My Childhood Friend Is Such a Smooth Talker

Secret crush becomes real / Marriage first, love later / Childhood sweetheart beats the unexpected rival

Save my upcoming stories: Only for Her to Fall and Hiding the Stars

1.

Reporter An Ning had a domineering CEO fiancé.

Before the wedding, An Ning received intimate photos of her boyfriend with a young actress. That evening, she brought her childhood friend to the boyfriend's villa.

Her boyfriend opened the door, shielding the actress behind him. “Stop making a scene. I think of her as my little sister.”

The actress behind him wore a bathrobe and spoke timidly. “Don't get the wrong idea. There's nothing between us.”

An Ning dumped her boyfriend on the spot.

That day, she went to her childhood friend to drown her sorrows in alcohol.

Early the next morning, her ex-boyfriend showed up with An Ning's parents to pressure her.

An Ning clutched the shirt hanging almost to her knees and blocked the doorway. “What are you doing here?”

The next second, her childhood friend appeared behind her in a bathrobe, leaning casually against the wall. His voice was tender and innocent. “Don't get the wrong idea. We were just discussing life.”

“...”

An Ning and Shen Muzhou had grown up together. They were like two hands, never sparking a thing.

After An Ning got cheated on, she went drinking with him.

Early the next morning, An Ning woke up with a hangover and stared blankly at the dark shirt she was wearing.

She looked up. Shen Muzhou was dressed in a long coat and trousers, exuding restraint as he stared at his phone. She tentatively asked, “I didn't do anything to you, did I?”

Shen Muzhou shook his head without expression. “You didn't do anything...”

An Ning patted her chest in relief. “Thank goodness. I was terrified. Glad it was just a dream.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Muzhou turned his phone toward her.

“You only sent this.”

An Ning saw a thirty-minute video of herself proposing to Shen Muzhou, which she had sent to everyone in her contacts...

Shen Muzhou's voice was restrained. “It's fine. I won't make you take responsibility.”

An Ning: ...

2.

After An Ning and Song Chen broke up, the wedding was called off, and everyone was waiting to laugh at her.

Song Chen was also waiting for her to come crawling back.

After all, with the wedding canceled, she'd become a laughingstock among her relatives.

But just a few days later, he received an invitation.

The bright red wedding character seared his eyes. When he saw the names, his eyes nearly split with fury.

She was getting married, but the groom wasn't him.

Song Chen heard that Shen Muzhou and An Ning were only pretending to be married, so he went to An Ning to get back together with her.

Shen Muzhou opened the door. Song Chen grabbed him by the collar and snapped, “She only married you to make me jealous. Get a grip and give up already!”

Shen Muzhou pried his hand away and sneered. “I sent the photos. I suggested the fake marriage. I mailed the invitations.”

Song Chen swung at him, but someone stepped in to stop him.

He stared at An Ning, who was standing in front of Shen Muzhou, wanting to expose his true colors.

Before he could speak, Shen Muzhou gripped An Ning by the waist, the corners of his narrow eyes lifting as he said aggrievedly, “Honey, don't fight with him for my sake. Don't get angry, or you'll upset the baby.”

“...”

Song Chen: I think I just met a master-level green tea guy.

[One day, you'll realize that you are the deepest secret I've hidden in my heart.]

Inspired by the song Onion

*Scheming, restrained professor VS independent, sweet reporter

*The male lead is aloof and restrained in public, but has eight hundred tricks up his sleeve in private. He'll act like a green tea just to win her love.

*Childhood sweethearts, with a plan years in the making

*Marriage first, love later from the female lead's perspective; a secret crush come true from the male lead's

*All details about the leads' work are from the internet

Coming soon: Only for Her to Fall

Reunion after years apart / Rekindled love / Winning her back at all costs

Cold outside, passionate inside VS spoiled little drama queen

1.

Everyone who knows Yan Zhenzhen knows she's spoiled and willful, with a wild streak.

Until one day, she met Fu Chen and was immediately smitten.

Then she transformed into a delicate, refined princess who seemed ready to shatter at the slightest touch.

Actually, Yan Zhenzhen was a beauty addict. She pursued whoever looked good.

As luck would have it, Fu Chen was the best-looking man around.

She called him “big brother” in her sweetest voice.

She pretended to be a demure lady by his side.

She thought they understood each other without needing to say a word, and all that was left was for him to confess.

She waited all day and all night on her twentieth birthday, but he never showed up.

Yan Zhenzhen suddenly felt a little bored.

She immediately applied to study abroad.

She dyed her long, straight black hair smoky blue and traded her ladylike clothes for boots and leather pants. Yan Zhenzhen went back to her old, unrestrained self.

Then, before boarding her flight, she sent him a breakup message.

“I was only playing around with you. Don't take it seriously.”

2.

The youngest promising lawyer at the firm, Fu Chen was aloof and knew nothing of romance. He was smart enough to read people's minds, yet no one could enter his heart.

His colleagues jokingly called him “Heartless.”

But who knew that even someone as clever as Fu Chen had been badly deceived?

A girl with a porcelain doll's sweet, innocent face had spoken the sweetest words, then vanished without a trace overnight.

When he saw Yan Zhenzhen again, he thought he was dreaming.

At a mixer, she sat across from him, her beautiful face casual as she criticized someone. “I'm getting a little tired of this type of looks.”

Then she turned to the man beside him and smiled sweetly. “Handsome, you look exactly like my type.”

They chatted happily, while Fu Chen's face remained as handsome and cool as ever.

Halfway through, Yan Zhenzhen went to the restroom and didn't return for a long time.

Fu Chen disappeared at the same time.

An hour later, their colleagues saw the two return one after the other and strained their ears to listen.

Yan Zhenzhen's cheeks were flushed, and her red lips had lost much of their color. She accused him in a breathy voice, “Liar. You said ten minutes, and I already paid you back.”

Fu Chen's expression was cool. He raised a hand and wiped the red from the corner of his lips with his long fingers. Unhurriedly, he said, “I said you'd have to pay me back for a lifetime every time you lied.”

The next day, gossip began to spread around the firm: “Lawyer Fu's house is on fire. The kind of fire you can't put out.”

From the very beginning, I knew that every version of the person I liked was you.

Note: Rekindled love, childhood sweethearts, an unconventional groveling arc. Blurb to be revised.

Upcoming: Hiding the Stars

Marriage first, love later / Rivals become a couple / The male lead's secret crush comes true

1.

Yu Ranxing and Ye Jing had been rivals for years.

But their families arranged a business marriage, and Yu Ranxing had no choice but to enter a marriage of convenience with Ye Jing.

After the wedding, they lived together to appease their parents, but agreed not to interfere in each other's lives and to avoid crossing paths as much as possible.

But as time went by, Yu Ranxing felt too constrained and wanted a divorce as soon as possible.

She arranged to have dinner with a few young celebrity heartthrobs, deliberately calling the paparazzi to snap photos that made the headlines.

The scandal got a little out of hand. The next day, both families' parents summoned Yu Ranxing and Ye Jing in a fury.

Yu Ranxing ran into Ye Jing outside. His face was dark, and even his usually upturned phoenix eyes had narrowed. He seemed unable to stand being around her for even one more second.

Yu Ranxing went to her parents and put on a tearful act.

“It's not that I wanted to go have fun with those young stars. Ye Jing hates me. He uses overtime as an excuse every day, and I never even see him. He wants to divorce me.”

Yu Ranxing was feeling smug, but the next second Ye Jing changed his usual look of disgust. He raised a hand and wiped the tears from her face. His cool, languid voice was so tender it could melt anyone. “Baby, how could I hate you? From now on, I won't work overtime. I'll be with you every day. Don't worry, I'd never divorce you, even if I died.”

“...”

After her attempt at divorce failed, Yu Ranxing found Ye Jing even more irritating.

They attended a charity gala together.

As the heir to the Ye family, Ye Jing was surrounded by all kinds of high society figures. Even his profile was enough to dazzle everyone. Annoyed by the noise, Yu Ranxing hid in a quiet corner with a friend.

Her friend looked at Ye Jing regretfully. “How can you not fall for a man like that?”

Yu Ranxing had just had a little to drink and blurted out nonsense. “We've been married for three months, and I've been living like a nun. He's all looks and no action.”

Her friend's expression shifted from regret to sympathy.

That night, when Yu Ranxing got home, she headed for her room as usual, but the door wouldn't close.

She looked at the hand braced against the door, the veins faintly bulging.

Ye Jing: “What did you mean by what you just said?”

Since he'd heard her, Yu Ranxing deliberately needled him. “If you can't stand it, just divorce me.”

Before she could finish speaking, Yu Ranxing was pinned against the door.

After a night of passion,

Yu Ranxing's cheeks were still flushed, but she said callously, “It was just a one-time mistake.”

Ye Jing wrapped his long arm around the person in his embrace and pointed his slender finger at the trash can on the floor. “One time? Want me to count for you?”

Yu Ranxing: “...”

Damn man, using his looks to seduce her.

A year later, when their agreement expired, Yu Ranxing went to find Ye Jing to finalize the divorce.

He was drinking with a friend.

“Ah Jing, you know what? That little princess from the Yu family keeps telling everyone she was only playing around with you. She's trying to get you to divorce her.”

Ye Jing swirled the red wine in his glass, his handsome face openly smug. “What do you know? I've loved her for ten years. I'd be happy to let her play me.”

Yu Ranxing: “...”

Many years later, Yu Ranxing came across two movie tickets among the classmate keepsakes Ye Jing had signed for her in high school.

They were tickets to Shunji Iwai's Love Letter.

On them, in Ye Jing's handwriting, were the words: Dragons belong in the clouds, and stars belong in my heart.

Yu Ranxing suddenly understood that the handsome young man from years ago, while pretending to ignore her, had been looking at her again and again from the corner of his eye.

The line about dragons belonging in the clouds is from Shen Congwen's Moonlit Scenes.

The blurb has been screenshotted.

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Theme: True love conquers all.