Shh, Don't Speak

[The blurb for the upcoming novel, A Rich Heir and His Assistant Reunite After a Breakup, is below. Visit the author's page to read it.]

[Highly recommended: my friend Hai Bailian's My Brother! Don't Ship Us Yet! is currently ongoing. ABO, pseudo-incest, and super sweet!]

[Highly recommended: my friend Shu Qi's After My Gaming Gig Went Wrong, I Had to Repay the Debt with Myself is a sweet esports romance. I'm so excited for it!]

1. Bai Ruishu, the somewhat famous "top" in the voice acting world, is married. His spouse is Xiao Yuanting, the ruthless and merciless head of the Xiao family.

They had known each other for only three days when they registered their marriage.

Xiao Yuanting is powerful and influential, but what Bai Ruishu values most is his looks.

His eyes and brows bear a seven- or eight-tenths resemblance to the person in Bai Ruishu's heart, and simply looking at him makes Bai Ruishu happy.

So Bai Ruishu spends his days doing the work he loves, effortlessly switching between roles like an interstellar commander, a cold and aloof demon lord, and a domineering CEO.

At night, he admires the face he loves, and, if he's lucky, gets to feel those abs.

Life is peaceful and happy!

2. Bai Ruishu does his best to remain clear-headed while indulging himself.

He likes Xiao Yuanting's face, but not Xiao Yuanting himself.

Xiao Yuanting has a terrible personality. Besides the harshness and domineering nature everyone talks about, Bai Ruishu has experienced firsthand his touchiness, hot temper, and unpredictable moods.

Worst of all, he doesn't like Bai Ruishu's voice.

Bai Ruishu's rich, sexy, deep voice, the quintessential top's voice, is described by Xiao Yuanting as affected and coquettish, deliberately trying to seduce him.

Bai Ruishu grits his teeth and vows to himself: One day, I'll find my true moonlight and toss you back into the crowd!

3. As they spend more time together, Bai Ruishu gradually realizes that Xiao Yuanting may be fierce, but he doesn't bite, and he's especially good at saying one thing and meaning another.

When Xiao Yuanting says he won't help, he means he'll take care of everything. When he says he won't get involved, he means he'll stand firmly behind Bai Ruishu. When he says, "Leave," he means, "Come here and hold me."

He also says their marriage is just a business arrangement, yet secretly listens to Bai Ruishu's recordings and clings to his clothes, refusing to let go.

Since he can't find his own moonlight, why not become someone else's?

Bai Ruishu lets himself sink into their relationship.

And Xiao Yuanting goes from covering Bai Ruishu's mouth with his hand to silencing him with a kiss.

Later, whenever Bai Ruishu bites his lip to hold back his desire, Xiao Yuanting leans close and whispers enticingly in his ear.

"Why are you running? I won't eat you." "You're so good at kissing. Who taught you?" "Be a good boy, sweetheart. Call me big brother."

...They're all lines from characters Bai Ruishu has voiced!

4. One day, fans of the top discover clues that he's in a relationship, and everyone starts guessing what his pretty little wife looks like.

But the photos they secretly take show Bai Ruishu held tightly in the arms of a tall, sinister-looking man.

- His image is ruined! The top is actually the bottom!

- Honestly, I don't hate it...

A handsome, powerful, tragic CEO, prickly with everyone but showing his soft belly only to his wife x A good-natured, deep-voiced bottom who fights fire with gentleness and specializes in curing CEO syndrome

Reader's guide:

1. A warm and cozy story! Raising a child together is a recurring part of the story, and everything serves the romance. The plot may be childish and simplistic at times.

2. Each other's first love, one-on-one, happy ending, married before they fall in love, mutual healing, and both dote on each other. Both characters have very obvious flaws, but they accept each other's shortcomings and grow into better people together.

- Upcoming novel: A Rich Heir and His Assistant Reunite After a Breakup -

Everyone thinks the young master Feng is carefree and indulgent, a notorious playboy in Dancheng.

Only he knows the truth: he's only ever dated one person, for over two years.

On the day they broke up, that person knelt at his feet, crying bitterly.

He said, "Lang, I don't want anything. I just want to stay by your side."

It was because of those words that Feng Lang kicked him away.

Without the slightest hesitation, he disappeared into the rainy night beneath his umbrella.

In the days that followed, Feng Lang was constantly seeing new people.

But he never again found the thrill and heart-racing excitement that person had given him.

They met again three years later.

Feng Lang arrived late to the party, and his assistant reminded him that the person seated at the very back was a newly crowned Best Actor, as well as the brand ambassador every company in the industry was fighting to hire.

When Feng Lang pushed open the door, he met a pair of sinister eyes.

He clearly remembered how those eyes had once been bright and gentle, and how adorable the little canine teeth were when their owner smiled.

They silently pretended not to know each other, until Feng Lang had a few too many drinks.

At some point, Best Actor He moved beside him and pressed down on his glass. "Aren't you afraid your stomach will hurt?"

So he wasn't the only one who still couldn't let go of those two years.

To get over the past as quickly as possible, Feng Lang started looking for someone new.

The entertainment company wanted to curry favor with him, so backstage at a gala sponsored by the Feng Group, they sent a newly signed young actor to his room.

As luck would have it, Best Actor He happened to pass by and see them through the crack in the door.

He Haoyu pulled the young actor off Feng Lang and clamped a hand around his wrist like an iron vice.

His tall frame loomed over Feng Lang, and sharp teeth bit into his neck in revenge.

"Lang, if you want to forget the past, why not give the present me a try!"

Fine, fine. Now he doesn't call him Mr. Feng or Brother Lang anymore.

The puppy has grown up, so he'll just have to be trained all over again.

Carefree, queenly bottom x Brooding, jealous, loyal-dog top

Theme: There will always be someone who can lead you out of the darkness and into the sunshine