(My next works will be The Rusted Wilderness, The Noisy Sunset (Hong Kong style) and My Ex-Boyfriend Is an SQL Blogger.)
A clever but secretly airheaded actress x a sharp-tongued manga artist who's devious from head to toe
[Reunion After Years Apart, A Secret Crush Comes True]
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Gu Yexing is a rising star in the entertainment industry. At just twenty-one, she's already won nearly every award for newcomers in the country.
Unfortunately, after offending a powerful big shot, her career has been on a steady decline. She starred in six dramas in a year and was still dismissed as nothing but a pretty face.
At a banquet, she arrived dressed to the nines, only to have the big shot point at her and berate her again.
She was about to fight back when someone appeared behind her.
Ji Man stood tall and straight, every gesture exuding aristocratic elegance. He lazily lifted his eyelids, then let go. The champagne cart toppled onto the big shot with a loud crash.
Gu Yexing was overwhelmed with gratitude. Her hand slipped, and the glass flew backward.
It cut someone's wrist.
Ji Man: ?
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Gu Yexing bought some stir-fried pork liver to visit him.
Ji Man was lying in a hospital bed, barely alive, his hand wrapped in bandages.
Even so, his pale skin still clung to his sharply defined jaw, and his lips were cool and unsmiling.
Feeling even more guilty, Gu Yexing wiped away a tear and apologized to herself as much as to him. "I was so stupid, really. I knew you were standing there, but I didn't know you'd step forward... Truth is, I never hated you. Not even after you rejected me in high school. I was stupid enough to keep secretly loving you. Isn't that ridiculous?"
The man closed his eyes, then abruptly replied, "A little."
"?"
Gu Yexing was scared out of her wits. She grabbed her bag and bolted, getting far away before stopping.
Her palm suddenly felt heavy, and she froze.
Was this his... bird's nest soup?
This story is also known as My Wife Is a Love Thief or Honey, Stop Stealing Bird's Nest Soup and Steal Me Instead.
--- The Rusted Wilderness, The Noisy Sunset (Hong Kong style) ---
* Eight-year age gap
* Kindhearted British-Hong Kong tycoon x passionate jewelry designer who reaches for the moon
* Happy ending / rekindled love after a breakup / groveling chase / an utterly, utterly, utterly direct love interest
1.
When Chu Li was eighteen, she met Oliver for the first time on Hong Kong Island.
The girl crouched beneath a streetlamp, covered in snow and wind.
Suddenly, a tall figure appeared before her.
The man had blond hair and blue eyes. A hint of cold glinted off the gold clasps on his austere cloak.
"Come with me?" he asked, looking down at her. His languid Cantonese accent was lovely to hear.
The girl nodded and reached for his hand.
He wanted to save everyone who was like him.
Including her.
2.
Everyone in Liford knew that a smiling tiger lived in the castle on the outskirts of town. Oliver seemed gentle, but was actually sinister. He smiled warmly at everyone, yet was ruthless.
And yet, he kept a fierce bird at home.
People teased him. "How is the girl?"
Oliver said nothing. Gray-white smoke curled across his face.
Then he crushed his cigarette against the glass tabletop and said crisply,
"The young lady is still too young to understand true feelings."
"We're not in that kind of relationship."
Hidden behind the curtain, the girl had tears in her eyes. She rushed into the banquet hall and slapped him hard.
She forced a polished smile. "Oliver, we're over."
The girl left the country after saying this, and they never saw each other again.
Oliver sneered and said politely, "I won't see you out."
After Chu Li left, Oliver carried on thriving, and guests continued to stream through his home.
People sighed that a sparrow was only a sparrow. Even in a golden cage, it was still just a bird.
3.
Then, three months after he came to the country...
At an exhibition of works by Chu Li, a dazzling new jewelry designer, a man dressed in a black suit and steeped in aristocratic elegance appeared backstage.
He pinned Chu Li against the wall and murmured, "Chu Li, please come back."
"Chu Li, one last time: I'm asking you to come back."
"Lili, let me come back to you."
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* The male lead is one-quarter Hong Kong Chinese
* Eight-year age gap
* Both leads have no previous sexual partners
* The title comes from Borges: "The last light rusts the wilderness; now the horizon can no longer hold the noisy sunset and its pride."
-- My Ex-Boyfriend Is an SQL Blogger --
* A little kitten of a girl x her ex-boyfriend, a flashy-on-the-surface, roguish team leader
At the end of her first semester as a junior, Luo Zhishi decided to look for an internship.
Unfortunately, her skills weren't good enough. She failed one interview after another, and online courses were too expensive, so she decided to teach herself SQL online.
The SQL blogger had millions of followers. She was beautiful, sweet-voiced, and gentle. She was highly skilled, answered every question, and even offered free remote lessons for complicated problems, patiently explaining everything.
Luo Zhishi nodded and thought, There are still lots of good people in the world.
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One day, when asking for help, Luo Zhishi found the file too large to send in a private message, so she suggested adding the blogger's contact details.
A few hours later, the blogger replied, "Sure."
Then he readily sent a string of familiar numbers.
Luo Zhishi didn't think much of it and pasted them into the search bar.
Only when she saw the familiar name did it hit her.
-- Chi Jing???
That rotten gangster, her ex-boyfriend???
Less than two minutes later, her phone vibrated again.
[Chi Jing]: Long time no see. Are you asking to get back together?
-- Bonus Scene --
Viewer A checks the time (Whoa, it's midnight): Why are you still teaching? Hurry up and go to bed. It's already midnight. You're way too dedicated.
Viewer B: Exactly, exactly. You're an absolute saint.
Viewer C: Thank you, uploader! sob, I've joined the membership!
Chi Jing said nothing. His slender, bony fingers moved slowly over the mouse. Beside the white porcelain cup sat an old incense stick from a Suzhou incense shop, its ash-gray smoke faintly revealing blue-white patterns.
"Wait a bit," Chi Jing said. "I'm still tutoring my girlfriend."
Viewers: ?
Theme: Study hard and keep improving
I'd rather know, do you like this male protagonist? I really hate him. He is not a scumbag or a domestic violence man, but I really hate him. And the heroine still likes him so much, which makes me really love-minded and living with no dignity. After all, love is not everything in life. Especially when you are not the everything and the first of that man, you should forget about him. Move on
This song is suitable for the age of 45
The male supporting characters in the article are all very low-level
The male characters in the article are all special loe
I feel that the police described by the author are like useless beings. The heroine has been threatened for a long time, but in the end, no one was arrested.
I want to know if after buying 100,000 copies, should I put them in a warehouse to collect ashes, or should I burn them? I can't just find a bookshelf and put all 100,000 copies on display.
Are the police so weak?
Color strip lights in the house? Really? What is this 60 if aunt's earthy aesthetic
Why are abbreviations used in novels? I can't understand them at all.
How can you hit a woman...