Heartstrings Out of Control

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Ming Xuan had been spoiled and indulged for over a decade. Then one day, she fell into Fu Ran's hands.

To get his attention, she reined in her unruly ways and treated him with endless tenderness.

But when she finally offered him her heart, he trampled it underfoot.

That night, the moonlight was hazy. The teenage Fu Ran cornered her beneath a tree and asked softly, "You like me?"

Blushing, Ming Xuan nodded.

Fu Ran's smile vanished. "But I don't like you."

In that moment, the young girl's heart shattered.

After crying for three days and nights, Ming Xuan never looked at him the same way again.

-

The two were forced into a marriage alliance.

Fu Ran handed her a secret marriage agreement, smiling carelessly. "We can each do our own thing. Sound good?"

Ming Xuan raised her eyelids, her tone indifferent. "Sure."

After the wedding, Fu Ran went abroad to focus on his career.

Ming Xuan became a top-tier actress.

They each lived their own lives, leaving one another in peace.

Later, at a banquet, an actress who coveted Fu Ran's family background and looks worried he would be hard to win over.

Overhearing the discussion, Ming Xuan didn't care. "If you like him, go after him. I'll wish you a happy marriage in advance."

Silence fell for a moment.

She looked up, and her gaze happened to meet a pair of alluring eyes.

Fu Ran stood in a sharply tailored suit, the meaning behind his smile unclear as he curled his lips at her.

Ming Xuan returned a challenging smile.

That night.

Fu Ran blocked her at her front door and narrowed his eyes. "You're giving my WeChat to other people?"

Ming Xuan laughed and pushed him aside. "We agreed to do our own thing, Mr. Fu. Please get out of my way."

She turned and walked off, her skirt swaying.

Later, Ming Xuan acted in films and appeared on variety shows.

She paired up with powerful industry figures for publicity and exchanged gifts with cute younger guys.

She lived freely, doing as she pleased.

Meanwhile, Fu Ran watched her on-screen, his eyes reddening time and time again.

Proud, dazzling heiress vs. playboy heir with a devil-may-care attitude

Blurb for Unavoidable:

Duan Zong first saw Cheng Nian on the street.

She was being harassed in public and asked him for help. She looked at him with tearful eyes. "Help me."

She was a delicate, helpless young woman, the sort who made people want to protect her.

The second time Duan Zong saw Cheng Nian was outside a law firm.

A woman causing a scene had grabbed her by the hair, leaving her unable to move.

"Need some help?" The car window slowly rolled down. With a cigarette between his fingers, Duan Zong smiled as he asked.

Cheng Nian didn't answer. Instead, she used a shoulder throw to slam the troublemaker to the ground.

Her expression was blank, her movements crisp and decisive.

As she passed Duan Zong, she didn't even look up.

Later, Duan Zong learned Cheng Nian's secret: she had two personalities.

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Everyone knew the young master of the Duan family was born into privilege and lived without restraint.

He also had a little-known habit: he liked flirting around, then dumping anyone he managed to win over.

In short, he was a scumbag.

Cheng Nian became his new target.

His friend was baffled. "That lawyer is cold and boring. She looks hard to win over."

Duan Zong swirled his wine, a faint smile in his captivating, upturned eyes. "She won't get away."

A few months later.

His friend asked with concern, "Did you dump her?"

Duan Zong scowled and stubbed out his cigarette. "I still haven't won her over."

-

There were two things Duan Zong hated most in life: water and women's tears.

Later, he jumped into the water without hesitation to retrieve Cheng Nian's necklace.

He nearly drowned, his lungs filling with water.

Before he passed out, he lifted a hand to wipe away Cheng Nian's tears and smiled. "Cheng Nian, this is wonderful."

"I think I've finally made it into your heart."

Blurb for Say Goodnight Like You Did Yesterday:

When she was sixteen, Nan Yi secretly had a crush on someone.

He was dazzling and unruly. He ran freely across the basketball court time and time again, while crowds cheered and grew excited for him.

Nan Yi, on the other hand, was sweet and well-behaved, an ordinary good girl who barely stood out from the crowd.

The boldest thing she ever did was at the fireworks festival in her senior year of high school.

Xu Yao stood beside her. As fireworks burst across the sky, their long shadows stretched over the ground.

Nan Yi edged a little closer, letting their shadows "hold hands."

*

That same year, Xu Yao transferred schools.

Worried she would be sad, he smiled and said, "It's just a transfer. What's the big deal? You can still talk to me. Remember to say goodnight to me, okay?"

He never imagined that she would remember his joking farewell for seven years.

Every night, she earnestly and devoutly typed four words on her phone: "Goodnight, Xu Yao."

She knew he might have forgotten all about her.

Then, one night, years after graduation, rain poured down in torrents.

A series of urgent knocks sounded at Nan Yi's door.

Xu Yao's black hair was soaked through. Bracing one hand against the doorframe, he looked exhausted. "It's been three months."

"I haven't been able to sleep for three months."

"I mean, you haven't said goodnight to me in three months."

*

Ever since Nan Yi transferred to his school, Xu Yao seemed like a different person.

Even his friends noticed that the school bully, who had always been carefree and unruly, stopped skipping class and getting into fights. He went to class on time every day, copied Nan Yi's homework, asked her to tutor him, and even gave her an exclusive nickname: Little White.

His friend teased him, "Xu Yao, if you like Little White so much, why don't you make a move?"

"Shut up." Xu Yao crunched the candy in his mouth and replied lazily, "She's different from everyone else."

*

To Xu Yao, Nan Yi was pure and well-behaved, like the most pristine moon, untouchable by anyone.

Not even him.

Until later, when they went their separate ways and met again, he watched her from the shadows, seeing with his own eyes as she went on one blind date after another.

"I can love a flower without having to pick it."

Through countless days and nights, Xu Yao tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

He thought he had to go and pick that flower.

Theme: Love yourself before you love someone else.