An Anonymous Secret Crush

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[The print edition is out now and available on various platforms =w=]

[Upcoming sweet romance, Borrowed Light. Blurb below. Please add it to your reading list!]

[Mutual pining x mutual salvation]

[Tsundere and sweet x cunning, devoted loyalist]

#The person I like has had a crush on me for ages#

Before Jian Ke came along, Cen Xi had been the model “other people's child” from childhood onward.

After Jian Ke appeared, he didn't have to do a thing to effortlessly take the title she'd spent her whole life working for, becoming the new generation's “other people's child.”

She couldn't beat him at anything, and she couldn't win a fight against him either. As a result, Cen Xi developed “Jian Ke PTSD Syndrome.”

From then on, she spent her days being defiantly contrary to him, all by herself.

Only in the middle of the night did Cen Xi dare to put on her secret identity and pour her heart out to her online apprentice, whom she'd never met.

She liked him so much.

On the day she arranged to meet her apprentice, Cen Xi ran into Jian Ke. She was about to dodge him when he unexpectedly stopped her. His low voice asked, “Is there something you want to tell me?”

Cen Xi looked up into Jian Ke's cool eyes, and her usual bravado immediately vanished. “How did you know, ”

At such close range, Cen Xi could barely breathe. The man's alluring voice brushed her ear. “If I'd known you liked me, I wouldn't have spent so long plotting, Master.”

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*PTSD is post-traumatic stress disorder. In this story, the female lead avoids the male lead.

*The theme was inspired by something online. Contact me for removal if needed.

Upcoming novel: Borrowed Light

On the night the professional Go tournament ended, the players surrounded Xu Chen'an and Jian Ran, insisting they kiss before they would let them leave.

Xu Chen'an coolly swept his gaze over the crowd, utterly unmoved.

One of his friends ran out of patience. “Xu Chen'an, if you don't kiss her soon, I'm going to give you a little push!”

Before his hand could even reach out, Xu Chen'an demanded coldly, “I'd like to see who dares touch her.”

The refined, scholarly young man said this, but instead of intimidating anyone, he only made even more people eager to try.

But no one expected Xu Chen'an to actually make a move.

He personally gave Jian Ran a push, sending her right in front of him, then politely stepped back.

Let her take you all out.

Everyone: ???

Theme: Give someone a rose, and its fragrance lingers on your hand.