning, He Sui wakes up to find that everything has gone completely wrong.

The well-behaved young woman lies beside her, eyes damp as she murmurs:

"You'll take responsibility for me, right, Sis?"

[Next novel, currently being serialized in my collection] Miss Y

That year, Chen Ran was sixteen. She had just lost both her parents, and in the moment before she decided to die,

she borrowed a phone and dialed the number engraved in her mind.

"Could you please help me?"

After a long pause, a woman's voice came from the other end. "All right."

So gentle it felt unreal.

Chen Ran sobbed uncontrollably. She packed her things, waded through the mud, and went alone to an unfamiliar city.

There was a warm, fluffy bed, hot meals, and a woman named Yan Ni.

She was Chen Ran's benefactor.

Chen Ran lived as though walking on thin ice, afraid there would be no place for her here, and that no one would ever want her again.

She spent the most time with the woman at night.

Yan Ni said, "If no one wants you, I do."

If no one loves you, I do.

[Next novel]

The Iceberg Beauty Insists on Pairing Up with Me on a Dating Show

A down-and-out starlet focused on her career x a big shot who takes romance seriously

Turning a straight woman gay

---Pei Wanxin x Gong Ye---

Pei Wanxin is a bit-part actress in artsy films, with a sharp tongue and a reputation for making trouble. She has plenty of enemies in the industry, and after her father dies, she loses her backing. Anyone can take a shot at her.

"Beautiful and conceited" is how the public sees her. Even down on her luck, she refuses to lower herself to act in commercial dramas.

At a certain auction, she is invited to attend, and the business magnate Gong Ye is also there. This unattainable woman can casually buy an item worth more than Pei Wanxin's entire past film salary.

Pei Wanxin pretends to be tender and affectionate, inviting Gong Ye to her room for a private chat.

That night, Pei Wanxin can't tell whether the waves at sea are deeper or the woman's presence is hotter.

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She gets her fee the next morning, but before she can enjoy it, her enemy takes it away.

Finally destitute, Pei Wanxin is willing to lower herself and join a variety show.

To Pei Wanxin's surprise, Gong Ye is there too.

But the woman's gaze is cool and her tone distant, as if she doesn't know Pei Wanxin.

On the very first day, Pei Wanxin is paired with the iceberg beauty Gong Ye.

She has terrible luck, drawing a string of awful tasks that make her the complete opposite of Gong Ye.

After a day of plowing fields, Pei Wanxin is filthy and covered in blisters. She sits at the foot of the bed, crying until she's drenched, and refuses to suffer any more.

But the show's breach-of-contract penalty is as high as two hundred million... so she cries even louder.

The investor in the next bed watches her coldly, then says slowly, "I can give you a chance."

Pei Wanxin lifts her tear-filled eyes. "?"

Gong Ye: "Let's make the pretend relationship real."

Theme: Work hard toward your goals, and you'll achieve the dreams you want.