Come on, Sweet-Talk Me

(This novel will be available for purchase on September 14, starting with Chapter 17. If you've already read those chapters, please don't buy them again.)

1.

Every boy at No. 1 High School had the same girl in his heart, his unattainable dream girl: Su Hua.

A girl in her teens, with a slender waist and narrow shoulders, features as lovely as a painting, and a cool, aloof beauty like a flower on a mountaintop. She was also a talented artist. Whenever she was in the art room, boys crowded around its windows to sneak a look at her. They even worried that speaking too loudly might frighten her.

Yet their homeroom teacher assigned Shen Tingzhou to sit beside Su Hua, and told her to “keep him in line.”

Shen Tingzhou's father had cheated on his mother, who remarried. His family was broken, and he was cold and brooding, with an air that warned everyone to stay away. He was a notorious troublemaker at No. 1 High School.

Everyone was terrified for Su Hua. Some even advised her to ask the homeroom teacher to change the seating arrangement.

Su Hua glanced at the boy sitting there with a dark, brooding expression. “Let me try.”

Until one day, the delicate, glasslike girl stood at the classroom door and called out brightly, “Shen Tingzhou, come study with me at the library.”

The very moment before, he'd been twirling his pen with an impatient look. But then he really did pick up his bag and, though reluctant, get up to follow Su Hua.

2.

Everyone thought Su Hua came from a loving family and had a happy home.

Shen Tingzhou thought so too.

Until one day, bewitched by his own feelings, he secretly followed her home and discovered that her family had long since fallen apart. Her situation was no better than his own.

In a shabby, dark alley, Su Hua turned to him and smiled, as if she could illuminate his entire life. “Shen Tingzhou, look. We're alike. Don't you want to go somewhere better, meet better people, and become a better version of yourself?”

Later, standing on the awards podium, Shen Tingzhou looked down at Su Hua and finally spoke the words he'd kept in his heart for so many years.

“Su Hua, you are the best person in the world.”

We are in the same abyss, but I want to walk beside you, hand in hand, toward the world above.

1. They start out as bickering frenemies; later, the male lead becomes devoted to her.

2. A novel about a male lead who falls hard and chases his wife.

3. Both leads have had a hard time. But the male lead will do whatever it takes to become as outstanding as the heroine, stand beside her in the sunlight, and get closer to his dream girl. He's insecure and stubborn, refuses to give up, and will fight his way through the mud just to reach her.

4. A story of mutual healing, happy ending, one couple from schooldays to the wedding aisle.

The following is the blurb for this novel. Don't mix it up with the one above!

[They are each other's only one, so read with confidence]

Mohe was the final stop in He Shuyi's dream, and the final stop in Jiang Youlan's unrequited love for He Shuyi.

After returning from Mohe, Jiang Youlan silently decided to forget He Shuyi for good.

Back in college, while watching Fifteen Years of Waiting for Migratory Birds with Yang Guiming, she had secretly made a promise:

“This year, I'm not going to like He Shuyi anymore.”

But she hadn't managed to keep that promise.

Jiang Youlan went on a blind date, but her intended date was switched out. The man who showed up held her phone with an arrogant air, his dark eyes fixed on the other man's name displayed on the screen. He gave a cold laugh. “Hah, Du Yumin?”

He Shuyi toyed with Jiang Youlan's phone, his expression unreadable. “What do you think of him?”

Jiang Youlan didn't want to get tangled up with him again. She steeled herself and snapped, “If he weren't any good, I wouldn't have come on this blind date!”

“Is that so? Sorry to disappoint you, but he didn't want to come, so he sent me instead.” His voice was low, and his gaze swept over her with a hint of menace.

Sorry, but this time, you aren't getting away.

He Shuyi was sure he'd made a grand entrance and that Jiang Youlan would surrender without a fight, obediently becoming his little white rabbit.

He hadn't expected the little rabbit to have a temper, and not only that, but to bite.

Jiang Youlan was determined to avoid He Shuyi, who clung to her like a dog-skin plaster. But her scheming mother was on his side, helping him keep tabs on her. With nowhere left to run and at the end of her patience, Jiang Youlan cornered He Shuyi in an alley. Imitating the domineering CEO from a novel, she frowned and said:

“Here's 100 yuan. Leave Jiang Youlan alone!”

He Shuyi leaned against the wall, watching as Jiang Youlan awkwardly “wall-pinned” him. A mischievous smile crossed his lips. He turned the tables, pinning her to the wall, and mimicked her tone:

“Here's 10 million yuan. Be my woman, Jiang Youlan!”

At once, the little white rabbit let down her guard. Her eyes filled with anticipation as she asked tentatively,

“Is that really how much?”

#AChasingHisWifeGeniusAndAnIrascibleLittleWhiteRabbit

*Mutual crush / chasing his wife until he regrets it

Note: The early chapters are relatively calm and mostly consist of flashbacks; the chase begins in the middle.

Theme: Love rises with the wind