You Can't Just Touch Me

🖤Scheming wolf who loves meat x slow-witted little bird who keeps getting eaten 💛

Purely modern setting / fake-substitute romance / chasing the older brother by day, sleeping with the younger brother at night 😴, only to discover they are the same person 🤬

Anyone who knows, knows that Fei Chaichai is naturally allergic whenever she touches a member of the opposite sex.

But she refuses to give up. Every day, she chases after different people to conduct experiments, trying to find someone who can make her immune.

That day, she cornered someone again and shamelessly pleaded in the most pathetic manner: "Please... let me touch you!"

On a cloudy evening, a narrow alley lay dimly lit.

The man she had stopped leaned against the wall, his collar loose, revealing a stretch of pale, cool skin. A tattoo coiled across it, bleak and desolate.

He barely reacted to her unreasonable request. His eyes drooped lazily as he asked, "Is touching enough?"

S-so generous?

At those words, Fei Chaichai immediately started scheming about things besides "touching."

For instance, getting him to help her pursue his twin brother, her ideal type, whom she'd fallen for at first sight at the veterinary clinic.

*

Recently, Li Yuyuan's return to the country had caused quite a stir in their circle.

Rumor had it that the country's top hacker was either in prison or at N.Found, the company he had founded. He had attracted attention from all walks of life, and the stock price kept rising.

But everyone at N.F. agreed that their boss had been in a bad mood lately.

The reason was probably a young woman who not only clung to him relentlessly, but even chased him to the celebration banquet and scolded him in front of all the bigwigs: "Li Yuyuan, if you won't help me pursue your brother, what are you doing here partying all night?"

Inside the club, where the air carried a cool fragrance, lights shifted between brightness and shadow.

The whole room held its breath, watching.

In a dim corner, the man lounged lazily on the sofa. At her words, he propped his face on one hand and looked at her for a while, seeming to smile as he asked, "Who told you I have a brother?"

Fei Chaichai: "?"

She froze, still trying to make sense of it, when he tugged her forward and stopped her in front of that bleak tattoo.

Li Yuyuan pressed a large hand against her slender back and tilted his head, his lips against her ear. His voice was low and dangerous, slow and soft: "The one you saw at the hospital was me. The one who went on a date with you on that rainy night was me. The one who bit your lips until they swelled was me. From beginning to end, there was only me."

Fei Chaichai: "…???"

#I'm allergic, I'm exhausted, I want to cuddle up and sleep with big brother#

#Waking up with little brother breaks my heart#

🍧☆──⚝──˗ˋˏ Ad Break ˎˊ˗──⚝──☆🍧

Next book, "A Long, Long War." Please add it to your reading list: emotionally detached woman x mad dog / rekindled romance / bitter push and pull / love and hate / I hate that I love you, and hate even more that you don't love me

Blurb:

1.

He Guiwan first met Li Kuang behind the video arcade in a small town.

The long alley was dark and damp.

The young man leaned against the wall, his half-brother lying at his feet, beaten bloody. He didn't even glance at him, only watching her at the mouth of the alley. The amusement in his eyes flickered with the streetlight.

2.

Everyone knew Li Kuang was a rebel who defied convention. He smoked, fought, skipped class and exams, and was always surrounded by a different pretty girl.

He Guiwan, meanwhile, was a top student who won a scholarship every year.

No one would ever have connected the two of them.

And no one knew that on a humid, sultry summer night when they were eighteen, Li Kuang had pinned He Guiwan against her bedroom door, swallowing her broken sobs and kissing her nearly breathless while the adults laughed and chatted in the living room.

Even fewer knew that on the day they broke up, Li Kuang sat beneath her apartment building all night, his pride and dignity scattered across the ground like the cigarette butts and liquor bottles at his feet.

3.

Years later, they met again.

At a charity gala crowded with high society and the powerful, camera flashes blazed like daylight. Even a hugely popular star was just another glass of champagne for the guests' amusement.

There could only be one protagonist tonight: the second young master of Jingheng Group, He Guiwan's date.

But halfway through the banquet, an uninvited guest arrived.

The man was casually dressed and strolled in at an easy pace, as if he had remembered the event while out for a walk and stopped by on a whim.

Yet his innate, imposing presence was impossible to hide, making everyone wary of looking at him for too long.

The chatter across the room gradually died down as people stole glances from the corners of their eyes.

Only He Guiwan looked at him openly.

In ten years, she had made her way from a small town to the capital.

The old Li Kuang had long since vanished. Now, he was the man in control of Jingheng Group, known as "Li Jinyan."

His gaze on her was level, cool, and indifferent, like it was passing over an insignificant speck of dust.

He showed her no tenderness at all. At the height of the banquet, he trapped her on the chilly spring terrace, greedily stealing her breath, taking over her senses, and eroding her reason.

At last, he bit hard into her shoulder, hatred spreading through the pain.

"Didn't you want revenge?"

Through her tear-blurred vision, He Guiwan heard his voice, soft and cold.

"Then why not use me?"

He lifted his head. The lights reflected in his eyes, which remained utterly calm. Only his lips were disheveled, and it was impossible to tell whether the smear was her lipstick or blood. He curled them slightly and drawled, "I'm more experienced at being your dog than my foolish younger brother."

*

In this long, drawn-out war with time,

I can't hold on to my youth, but I want to hold on to you.

*

My friend Ruoshui Qianliu's upcoming book, "Wah, Don't Be So Intense!" Please add it to your reading list: super-sweet military romance / cute, flirtatious woman x wild yet gentle man / height difference and age gap

Blurb:

On her twenty-third birthday, Wen Jianing fell in love with a man at first sight.

When they first met, he was fully geared up, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs. He was tall and imposing, with handsome, striking features beneath the brim of his cap. His particularly captivating, flirtatious eyes looked both charming and heartless.

Wen Jianing's heart fluttered. She secretly peeked at his name tag.

Name: Li Shao.

😳

A little strange, but...

What a great name 😋.

*

After pining for him for days, Wen Jianing finally clenched her fist and decided to make the first move.

They met again at an interdepartmental exchange event organized by the government.

She was there representing her company. Just after coming out of the restroom, she spotted several young men in uniform at the end of the hallway.

Wen Jianing recognized them as elite members of the military, seated in the very center of the event.

The man at their head wore a military uniform, crisp and stern. The insignia on his cap reflected the cool silver light of dawn. As his colleagues chatted around him, he leaned against the railing and listened absentmindedly, radiating an air of aloofness that kept people at a distance.

Wen Jianing's eyes lit up. Blushing, she rushed over. "Mr. Li Shao, we finally meet again!"

Everyone looked at their leader and fell silent.

At the sound of her voice, the man's dark eyes lifted. He scrutinized her pretty face for two seconds, recognizing the girl from that night.

"Were you looking for me?" he asked.

She nodded earnestly.

"Is something the matter?"

"I-I... I'm Wen Jianing," she stammered nervously. "I'd like to be friends with you."

The man stared straight at her. After a long moment, he said coolly, "My name is Ji Xiao. Ji as in season, Xiao as in fierce."

...Huh?

So his name was "Ji Xiao," not "Li Shao."

Wen Jianing: "..." OTZ

*

The Snow Eagle Special Forces were established in 1982 and stationed in the capital. They carry out riot control, counterterrorism, and other high-risk operations.

Their current captain, Ji Xiao, is cold-faced, taciturn, and hard-tempered. He's seen real action and is famous throughout the armed forces as a tough man.

His teammates privately worried for him: How would someone like him ever find love?

Until one summer night.

A delicate young woman came to the compound gate and handed a letter to the guard, looking aggrieved yet especially polite. "Could you please pass this to Captain Ji? Thank you."

The guard glanced at the envelope: Seven-Day Breakup Letter.

He was so alarmed that he hurried to alert their leader.

A few minutes later, Captain Ji arrived in a rush, looking as grim as ice. Without a word, he caught the girl's hand and pulled her into a shadowy spot.

"A breakup letter?" He looked down at her and asked, "What are we breaking up for?"

Wen Jianing's face grew even hotter, but she steeled herself and retorted, "I just used my favorite idol as my profile picture, and you had to get back at me! You're so petty. I'm not talking to you for seven days!"

Looking at her flushed face and clear, bright eyes, Ji Xiao pressed his lips together. After a few seconds of silence, he finally gave in.

He reached out and pulled her into his arms. His voice softened as he spoke gently, "All right. I know I was wrong."

Wen Jianing asked from his arms, "Then what did you do wrong?"

"I shouldn't have kissed your lips until they swelled."

"..."

"I shouldn't have covered you in hickey marks."

"…"

*

#Brother Shao is seriously hot#

The Deer Lu Growth Association reminds you:

1. Flirtatious little radish x scheming big bad wolf

2. One-on-one / both leads are sexually inexperienced / both leads are eighteen (not an age gap)

3. This is a lighthearted, funny, sweet romance. The writing may veer between pure romance and explicit spice. If you're not enjoying it, feel free to stop reading. Thank you, thank you! (>人<)

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