Rose, and Only Rose

It's satisfying to torment your wife for a while, but winning her back is a whole other ordeal

Xia Xue had been with Chu Shaoyang for two years. Everyone around them knew that the notorious playboy Second Young Master Chu couldn't care less about her, but she stayed by his side anyway, like a moth flying into a flame.

On the night of her 22nd birthday, she waited until past midnight, but Chu Shaoyang never came home. Instead, she saw a trending post on Weibo announcing his engagement to Lin Xiaoxiao.

She lit her birthday candles alone and watched them burn down one by one, just like her love, slowly dying.

When Xia Xue had just left, Chu Shaoyang casually told his friends, "She's just throwing a little tantrum. Leave her alone for a few days and she'll be fine."

A month later, he went to the training base where Xia Xue was in closed training. Watching her walk away without looking back, he felt a panic he'd never experienced before.

Three months later, at the figure skating qualifiers, he watched her dance gracefully on the ice with Gu Yichen, their eyes full of affection. At last, the usual nonchalant look on his face crumbled.

After the competition, Chu Shaoyang waited in the rain outside the stadium until late at night, only to see Xia Xue and Gu Yichen walking out together under one umbrella, looking intimate.

Chu Shaoyang ran after her and grabbed her wrist. His voice was hoarse, tinged with a plea. "Xiaoxue, give me one more chance. Please."

Xia Xue coldly shook off his hand and boarded the bus with her teammates. She never once looked back.

At the launch event for his new song, reporters were surprised to see the usually laid-back and carefree superstar Chu with red-rimmed eyes and a desolate expression.

"I did something wrong and lost the person I loved most. This song is for her. I want to tell her that I've always loved you, and only you."

A scumbag's desperate quest to win his girl back

The male lead was never engaged, and the female lead is just his partner

The leads are each other's one and only, SC

A soft-hearted heroine who becomes bold and career-focused vs. a rich second-generation singer who starts out a jerk and later becomes devoted

Preview of the next novel, Cang Er and Leng Shan

Xu Cang'er was the prettiest girl and the undisputed queen bee at Ling County High. She was the prettiest because she was beautiful, and the queen bee because she was cool and fearless.

In her senior year, a transfer student named Leng Shan joined her class.

Tall and handsome, he was just like his name: even a simple white shirt looked cold and chaste on him.

On his first day at school, Leng Shan offended one of Xu Cang'er's close friends.

She shoved the boy, who was much taller than she was, against the wall and snapped, "What's with the attitude? You think you're special just because you're from the big city?"

Leng Shan looked down at Xu Cang'er with a cool, distant gaze. Without saying a word, he walked around her and left.

Xu Cang'er clenched her fists and shouted after him, "Just you wait!"

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Everyone said that Leng Shan had caught Sister Er's attention, and his days were numbered.

Sure enough, after school Xu Cang'er cornered him by the classroom door and kept him there until nightfall.

A month later, Xu Cang'er finally let up.

But before long, someone saw Leng Shan pinning Xu Cang'er into a corner.

His dark eyes were deep, his voice hoarse as he said, "Didn't you tell me to wait? So keep going!"

Xu Cang'er shoved him away and gave him a disdainful, mocking look. "Move. I'm done playing."

A few years later, Leng Shan, the eldest son of the Leng family, returned in grand style. He rebuilt the Leng Group and became one of North City's most influential rising magnates.

At the annual gala, he wore a black bespoke suit, with an elegant woman in a red dress on his arm.

When the dance began, Leng Shan wrapped an arm around her slender waist and led her onto the dance floor. His thin lips parted as he whispered in her ear, "Xu Cang'er, behave yourself. You were the one who came after me first, and I'm not done playing yet."

At his words, Xu Cang'er casually took a glass of champagne from a server's tray and poured it over Leng Shan's suit. Her beautiful, cool face curved into a dazzling smile. "What can I say? I stopped playing ages ago."

Partly a campus story, mostly an urban romance

A glamorous, bold queen bee goes after an aloof heartthrob, gives up when he proves hard to win over, then gets forcefully pursued by him instead.

As usual, there's a mix of sweetness and angst, but everyone gets a happy ending.

A glamorous, bold queen bee vs. a cool, aloof heartthrob

From school days to wedding bells

HE, SC, each other's first love

Theme: Growing through adversity and living life with optimism