Name: Your Heartbeat Gave You Away
Author: Bei Mingchuan

Synopsis

[My next story, Lost Stars, is listed on my profile! Please give it a collection, everyone. Mwah~ The blurb is below.]

Everyone knows that Bai Qing, the nation's beloved actress, has had an easy life since birth. She's beautiful, fair-skinned, and from a good family, with success in both her career and love life. But on her birthday, she suddenly discovers that her boyfriend of five years has been cheating on her for nearly two of them.

Looking at Li Xiao, kneeling before her and weeping as he begs for forgiveness, Bai Qing feels nothing but disgust. Everyone expects her to fly into a rage, but all she says is, "You'd better think about what you've done," before going to a bar alone to drink her sorrows away.

The next day, a photo of Bai Qing embracing and kissing a man at the bar is leaked. Rumors that she cheated and had a one-night stand spread all over the internet, and Li Xiao's dejected appearance during an interview seems to confirm the story.

Bai Qing's Weibo account is overrun, and one negative article after another comes out.

Bai Qing stays home for more than two months, doing nothing but eating and sleeping. She has none of the self-discipline expected of a female celebrity, and her manager is frantic. In the end, only her mother can drag her out of the house.

"Mom, what are you trying to do?" Bai Qing is dragged back to the old family home, looking utterly defeated.

Her mother smiles. "You've been so bored lately, so I specially found you a boyfriend."

Bai Qing: "..."

Her mother: "Actually, you were engaged as children. He was too young back then, and I didn't want you robbing the cradle, so I never told you."

"..." Bai Qing looks speechless. "When did you arrange this childhood engagement for me?"

"When you were six." Her mother beams. "He wasn't even born yet. And now he's just turned twenty. In two more years, you'll even be able to register your marriage!"

"You?" Bai Qing stares at the young man in front of her, her jaw nearly hitting the floor. Isn't this the guy she met at the bar that night?

Now Yan Mingshuo looks fresh and youthful. When he smiles, he shows a neat row of white teeth. He's as fresh as a spring onion, nothing like the way he looked that night.

"Sis, I didn't expect we'd meet again."

Later...

Yan Mingshuo holds Bai Qing in his arms, his warm breath brushing her ear. He says, "You flirt with me and then try to run? As if I'll let you get away with that. I'm telling you, you have to take responsibility for me."

A proud, gorgeous actress and a devoted, possessive young master

Reader's Guide: The woman is six years older than the man (two golden bricks in my arms!!!)

Many details are fictional. Please don't take any differences from reality too seriously.

As always, neither the male nor female lead is perfect. They both have flaws.

The old relationship is over for good. It's time to welcome a new life.

I'll try not to make it angsty (protective doge~). I think it's a sweet little romance!

Enjoy reading!

[Upcoming Story Blurb]

Lost Stars

"To someone, you are the center of the universe, like the Small Magellanic Cloud. You radiate the light of the whole universe and help them find their way, even if you may not realize it.", NASA

Before meeting Zheng Xunuo, Wen Xingruan struggled through a troubled life that seemed to stretch on without end.

After meeting Zheng Xunuo, she was like a traveler wandering through the night who had glimpsed a light in the void.

She saw Zheng Xunuo surrounded by admiration, with even the people around him shining brightly. It was as if an entire universe separated them, leaving him beyond her reach.

Maybe she could get a little closer to him...

Her pen kept moving across the exam paper.

That was what Wen Xingruan thought.

When the results were announced that day, Zheng Xunuo came first and Wen Xingruan second. Their names were less than two centimeters apart. That was the closest they had ever been.

Wen Xingruan suddenly heard someone say her name. She turned around and saw Zheng Xunuo with his back to her, his hair looking languid in the sunlight.

He chuckled, his tone casual, and said to the person in front of him, "Anyone but her."

*

Wen Xingruan often thought back to that winter night. The snow had been heavy, and the wind had cut at her like a knife.

She was frozen through.

Amid the howling wind, she faintly heard footsteps. When she looked up, she saw a familiar figure running toward her.

The boy's shoulders were not yet broad, but he blocked all the wind and snow, leaving her a warm shelter.

After that, none of the winters were ever as cold as that one.

And the person from that winter never appeared again.

Time passed. Wen Xingruan never thought she would meet him again.

By then, neither of them was the same as before.

This time, Wen Xingruan deliberately avoided him at every turn, but Zheng Xunuo kept closing in.

After one drunken night, Wen Xingruan boldly lifted Zheng Xunuo's chin and told him, "If you're lonely, go find someone else."