Mint-Scented Love Poems

◎ Up next: Rose Is Mine to Steal

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Everyone in Jiangcheng knew Bo Zhiyu was moody and unpredictable, a complete and utter madman.

When Chi Ning first saw him, the man was covered in the stench of blood, like something straight out of Saw. He didn't mind her being there at all. Instead, he tilted his charming eyes and watched her with a careless smile.

"Little one, do you think I'm handsome?"

Chi Ning thought that someone as mad and unhinged as Bo Zhiyu, someone seemingly devoid of emotion, couldn't possibly be afraid of anything.

Later, he leaned down to gaze at her, his voice gentle and restrained as he whispered,

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"A Ning, I'm afraid you won't like me."

◎"You are mine / You are half of my poem / No one else may change a single word."

- A seemingly innocent but secretly calculating heroine X a seemingly dark but secretly darker hero | Mutual salvation | Seven-year age gap

- "The meaning of a day depends on how many times I get to see her."

- The first quote at the end is from Hai Zi's "Half a Poem"; the next two lines are from "A Chance Encounter Arranged by the Universe."

Reader advisory:

① Please don't relate this to real life. This is a Mary Sue wish-fulfillment novel. If you drop it, please don't complain. Let's all get along.

② Unhealthy people and an unhealthy romance.

◎ Up next: Rose Is Mine to Steal. You can also bookmark the author's page.

Blurb:

When Wen Mu arrived at the Wen family home, she found one new source of amusement: her stepsister's fiance.

He wore a suit and gold-rimmed glasses, and his eyes were warm and gentle. He looked both chaste and refined.

At their first meeting, Wen Mu accidentally brushed against his coat. The man smiled kindly and said it was all right. But moments later, she saw the suit he'd discarded like trash, tossed in a garbage can.

The darling of an illustrious family, he was seductive at every turn.

Wen Mu flirted with him in every way she could, hoping to strip away his disguise layer by layer. She never expected to uncover a secret like that.

In the deep night, as darkness spread, she awoke with a start. The locked window stood open and empty.

The man stepped over shattered glass, the wound on his knuckles stark and gruesome.

He came closer, one step at a time.

He wiped the blood from her cheek, smiling gently.

"What are we going to do? You can't get away now."

◎I want to be your inescapable fate, your unavoidable doom, your calamity, and your end in death.

- The title comes from the blurb for Berlin Girl.

- Warning: There are no normal people.

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