A Cold Snap

Licensed for print publication. For updates, see @Fuyuan_ -- Wen Jiang didn't know if every vocational high school was this chaotic. She only knew that at this school, everyone drifted through their days, and it felt like the whole place would rot away soon. At first, she thought that if she kept her head down and stayed out of the limelight, none of it would happen to her. But it did. How could she avoid being bullied? At First Vocational High, the answer was to find someone to protect her, someone who feared nothing and came from the richest family. As it happened, Chi Yue was exactly that kind of person. -- When Chi Yue first met Wen Jiang, his craving for a cigarette hit, and he asked if she smoked. She shook her head to say she didn't. He flicked the lighter in his hand with a crisp click and said carelessly, "Then you'd better learn fast. Better to smoke firsthand than breathe in secondhand smoke." Wen Jiang said nothing. She just sat there. Her expression irritated Chi Yue. He tossed down the pack and went outside. But after they started dating... Wen Jiang ordered Chi Yue to quit smoking. He went a whole week without a cigarette before one of their kisses, then suddenly pulled away and asked her, "Can you tell the difference?" "...Yes." Wen Jiang understood what he meant. Her cheeks were still flushed as she answered quietly, "After you smoke, it tastes a little bitter." Chi Yue thought it over, then murmured, "Then I won't smoke anymore..." As he spoke, he kissed the corner of her lips again. "That way, it won't taste bitter anymore." A cocky guy who thinks he owns the world but is completely whipped by his wife x a gentle, resilient girl who was always meant to be his Mutual healing / super sweet romance! / One-on-one / Each other's first love / Happy ending You don't belong to the past or the darkness. You belong to me. Please check out my upcoming novel, Bandit Stone: Song Xiujun heard Tang Laoye mention Tang Xiu's name all the time. While playing chess, while watering flowers, ever since he was a child. Every time the old man finished showing off, he would sigh regretfully, "What a pity you're a little too old. Otherwise, you really could have been my son-in-law." In Tang Xiu's junior year, Song Xiujun filled in for his mentor and moved back to an apartment near campus. After becoming her roommate and spending more time with her, he realized the old man's praise wasn't unfounded. She really was wonderful, and her puppy was adorable too: fluffy, with such good manners. He loved taking her poodle for walks every morning at five-thirty. Song Xiujun figured he had fallen in love with her by association. Until someone else got there first. -- Tang Xiu had a "senior" she'd secretly loved since childhood. He was exceptionally handsome and refined, a flower on a high mountain, lovely to look at but impossible to reach. With such a paragon before her, she had never dated anyone until a sports major named Cheng Xuanyi confessed to her. The athlete was sunny and handsome, with a six-pack. Tang Xiu thought about it for two days and realized she had no reason to turn him down. Who knew that as soon as they started dating, things would change? After a get-together, Cheng Xuanyi walked her home and happened to run into Song Xiujun, who was out walking the dog in the middle of the night. Song Xiujun gave them a cold look, picked up the dog, and walked closer, radiating the commanding presence of the official partner. "Tang Xiu told me about you. You're her new boyfriend." "But that's enough for tonight. It's her curfew. Let go of her hand." On a holiday date, Tang Xiu received ninety-nine bright red roses. At breakfast the next morning, Song Xiujun arranged flowers in a vase. Hearing her praise the bouquet, he smiled and said, "Really? You brought red roses home last night. I was worried you wouldn't like the white peonies." Gradually, Tang Xiu noticed that someone's behavior was strange. He was suddenly working out, dressing well, showering her with gifts and concern, like a peacock showing off, but he always came up with an excuse she could use to explain it away. Until one night, Song Xiujun came home from a dinner party after two glasses of red wine. His ears flushed as he took her hand and asked: "Do I still have a chance?" "I'm sorry. I lost control just now... But you're too good to him." "When are you going to break up?" A silly, pampered beauty x a cold, old-fashioned man on a high mountain Also known as The Untouchable Beauty Goes Mad for Love and Steals His Rival's Girlfriend Seven-year age gap Please check out my upcoming esports novel, Tequila Sunrise: After the self-taught streamer "Tequilalala" repeatedly reached the top of the Korean server rankings, TKK, a once-glorious powerhouse of the LPL that had fallen on hard times, came knocking. They were ready to hang their hopes on this unlikely candidate. After her three-month tryout, TKK announced its spring lineup. A female streamer had joined as the team's jungler, and fans stormed the official account that night, flooding it with tens of thousands of comments saying, "TKK is doomed." In the first match of the spring season, rookie Tequila made her debut and took home the MVP. In the post-match interview, the host asked, "As a player who has just entered the professional scene and joined a top team to compete on the LPL stage, what are your hopes for your career?" The girl in the black jersey thought for a moment and gave a straightforward answer: "Since I'm here, I might as well win Worlds before I leave." -- Before You Yang joined TKK, Shi Yu was already one of the LPL's most valuable champion ADCs. She had watched many of his matches. On camera, he was focused, cool-headed, and reserved, and even his post-match interviews were impeccably professional. She thought he would be one of those untouchable beauties you could admire from afar but never get close to, until she became his teammate. Then she heard him doing everything possible to cling to her every day: "T-God, can I take your red buff?" "TT, drop the Rift Herald in bot lane and help me out." "TT, come gank bot lane for me. The enemy's playing dirty." You Yang's daily responses were just: "Take it, take it, take it..." "It's yours, it's yours, it's yours..." "Coming, coming, coming..." A top-tier, tempo-setting TKK_Tequila, a thieving jungler who finds ways to make the other team work for her every day x TKK_FOUR, the world's number-one bot laner with a massive lead who can carry late game no matter how rough the early game gets Also known as The World's Number-One ADC Care Guide and How Do You Handle a Greedy Bot Laner? Spoil Him, Of Course Warning: The heroine breaks up with the hero midway through to focus on her career. One-on-one, each other's first love, happy ending Theme: Self-reliance and strength