Love from Below

My new novel, Stealing a Taste, is now serializing!

Rugged, dominant man x bright, sweet girl

Age gap / size difference / gentle persuasion / slow burn

Qi Huayue had never seen a human body with such perfect proportions.

Her grandmother told her that the man had recently moved here to recover.

He had a bad temper, but he wasn't a bad person. He was just careless about how he lived, and dressed like a slob.

Other people ate to live. He ate to survive.

A summer breeze rose in the afternoon, sending the papers on her easel flying. Qi Huayue cried out and reached wildly for them,

but a large hand caught her.

A low, confident voice came from above her:

“I don't remember agreeing to be your model.”

-

In Li Wei's eyes, Qi Huayue was someone he would never have anything in common with,

because she was as bright as the summer sun, while he was as insignificant as a weed by the roadside.

Yet one day, someone like her would stand up for him in front of everyone and speak out about all the injustices he'd suffered.

He resolved to nurture this girl until she became the most beautiful rose.

-

Qi Huayue made a deal with the man: she'd cook for him, and he'd model for her for free.

At first, Li Wei would clean his plate.

Later...

“Eat first...”

Li Wei glanced at her slightly swollen lips and instinctively licked his own.

“I am eating.”

You can find my upcoming novel, The Pelican's Thirst Syndrome, on my author page.

Fake siblings | Mutual pining | 1v1 HE

A seemingly meek, timid girl who's secretly a wolf in sheep's clothing x a seemingly cold man whose heart is even darker

Xu Chengyun thought Xu Xuanzhou liked obedient girls, so she pretended to be one for over a decade.

Xu Xuanzhou was afraid Xu Chengyun would hate him, so he avoided her for over a decade.

-

The first person she saw after entering the Xu household was Xu Xuanzhou.

Her mother reminded her, “He'll be your older brother from now on.”

Xu Chengyun stood in the living room on the first floor and impatiently looked up. What she saw was a pair of utterly icy eyes hiding behind the staircase.

He glanced at her without a hint of feeling, then turned and walked away.

Fine. We'll stay out of each other's way.

Xu Xuanzhou always followed the rules and acted like a dutiful older brother, never crossing that line.

But he couldn't stop someone from going out of her way to provoke him.

-

Xu Xuanzhou knew his little sister was the sweetest, most obedient girl in the world, so he refused to believe that the person cuddling a strange man in a bar abroad was Xu Chengyun.

But the truth was...

Xu Chengyun turned around and waved seductively. “Brother, what a coincidence.”

She'd only meant to put on a little show for Xu Xuanzhou, but things got out of hand.

In the dim private room, Xu Chengyun's hands were bound tightly. Her dark pupils flashed with a sharp glint in the shadows.

“Did he touch you here?”

The woman couldn't speak.

Xu Xuanzhou bent down. “Then I'll cover you with my scent.”

-

In everyone's eyes, Xu Xuanzhou was flawless, without a single weakness.

Xu Chengyun thought so too.

Only later did she learn that his weakness...

was her.

1. The leads aren't on the same household register, so there's no legal or moral relationship between them.

2. The male lead's father and the heroine's mother never registered a marriage. They were never legally married, nor were they in love.

Theme: Love flows through the tip of a pen