Kissing Roses in the Mist

# Childhood Friends to Lovers, Marriage First and Love Later / Austerity x Pride

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Blurb 1:

He Mingli hates the way Fu Qingyu acts like an iceberg.

But she loves the way she personally drags him down to earth.

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The two have known each other since childhood, but everyone around them thought they shared nothing more than a pure, revolutionary friendship.

Until one day, a few friends were having dinner when someone mentioned He Mingli going on a blind date.

Fu Qingyu had been listening absentmindedly with his eyes lowered, but suddenly he looked sharply at the speaker. "When?"

"Huh? When what?"

"The blind date."

"Right now, at the restaurant next door."

Everyone stared blankly as Fu Qingyu grabbed his coat and headed for the door.

Wait, He Mingli's going on a blind date. Why are you in such a hurry?

Are you rushing over to sabotage it? Or to steal the bride?

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Fu Qingyu gave a perfectly respectable reason for getting married:

They each got what they needed, and could shield each other from unwanted advances.

He Mingli thought it made perfect sense, and the two happily came to an agreement.

But as she turned away, she curled her lip in disdain.

/Guess why the restaurant where she went on her blind date was next door?

Blurb 2:

He Mingli didn't return to the He family until she was ten, but the fake heiress had occupied her place all along and refused to let things return to how they should be.

Watching He Mingli gain more and more, and seeing what began as nothing more than a marriage alliance with the head of the Fu family gradually turn into the real thing, the fake heiress grew increasingly resentful.

One day, the two finally had a terrible argument.

With red-rimmed eyes, the fake heiress asked bitterly, "What are you without the He family?"

Before He Mingli could answer, he appeared out of nowhere, wrapped an arm around her slender waist, and said calmly, "She'll still be He Mingli. And she'll still be Mrs. Fu."

/She shines like a dazzling pearl. Of course she deserves to keep shining.

[Bonus Scene]

Mr. Fu left on a business trip to Hong Kong City and was gone for more than three months.

Updates from home kept coming in:

Which club his wife had visited, which bar she'd gone to, and what fashion show she'd watched.

Her life was simply too eventful. Mr. Fu kept a straight face and did nothing.

On the day he returned, he went himself to catch her at the most famous club in Li City, and held out his hand:

"Mrs. Fu, it's time to come home."

#How could the rose he watched grow up marry someone else?

#He has always been her harbor, waiting for her to come ashore

People said he was cold and heartless. No one ever imagined he could indulge every bit of her pride.

[Reading Guide]

1. One-on-one romance / first love for both leads / happy ending

2. Artificial intelligence specialist x hotel founder

Gentle and refined, but devious as a dog x a dazzling, proud little rose

4. Childhood friend vs. childhood friend, childhood friend vs. newcomer, and a little romantic rivalry

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"Roses in Disarray"

#Age Gap / Powerful Man Bows His Head / The Long Road to Winning Her Back

Blurb:

Shu Qingwan and Rong Yin once had a relationship.

But she knew the gap between them was too great. They could never have a future together.

When rumors spread through their circle that his first love was returning to the country, she let go and left.

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After returning home, she became a celebrated inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, and it was revealed that she was the woman in the qipao video that had gone viral years ago.

With her graceful figure and striking beauty, Shu Qingwan's popularity soared to new heights.

When an interviewer asked about her past relationship, she didn't dodge the question. She only smiled and said, "He taught me to let go of anger, desire, and delusion, and to recognize a doomed relationship early."

He was right there that day, watching her say every word.

She had been by his side for years.

But what he had taught her was to embrace anger, desire, and delusion, and to give in to her deepest desires.

Blurb 2:

After returning to the Lin family, her parents felt they owed her too much, and cherished her like a precious treasure.

They saw their son go from one relationship to another while their daughter remained single, so they specifically arranged a blind date for her.

The man had passed her parents' scrutiny, so he was naturally a rare catch.

She figured there was no harm in giving a relationship a try.

But just as she was making up her mind, Rong Yin suddenly appeared and said, "Long time no see."

The man was elegant and aloof, yet his presence was overwhelming. He barged into their date, and all his domineering possessiveness and desire to claim her were laid bare.

*The rose he nurtured with his own hands could only bloom for him, of course.

[Bonus Scene]

Rong Yin was famous for his asceticism and cool demeanor. He had a villa deep in the mountains where he would often stay for months at a time, as all his friends knew.

But then rumors suddenly emerged that there was more to the villa than met the eye.

He wasn't there cultivating his character at all. He was hiding his cherished first love inside!

The rumors grew more and more widespread, and his friends grew curious too. At last, they decided to investigate while he was off guard.

The plan went smoothly, and they all managed to sneak inside.

But they never expected that their nighttime raid would uncover not some first love, but someone who had disappeared for days for reasons unknown:

Seeing a woman hurry downstairs barefoot, holding up her skirt, one of them exclaimed, "Qingwan?!"

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Rong Yin had seen how she looked when she loved him most.

He had also heard her say, when she no longer loved him, "Mr. Rong, I'm going to have to get married someday."

"I saw a wildfire rise from a lonely mountain."

Later,

she became the person who loved him unconditionally.

[Reading Guide]

1. One-on-one romance / first love for both leads / happy ending / five-year age gap / Beijing elite circle / mild forced pursuit

2. Beijing elite power player x alluring qipao beauty, faux ascetic x flirtatious beauty

3. Includes a true and fake heiress storyline

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"My Green Tea Childhood Friend Takes the Lead"

#Rivals Since Childhood to Lovers, Marriage First and Love Later

Blurb 1:

When Li Sier said she was going to marry Shen Shiyan, everyone was stunned.

Everyone knew they had never gotten along. What were they thinking, getting married?

And after the wedding, they turned out just as everyone expected:

Their arguments were earth-shaking.

Li Sier: "If you keep arguing, I'll tear up our marriage certificate!"

Shen Shiyan: "Go ahead. Let's see how you'll get divorced after that."

Li Sier: ...

She quietly put the marriage certificate away.

Shen Shiyan: ?

Blurb 2:

Every novel has a childhood friend who, for one reason or another, never ends up with the heroine and becomes the second male lead readers love so much it drives them crazy.

Shen Shiyan felt like his script was a lot like that.

But he quickly realized that with her, the trick was to use green tea tactics and handle her gently.

When Li Sier was pursuing Ji Shuli, the words he often said changed from "Did a door slam shut on your brain?"

to:

"I'll always be your way out."

"If he treats you badly, I can take you away at any time."

"I don't need you to repay me. I just want you to be happy."

Tsk, he went and turned into a green tea without even realizing it.

And Li Sier was so touched that, sure enough, she somehow ended up marrying him in a daze.

After they got their marriage certificate:

Heh.

Someone's true colors came out :)

Blurb 3:

After getting married, Li Sier kept feeling she'd rushed into it. She furrowed her brows, her mind full of all sorts of thoughts.

Li Sier propped her chin on her hand and looked at him. "Shen Shiyan, I don't think we're right for each other."

He looked at the contract in his hands without raising his head. "The couture outfit you liked yesterday, the diamond at auction, and what else? Oh, the shortfall in your funds. I'll cover it."

Her eyes lit up, brighter and brighter, like stars.

His long fingers tapped the documents unhurriedly. "So, what do you think now?"

Li Sier awkwardly and reluctantly amended her opinion. "We're... a match made in heaven."

/

Li Sier thought the best thing she'd ever done in her life was that, in one particular moment, she'd suddenly felt an urge to look back.

And then

she saw Shen Shiyan.

[I've watched you from behind for years. At last, you turned around and looked at me.]

Theme: Growing step by step, waiting to bloom in all one's glory