Wishing for a Star

[The print edition of A Star in My Hand is now available. For details, check Weibo @Dear Sleeve Knife. The print edition includes two new bonus stories!] My next book will be The Night the Rain Poured and the Wind Raged. Please add it to your collection. - In college, Shen Yuanxing once went after an underclassman. He had sharp brows and bright eyes, a high nose and thin lips, and was so handsome it was almost unfair. He was also an outstanding student with impeccable character, a celebrated heartthrob at Nan University, and the idol of her ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend. She went to great lengths to win him over. At mixers, she kept making little moves under the table. She shamelessly sat in on his classes, and accompanied him on nightly runs... At last, one night when no one else was around, he cornered her in a secluded part of the library and asked sternly, "Do you really like me?" She nearly got lost in his deep, affectionate eyes. Her heart raced with nerves as she nodded stiffly. "I really do..." He kissed her, his voice gentler than ever. "If you're lying to me, you're dead..." Later, when her ex-boyfriend asked to get back together, Shen Yuanxing turned him down. With her revenge complete, she reassessed her relationship with the younger student and chose to cut off all contact with him. Later still, Shen Yuanxing went abroad. They reunited at a matchmaking event, and Shen Yuanxing felt deeply guilty about how she'd treated him back then. Still feeling guilty, she picked up the lemon water beside her and took a sip. Then, pretending to be calm, she asked the suited man across from her, "Mr. Xu, you're young, successful, and handsome. How come you're still single?" Xu Chenglie, sitting across from her, answered in a husky voice, his tone casual. "I'm waiting for someone." Shen Yuanxing's heart sped up. "Waiting... for who?" The man narrowed his eyes and studied her for a moment, then raised a sharp brow. "When we were in college, you went after me and said you'd love me forever. Then you ran off abroad without even saying goodbye." "Now you're back, and you're pretending you don't know me, acting dumb." "Shen Yuanxing, do you even have a heart?" She opened her mouth and protested softly, "I did say goodbye. I clearly sent you a WeChat message saying we were breaking up..." The man's face suddenly darkened. "Did I agree to that?" "..." - Later, under pressure, Shen Yuanxing added someone back on WeChat. She discovered that his WeChat name and profile signature were still the same as before. [Star Chaser] [May I have a star, and stay by its side until our hair turns white.] [Reader's Guide] 1. The second male lead takes the lead / older woman-younger man romance, with a two-year age gap. Both are inexperienced. The younger student is innocent and reserved at first, then turns cunning and wild, and only loses control when it comes to his senior. 2. Set in a semi-fictional modern city. All details serve the story. No trolling, and feel free to collect the book without telling the author. 3. A story about the younger brother from the completed book next door, Moon in My Heart. It may be a slow burn, but it's guaranteed sweet. 4. The blurb was revised on January 12, 2022, and a screenshot has been saved as proof. Please add my new book, The Night the Rain Poured and the Wind Raged, to your collection! -Cold and calculating x bold but bashful -School life / sweet romance / childhood sweethearts / everyday romance That night, the rain poured and the wind raged. Cen Qingqing appeared in Chen Zhen's bedroom, looking up at him with bright, eager eyes. "I've filled out my college applications. Can I start trying to win you over now?" Chen Zhen had just finished showering. He looked surprised for a moment, then turned his back to her, grabbed a T-shirt, and pulled it on. Instead of answering, he asked, "How are you planning to win me over?" As soon as he finished speaking, the girl hugged him from behind. Her warm breath brushed his back, and her slender, soft fingers caught the towel around his waist. Without missing a beat, she said, "By appealing to your heart and your lust, of course." He knew she was just running her mouth and wouldn't dare go any further. Even so, he caught her mischievous hands, turned around, and lifted her off the ground. Cen Qingqing was startled and instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck. Looking into his unfathomably deep eyes, she panicked. "Chen Zhen, what are you doing?" "Teaching you." "Teaching me what?" Chen Zhen said nothing. He held the back of her neck and leaned closer. His usually cool eyes darkened with desire as his reserved facade fell away completely. He brushed a kiss against her smooth earlobe. "Teaching you how to win me over with 'lust.'" Even after Chen Zhen kissed her senseless, Cen Qingqing stayed true to her original goal. "Does this mean I've won you over?" Chen Zhen chuckled and lowered his head until their breaths mingled. His voice was husky and damp. "One more kiss and it does." -Only each other, mutual feelings, childhood sweethearts, from school uniforms to wedding dresses. Theme: True love may arrive late, but it will never be absent.