I'm Chasing You

At seventeen, Yu Huan transferred schools during her senior year of high school and got stuck with the unfriendly Shen Can as her deskmate.

Later, the deskmate everyone jokingly called an aloof beauty broke her leg. Ten minutes wasn't enough for her to make it to the restroom and back, so Yu Huan followed her and teased, "Hey, would it kill you to ask me for help?"

Shen Can braced herself against the wall, assuming Yu Huan was making fun of her. She shot her a sidelong glance. "Get lost."

So much for trying to help. Yu Huan's smile disappeared, and she picked Shen Can up with a cold expression. "Hold on tight. Don't fall again."

Before long, their classmates were secretly shipping them.

At their graduation dinner, one classmate got up the courage to ask after a few drinks.

Yu Huan paused. "Bro, you've got the wrong idea. We're just good friends."

*

At twenty-one, Yu Huan started a company internship that required her to live on-site.

One call from Shen Can, and she rushed back without a second thought.

At her mother's funeral, Shen Can clung to Yu Huan and cried hysterically. But Yu Huan's eyes darkened as she looked at the man standing beside her.

After the funeral, Shen Can was still crying. Yu Huan wiped her tears and kissed her forehead. "If things aren't going well, tell me. I'll come back and take you away."

*

At twenty-seven, a slip of the tongue at a friend's bachelorette party was the first time Yu Huan learned that Shen Can had once gone to Deep City looking for her.

She returned in a hurry, dragging her suitcase behind her.

Shen Can: What are you doing?

Yu Huan: I'm pursuing you!

Shen Can: I wasn't waiting for you.

Yu Huan: I know.

Reader's guide: An ordinary woman's struggles, no domineering CEO golden finger. Internal control auditor x corporate trainer. Flashbacks from school to adulthood. There are exes, so those who need a completely clean romance should quit while they're ahead. This isn't a sugary romance: there is unrequited love, pursuing someone who doesn't love you back, joy, and sorrow. A lesbian falls for a closeted woman who pretends to be straight.

Coming soon, see my author page for Don't Flirt with Me

At a blind date hastily arranged after coming out, Chu Xiaochen eyed Ye Yinxi, who sat across from her with a bare face. She narrowed her eyes, cupped her lighter, and took a deep drag. "I heard you got caught red-handed on a date with a woman? You look like a good girl, but you're pretty wild, huh?"

Ye Yinxi's expression darkened. She lowered her head and took a sip of coffee without answering. Her black-rimmed glasses made her look very well-behaved.

Chu Xiaochen immediately lost interest. "Since we're already here, shall we go through the motions?"

After they kept running into each other, Chu Xiaochen hoped Ye Yinxi would quit while she was ahead. She laid her cards on the table. "Sis, you work hard for a whole month, and your side hustle still wouldn't earn enough to buy me one handbag. What makes you think you can play with me?"

*

The two of them kept breaking up and getting back together. Everyone was used to it, waiting for them to fall out and never speak again.

They waited and waited, but what arrived was a bright red wedding invitation.

The former playgirl had finally settled down. An old friend asked, "There are so many gorgeous girls out there. What makes this one different?"

Chu Xiaochen thought it over. "She's a little fox who acts all sweet but eats people alive."

Reader's guide: Flirtatious rich playgirl and socialite x quiet office worker and fox. A little angst makes the sweetness sweeter, eight parts sweet.

Theme: Grow as a person, see the world, and never forget who you are.