Selene in His Heart

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The heroine tried to flirt with the hero when the story was about 60,000 to 70,000 words from the ending, which sparked controversy in the comments.

The author writes best when inspired by emotion, and happened to be busy with work in real life, so the comments were closed to focus on wrapping up the story. Thank you for understanding.

*The male lead has a secret crush on her.

What made Chi Sheng famous at Nancheng No. 2 High School wasn't just his straight-A grades in math, physics, and chemistry, or his many competition awards. It was also his aloof, striking face and his arrogant, untouchable attitude.

In short, everything about him kept people at a distance.

No one knew that in middle school, Chi Sheng had tried to end his life while being bullied.

Until one day, someone said to him, "Has anyone ever told you that your eyes are really beautiful?"

Years later, in Nancheng.

Snow fell through the night.

"How many people have you liked? How many times have you dated?" Chi Sheng stood in the snow, asking in a cool, even voice, his expression calm.

"Does it matter?" Jiang Xueying was slightly taken aback, but a little hesitant. For a moment, she wondered whether Chi Sheng was just like everyone else, a vulgar man who cared about a woman's "chastity."

Then she pressed her lips together, thinking that it was the modern age. If Chi Sheng really cared about that, even if she'd slept with three or five people, it still wouldn't be his place to comment.

"I've liked one person and dated two."

"You liked Chen Luochuan in high school?" Chi Sheng didn't need her to remind him. His tone was casual, but he remembered every detail. "And that Cao-whatever from last time?"

"Cao Chen," Jiang Xueying corrected him. "My ex-boyfriend."

Jiang Xueying: "I dated someone else in college, too."

"Jiang Xueying," Chi Sheng suddenly said.

Jiang Xueying grew a little wary.

He stood in the heavy snow.

The snowfall softened his cold, arrogant air. Jiang Xueying watched Chi Sheng gaze at her for a long while, then lower his eyes as if carelessly and look away.

"You've liked so many people."

Chi Sheng: "Can't you try liking me?"

The cold, sharp-tongued, brilliant male lead X the kind, steadfast, ordinary Cinderella heroine

The girl who thought she was the most ordinary person in the world was his Selene.

His moon.

His goddess.

Some things endure in heaven and earth, unlike grapes, flowers, or the thin snow., Jorge Luis Borges, "Endymion on Mount Latmos"

Reader advisory: This is a comeback fic. Please don't send writing advice.

The setup is a brilliant, privileged male lead X Cinderella. It's just my personal taste. I'm a sucker for stories where an ordinary heroine wins the heart of an aloof, untouchable man, and the untouchable man goes crazy for an ordinary girl [repeated three times for emphasis].

Coming next: "To Ship My OTP, I Decided to Win Over the Immortal Venerable"

In the male-lead-focused novel Seeking the Dao, Xia Lianqiao hates three characters most of all.

The first is the cannon-fodder third female lead who shares her name, Xia Lianqiao.

The second is the vicious supporting female character, Sima Yuanheng.

The third is the heroine's adoptive father, Ling Chongxiao, who broke up the CP she ships!

Ling Chongxiao is arrogant, devoid of desire and emotion, and oversees the laws and punishments of the immortal sects.

As beautiful as flowers and moonlight, yet cold as frost, he bears the divine sword Tiangang, which has slain three thousand immortals.

The male and female leads she ships, Bai Ji'an and Li Langyuan, were made for each other, but they got a bad ending because of the stupid divide between mortals and immortals, after Ling Chongxiao interfered!

Breaking up my CP is unforgivable! Burning with grief and fury toward Ling Chongxiao, Xia Lianqiao transmigrates and becomes the cannon-fodder third female lead who shares her name.

As the third female lead secretly in love with the hero, after transmigrating into the book, Xia Lianqiao spends her days happily thinking:

"Ahhh, my CP is feeding me!"

"Waaah, is it okay if I just ship them?! I'll ship them, I'll ship them!"

She resolves to change the story, defend her CP at all costs, defeat anyone who tries to split them up, and shove her ship straight down the aisle.

As for Ling Chongxiao and Sima Yuanheng, she'll deal with them herself!

**

Everyone knows that the Jade Clarity, Majestic and Manifest, Wondrous Birth True Lord Ling Chongxiao is cold and heartless, alone in his solitude.

His sword has slain three thousand immortals. He is a giant among the immortal sects, a lofty peak beyond reach, someone everyone fears to anger.

One day, Bai Ji'an and Li Langyuan finally turn against Ling Chongxiao to save their friend Xia Lianqiao, and draw their swords as they enter his residence, the Hall of Crossing the Firmament.

But deep within the many halls, usually as cold and pure as sculpted ice and jade, as quiet as a snowbound chamber, they find a familiar-looking girl imprisoned in a cage of gold, by candlelight from pearls, on a floor spread with brocade.

The outer robe draped over her looks like Ling Chongxiao's. The immortal-binding rope around her wrists looks like Ling Chongxiao's. The sword tassel tied around her ankle looks like Ling Chongxiao's.

Even more shocking, fragrant marks dot her neck and wrists.

Bai Ji'an's eye twitches. "...What has Ling Chongxiao done to you?"

Xia Lianqiao (weakly): "Would you believe me if I said I didn't mean for this to happen?"

**

Xia Lianqiao: My CP came true!!

Li Langyuan (in a daze): "...I think my idol's image just crumbled..."

Theme: May all lovers find their happy ending