Charming

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Ji Rao is the only legitimate daughter of the wealthy Ji family of Beicheng, doted on by everyone and the center of attention, dazzling and willful.

Shang Yanjin, head of the Shang family, is refined and scholarly, with a gentle, upright disposition. He's said to be a perfect gentleman.

The two of them had nothing to do with each other.

Until one day, Ji Rao overheard her father and her stepmother, who had risen to power by replacing his mistress, discussing a marriage match for her illegitimate older sister in the study.

The man her father and stepmother both wanted for her sister was none other than Shang Yanjin, head of Beicheng's most powerful family, the Shang family.

To spite her cheating father and stepmother, Ji Rao decided to win Shang Yanjin over before the Ji and Shang families could discuss the marriage.

She hadn't expected this elegant, handsome man to be so hard to fool. Ji Rao tried every trick she could think of and only just managed to win him over.

Three months later, Ji Rao returned home holding Shang Yanjin's hand. She happened to run into the Shang family discussing the marriage with the Ji family. Sitting beside her illegitimate older sister was a man, the match her sister was about to become engaged to.

When the man saw Shang Yanjin, he was overwhelmed with surprise, immediately stood up, and greeted him respectfully. "Uncle, what brings you here in person to discuss my marriage?"

Ji Rao: "..." Wasn't Shang Yanjin supposed to be the match between the Shang and Ji families? How had it become his nephew?

Shang Yanjin seemed to see what she was thinking and casually explained, "Shang Yanqin, my nephew."

Ji Rao: "...?"

So when she'd eavesdropped on her father and his mistress outside the study, they had kept saying Yanqin, not Yanjin!

Yanjin and Yanqin sounded almost the same. Couldn't this family have picked names with a few more different letters?

#I Flirted With the Wrong Guy Because I Misheard Him. Is It Too Late to Run?#

#A Love Story Caused by Bad Hearing#

At first, Ji Rao approached Shang Yanjin with an ulterior motive. He saw through her little tricks, thought of her as an immature girl, and indulged her as she staged one chance encounter after another without ever calling her out.

Later, everyone in Beicheng's social circle knew that Shang Yanjin had a young woman he treasured and pampered. She was pretty bold: right before he was about to propose, she ran away.

Later still, Shang Yanjin caught Ji Rao and brought her back. She didn't leave his room for an entire week.

Whenever she woke from a midnight dream with the man holding her tightly around the waist, she regretted believing what she'd heard and thinking there were gentlemen in this world as warm and refined as jade.

★ Refined, scheming hypocrite vs. seductive beauty

★ Both are each other's first, sweet romance

★ Eight-year age gap

★ Weibo: @JunlaiJun

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Lu Yanli, president of the Lu Group, is cold, ascetic, and heartless, a notorious workaholic.

Xia Mo is Lu Yanli's personal secretary. She's sweet-tongued, efficient, and available around the clock. They work together seamlessly, and their superior-subordinate relationship is harmonious.

Until one day, a friend recommended a social app to Xia Mo for finding a soulmate. On the app, she matched with a man she really liked. He didn't say much, but he always quietly listened to her vent.

Under a lot of pressure at work, Xia Mo couldn't casually complain about her boss in real life, so she let loose online, mercilessly venting to the stranger about her capitalist boss.

After chatting online for several months, Xia Mo was very happy with him and wanted to take things further, so she asked if he'd like to meet.

He agreed.

Xia Mo: "Where are you? I'll check the distance between us and pick somewhere convenient to meet."

Five minutes later, he sent her a location.

It was less than ten meters away, pointing straight to the president's office.

Xia Mo: "...?"

The president's office?

Could the online boyfriend who listened to her complain about her boss every day, and whom she'd made call her "baby," actually be her boss?

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The day Old Master Huo brought Chi Nuo home, he held a welcome banquet for her.

At the banquet, he told Chi Nuo that she could choose any of his three grandsons. Whichever one she picked would become her fiance and the Huo family's heir.

To win the heir's position, all three grandsons tried to please Chi Nuo. She looked around and picked the most handsome one.

Someone beside her reminded her that he wasn't the old master's grandson, but his youngest son, the Huo family's Third Master, Huo Yuanlin. He'd been unruly since childhood and had no interest in becoming the heir, so they advised her to choose again.

Chi Nuo fixed her eyes on Huo Yuanlin and refused to reconsider.

Huo Yuanlin sat there with his legs crossed, not even lifting his eyelids as he said coldly, "Kid, don't cause trouble for me." He wasn't interested in the Huo family.

Later, Chi Nuo got into trouble again and again. After cleaning up her mess, Huo Yuanlin scolded her with a stern face. "Kid, can't you stop causing trouble?"

Chi Nuo blinked and smiled carelessly. "Uncle, you can just ignore me."

Huo Yuanlin stared at her with a deep gaze for a moment. When she turned to leave, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms. "Nuo Nuo, stop tempting me. When are you going to marry me?"

Chi Nuo pushed him away, beaming. "Uncle, I'm still young. I won't even consider marriage until I'm at least your age. Didn't you wait until you were this age to consider getting married, too?"

Huo Yuanlin was so angry he felt his heart seize up. All he could do was swallow his pride and follow her around every day, begging her to marry him.

Theme: Never give up, even when you're in a difficult situation.