Kindled Heart

[Upcoming novel: Stolen Kisses in the Hot Wind]

◎ Showbiz romance between an older woman and a younger man / reunion after years apart / mutual healing / his secret crush comes true

◎ Wealthy, beautiful female boss x multi-talented singing, guitar-playing student athlete

The day Nie Xin, founder of the Binaural clothing brand, discovered her boyfriend was cheating on her, Xu Chuanran was the restaurant server who witnessed it all, the bar waiter caught in the crossfire, and the delivery rider who brought her food in the dead of winter.

He rode her home on his little electric scooter, looking smug. "Sit however you want. Just don't fall off and blame me."

Nie Xin thought he was a master of time management, going to school while working, and holding down several jobs at once.

She also became the boss who worked him to the bone, making him walk her dog, model for her, and even eat and drink at his place.

Until he played someone else's boyfriend and Nie Xin couldn't sit still any longer. She fell into his arms and said, "I'm jealous. Be my boyfriend."

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The first time Xu Chuanran saw Nie Xin was five years ago, in the summer when she was his teaching assistant. She waited for him when he was late, listened to him sing and play guitar, and believed in him when others questioned him.

"I don't think he plagiarized."

She stood up and slammed the table, her back straighter than anyone else's.

From then on, in that distant, ashen past, she was the only light that brought color.

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Later, his role as a devoted second male lead made him famous, and his character's self-written song about the love story became an overnight hit.

The campus belle of A University was linked with him as a couple, his childhood friend posted old photos of him, and then rumors broke that he was involved with his boss and had climbed to fame by living off her.

After he became famous, scandals and rumors came one after another.

She once asked him if he wanted to be famous.

Five years ago, he did.

But now, all he wanted was her.

Theme: Grow toward the sun