The Brown Sugar Trap

My next novel, The Hibernating Thorn, is open for preorders. The blurb is at the end. Blurb for this novel: (Serializing from April 10, 2022) Before she met Qiao Cizhen, Gu Manchun was a lie-flat slacker. She wanted nothing and was practically a pushover, letting anyone walk all over her. But the moment Gu Manchun saw Qiao Cizhen, she changed. He became something she had to have, and she was determined to make him hers. Qiao Cizhen was baffled. Gu Manchun was known among their classmates as a genuinely nice person, but with him, she was a once-in-a-thousand-years she-devil. At first, Gu Manchun merely switched their seats. Later, she practically took control of his life. But Qiao Cizhen never said he loved her. Gu Manchun figured he must not be satisfied, so she let him go. As she nursed her heartbreak alone, Gu Manchun comforted herself with a thought: "He'll be better off without me." = When she saw Qiao Cizhen again, he'd become the subject of everyone's gossip. They all said he was aloof, proud, and hard to approach. Gu Manchun was astonished. Qiao Cizhen had never been like that. Soon after, while attending a banquet together, Gu Manchun heard that Qiao Cizhen had left early to see the woman he loved. Gu Manchun laughed bitterly. It seemed he really was doing fine without her. After the banquet, Gu Manchun walked home through the winter snow. Beneath her apartment building, she ran into a man whose hair had turned half white. He raised his head and said angrily, "Who told you not to come to the banquet today and to head home early? What an asshole!" Gu Manchun smiled. "Qiao Cizhen, was I the one you said you were in love with?" Qiao Cizhen walked over and held her, snow and all. "Silly, who else could it be?" #We weather the snow together and grow old together# Happy ending. The male lead is a virgin. Content warning: The male lead initially has a crush on another girl, and the female lead is a little obsessive. Blurb revised April 20, 2022. Upcoming novel: The Hibernating Thorn Shen Zhen was a kept man. The youthful, beautiful rich girl Ning Yu kept him and showered him with all sorts of good things: TV, film, variety shows, and fashion opportunities. Shen Zhen lived up to her expectations and grew more and more popular. Everyone said Ning Yu was a stain on Shen Zhen's reputation and that they were bound to break up. Shen Zhen naturally didn't love Ning Yu. He once heard someone ask her, "He doesn't even like you. Why are you still so good to him?" Ning Yu replied coolly, "I don't like him that much either. I just feel sorry for him. One day, I'll find someone else." Hah. But Ning Yu was still so good to him in person, smiling as she said she'd love him for the rest of her life. She'd been the same for years, and he knew that what she'd said before was just the opposite of what she truly felt. After a car accident, Ning Yu forgot only him and took back everything she'd given Shen Zhen without a second thought. Shen Zhen gritted his teeth and found Ning Yu, who was out enjoying herself. "How could you forget only me? You said you'd love me for the rest of your life. Have you forgotten all that?" Ning Yu lazily raised her eyes, her face a stranger's. "I'm not insane." Shen Zhen frowned. Only then did he realize he was the one with a problem. He wasn't used to Ning Yu no longer being by his side. Later, Shen Zhen gave Ning Yu his entire life, just so he could wait for her to love him. = After they got back together, Shen Zhen posted: "When you love someone, you'll gladly become the kind of person they like." Netizens: Got it, got it. Shen Zhen wants to be a kept man. His nickname is Canary, and he's a canary by nature too. Even the Jade Emperor himself couldn't change that. This bird's a canary through and through! #The male lead is a virgin# Theme: Moving without the wind.