Listening to Summer

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[Ballerina x Gentle CEO]

[My first novel, so there are still plenty of flaws. Read at your own discretion!]

Eight years later, Lin Zhixia gave up her position as a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in Britain and returned home to serve as a judge on the new variety show Dance Students.

Before filming began, the director arranged a dinner so the investors could meet the judges.

At dinner, Lin Zhixia saw Lu Tingbai again, the boy who had sheltered and protected her when she was young. The difference was that the boy who had once treated her with boundless gentleness and care now looked at her with distant eyes and spoke coldly, as if she were a stranger.

After the dinner ended, only Lu Tingbai and the director remained in the private room.

His good friend nudged his shoulder and pointed to the seat where Lin Zhixia had been sitting. "Is that the girl you've never been able to forget for eight years?"

Lu Tingbai's eyes reddened. He looked in the direction his friend pointed, remembered how cool and distant she had seemed, and felt a sharp pain in his heart. His voice was low and hoarse, tinged with helplessness and self-mockery.

"Yeah. The girl has no conscience. I've waited all these years for nothing."

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Later, for the sake of the show, Lin Zhixia performed a dance with her partner. Lu Tingbai watched from below, green with jealousy. After filming wrapped, he stopped her backstage and backed her into a corner. "Didn't you say you were going to pursue me and make me change my mind? How come you're dancing with someone else all of a sudden?"

Lin Zhixia shot him a look. "He's my partner! My partner!"

Lu Tingbai was scolded for no reason and gazed at her pitifully. "Then can I be your partner?"

"...Sure. Do a split for me first."

Lu Tingbai: "..."

Every reunion after taking the long way around is a romantic beginning. Love never truly fades, and when it returns, it only burns more fiercely.

Promotional text sourced online. Removed upon request.

My next upcoming novel, Private Moonlight, is listed below. Add it to your favorites if you're interested!

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Ni Wan first met Huo Yanzhi in a bar.

Unlike the decadent scene all around them, the man sat upright in the center of the room, his clothes neat and his expression obscured by the darkness, impossible to make out clearly.

As everyone raised their glasses and chatted, his gaze happened to pass over her face.

The sudden eye contact startled Ni Wan. She hurriedly looked away and pretended nothing had happened, singing a melancholy Cantonese love song. She missed the playful, wanton smile at the corner of Huo Yanzhi's mouth.

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The second time they met, Ni Wan was in trouble.

She held a broken bottle and stared at the man in front of her, stubborn and cool.

As the tension reached a breaking point, a pair of long, pale hands took the weapon from her.

Huo Yanzhi stood tall behind her, backing her up. His cold, sharp gaze swept over the man in front of them before he tossed out a warning: "If you want to keep making trouble, I don't mind taking this somewhere else."

Night fell, and the wind was bitterly cold.

Ni Wan huddled in his arms, her body trembling slightly.

After a long while, she looked up into his indifferent eyes and asked softly, "Why?"

His fingertips were a striking red, and smoke drifted between them like a barrier.

Huo Yanzhi smiled without answering. He simply straightened the suit jacket that had slipped off her shoulder and said calmly, "It's getting late. I'll take you home."

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Huo Yanzhi had everything in the first half of his life except love. He prided himself on having no need for such a hypocritical emotion, and regarded the arranged marriage his family elders had set up as nothing but an act.

He thought his life would probably go on that way, but fate brought Ni Wan to his side. At first, Huo Yanzhi merely envied her. Later, he truly fell in love with her.

Late one quiet night, he happened to read a poem:

"If someone gives you a lamp, I'll give you the moon."

His heart fluttered as he looked at Ni Wan beside him.

The girl was like the moon hanging high in the sky. From then on, he kept her in his heart.

"If someone gives you a lamp, I'll give you the moon."

From Gabbani's Comparison of Love. Removed upon request.

1. Seven-year age gap, 21 and 28.

2. One-on-one romance, both leads have no prior sexual experience. The heroine studied law. She's not weak-willed or a delicate flower.

3. The heroine comes from a well-off family at first, but things take an unexpected turn later. One more thing: neither lead is particularly kind. They don't go easy on anyone and always pay back every slight.

Theme: Love life well, and love yourself.