You'd Better Not Lie to Me

My upcoming novel, Playing House for Real, is a marriage-first, love-later story. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites.

[Upcoming Novel Blurb]:

Blurb One

The apartment compound where Chang Ning grew up had far more girls than boys.

Wen Yu was the most handsome of the few boys there, and everyone liked him.

One day, the little heartthrob invited Chang Ning to play "Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy" with him.

Proud to be the chosen one, Chang Ning hurried downstairs, excited to play.

Then she saw that Wen Yu was surrounded by six other girls, all chattering away.

Chang Ning ran home in tears. The Seventh Fairy had turned into seven fairies, and she wasn't about to play Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies.

More than twenty years later, the two of them started playing house again.

Chang Ning often suspected that Wen Yu was hiding other little fairies somewhere.

Blurb Two

With her wedding to Wen Yu just around the corner, Chang Ning's former fiance asked to meet her. He spoke earnestly, saying he was willing to swallow his pride and take her back.

In her former fiance's eyes, the man Chang Ning was about to marry was an idle, fallen rich kid.

Later, the fallen rich kid succeeded in business and became a rising star among the elite. Everyone said the Chang family had a sharp eye and had made a successful investment in a promising prospect.

Her former fiance still remembered that conversation with Chang Ning that night.

"What do you see in him? His dad's company isn't doing so well."

"He's better-looking than you."

#A woman's lie-flat love story#

[Novel Blurb]:

A newcomer in foreign affairs × a big, bad capitalist

Blurb One: When Ye Mei first met Xu Jingfeng, she called him Translator Xu. Later, Translator Xu became President Xu. And later still, President Xu became the young man she remembered from years ago.

Blurb Two: By chance, Ye Mei met Xu Jingfeng.

He used his title of Translator Xu to work with her for quite a while.

Then one day, Ye Mei found a translation job for the down-on-his-luck Translator Xu at an exhibition center.

On the day of the event, she spotted him on a promotional flyer for a forum and realized that Translator Xu looked exactly like one of the guest speakers, President Xu.

Ye Mei: I've been tricked.

One day, Ye Mei was invited to accompany Xu Jingfeng and his admirer on a visit to a museum.

The three of them entered the gallery of paintings and calligraphy. Xu Jingfeng lingered in front of a nude drawing by a master artist. Ye Mei followed his gaze. The artist's brushwork was skillful, and the pose looked natural. Just as they were about to move on, Xu Jingfeng said slowly, "It reminded me of the sketch you drew of me."

Ye Mei was shocked. When had he found out she'd secretly drawn him?

The admirer was even more shocked. It was only under her strange gaze that Ye Mei realized what he'd said.

Wait, there were portraits of clothed people all over the room, but he had to be reminded of her sketch by this naked one. What exactly was he remembering?!

But she'd come here today to fend off his admirers. If Xu Jingfeng was trying to put on a show in front of this one, she could only play along.

Ye Mei did her best to keep a straight face and answered the painting in despair. "Yes. My brushwork was still pretty rough, and I wasn't very good at handling light and shadow."

Nearby, the admirer was left reeling...

Ye Mei: That was a pretty clever trick.

Rumor had it that Xu Jingfeng had an old flame he'd broken up with against his wishes. Unfortunately, that old flame was already taken.

To make the old flame possessive and jealous, and get back together with Xu Jingfeng as soon as possible,

Ye Mei took on the role of fake girlfriend and promised to help him win over the girl he liked.

By the end, she realized the mission had been aimed at the wrong target.

Ye Mei: He tricked me into helping him pursue myself.

/Happy ending/ Both leads are each other's only partner/ Slow burn/

All foreign affairs events in this story are made up.

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