A Limited-Time Tenderness

Please add my upcoming novels to your reading list: I Mustn't Fall for Him: Making out with my best friend's brother right under her nose. The Heart-Fluttering Script: Meeting my arranged-marriage partner on a dating show. [Blurb] Qu Zhi, the pampered daughter of the Qu family, is so beautiful she seems like a jade fairy, the most beautiful woman in the world. She's hailed as the most beautiful pianist. The man Old Master Qu has chosen as his future son-in-law is Ji family head Ji Shiqing. To avoid making them awkward by bringing up the arranged marriage, the old man arranges a special meeting. At her first solo concert after returning to the country, Qu Zhi wears a red mermaid dress with a bare midriff, showing off her graceful figure. After finishing the final piece, Qu Zhi gazes out at the audience with soft, luminous eyes, and looks toward the center of the front row as she takes her bow. The man wears a black suit, gentle and refined. His applause is elegant and composed, and the dark eyes fixed on her are unfathomably deep. Later, the five-year-old niece of the Ji family, Ji Jingjing, wants to learn piano. Out of consideration for their close family ties, Qu Zhi makes an exception and takes the girl on as her final student. She doesn't expect Ji Shiqing to accompany her to every lesson. Ji Jingjing hates practicing and often throws tantrums. One day, after she cries for half an hour, Ji Shiqing takes her outside. The little girl sobs pitifully. "Uncle, I don't want to play piano anymore!" "But then Uncle won't get to see Teacher Qu," Ji Shiqing says, kneeling on one knee and gently stroking the girl's hair as he coaxes her. "Once Teacher Qu agrees to marry Uncle, you can stop learning, okay?" Just on the other side of the door, Qu Zhi hears every word. After they get married, Qu Zhi asks Ji Jingjing, "Your uncle said you don't want to learn piano anymore?" "No, I love playing piano. Uncle told me to act that way that time." Ji Jingjing vividly reenacts the scene. "He even told me to cry really pitifully so you'd feel sorry for me." Only then does Qu Zhi realize that behind his gentle facade was a carefully planned seduction, step by step. As night falls, the refined gentleman who was so gentle and dignified at the banquet, now tipsy, loosens his tie with one hand. His lips brush Qu Zhi's earlobe as he whispers seductively, "I'm not only gentle, but you're the only one who gets to see my other side..." #A gentleman with a wicked streak falls in love at first sight and schemes to win her heart #Sharing one little trick for winning her heart every day *A wicked gentleman* and a pure, alluring fairy. Both are each other's first love, both are virgins, and it's sweet from beginning to end. *An outwardly gentle, dignified CEO who's secretly calculating and playfully possessive vs. an irresistibly alluring piano virtuoso* *Seven-year age gap* *For more fun, follow @Jianghu Xia Rilu* - Upcoming novel: I Mustn't Fall for Him Tang Ning has a best friend, Gu Li, who's closer to her than a sister. The two call each other "husband" and "wife" affectionately. One time, Tang Ning calls Gu Li and says in a coquettish voice, "Hubby, I miss you~" The person on the other end clears his throat and replies in a low, cool voice, "I'm her brother." Tang Ning has heard Gu Li mention her brother, Gu Yu, more than once. But every time, she starts with, "My brother's got a new girlfriend again." Gu Li is always joking about how many romantic debts Gu Yu has racked up, saying that when he really falls in love one day, he'll get what's coming to him. One time, Gu Li is hospitalized, and Tang Ning meets Gu Yu for the first time. She realizes all the previous descriptions of how charming he is were an understatement. Gu Yu is cool and polite in everything he does, but his soulful eyes are far too captivating. From then on, Gu Yu takes good care of Tang Ning under the guise of being her big brother. Afraid Tang Ning will be so bewitched by her brother that she'll lose her mind, Gu Li warns her again and again. "My brother's a notorious playboy! You absolutely must not fall for him!" A few weeks later, Gu Li asks Gu Yu to pick up Tang Ning, who's drunk out of her mind. After taking her home, Gu Yu pins her against the wall, leaning in close to whisper seductively in her ear. "Want to date your big brother?" Tang Ning shakes her head groggily. "But Gu Li won't agree..." "Fine." Gu Yu lifts her chin with a devilish nonchalance and kisses her until her legs go weak. "Then we'll keep it from her and date in secret." [Little scene] The two start dating, but because they don't want Gu Li to find out, they have to keep seeing each other in secret. Whenever Tang Ning calls Gu Li "Hubby," Gu Yu secretly answers, "Yes, wifey," when Gu Li isn't around. [The first time Gu Yu sees Tang Ning, he knows his comeuppance has arrived.] #Making out with my best friend's brother right under her nose *He's a fake playboy. The male lead claims to change girlfriends all the time because he doesn't want his family nagging him to get married. He can't keep saying it's the same girlfriend and never bring her home.* - Highly recommend my friend's newly opened, absolutely gorgeous post-marriage romance! I Started Missing You Author: Xi Zi Yixiao Shang Luo, the youngest daughter of the Shang family, is the only girl among her generation and has been doted on by everyone since she was little. One day, the older generation arranges a marriage for her. Shang Luo doesn't want the match. She follows behind Su Tinglan with a miserable little face, looking troubled. Su Tinglan stops. His tall, dignified figure bends slightly toward Shang Luo. His usually gentle eyes fill with intense possessiveness. "If you don't want to marry him, how about marrying me?" Shang Luo never imagined Su Tinglan would say something like that. Her big eyes widen in shock as his mature, restrained masculine scent drifts softly over her rosy cheeks. His low, melodious voice bewitches her. She doesn't refuse right away, and even thinks it might work. Afterward, Shang Luo deeply regrets it. Just as she's wondering how to face Su Tinglan, they run into each other again. Su Tinglan sits on a sofa in the corner, the red wine in his hand reflecting a faint glow in the dim light. Shang Luo is so tense her scalp prickles. She pretends not to see him, thinking the matter will just be forgotten, but his voice rings out in the gloom. "Avoiding me?" Shang Luo feels guilty. "N-no." Under Su Tinglan's utterly unconvinced gaze, Shang Luo presses her lips together and gathers her courage to say, very quietly, "I was caught up in the moment. Please don't take it seriously." At that, Su Tinglan says nothing from his seat on the sofa, crossing his long legs as he looks at her with a deep gaze. The cigarette between his distinctively knuckled fingers glows and dims in the damp, rainy night. After a long while, he says in a husky voice, "Luoluo, who told you that you can treat a man carelessly and then just walk away without taking responsibility?" "…" Shang Luo. Theme: Love is hope