Mint and Cherry

[Cool, Devoted Gu Jingzhou x Delicate, Reclusive Yu Nianchu] Yu Nianchu was the only daughter of the Yu family, born into a life of incomparable privilege. She was aloof by nature and disliked having people close to her. When she was fifteen, the head of the Yu family brought a boy named Gu Jingzhou to her side. "This is your bodyguard. From now on, he will protect you." "Don't follow me." She glanced coldly at the boy's composed features, her expression unmoved, then turned and walked away. * Yu Nianchu continued to treat Gu Jingzhou coldly, until she saw him rush into a dark alley without regard for his own safety and shield her, smashing a rabid dog's head with his fist. At last, she threw her arms around his neck and burst into tears. After the ice between them broke, Yu Nianchu grew ever more dependent on Gu Jingzhou. Because of her family and past, she had almost no sense of security. She needed him to stay with her on stormy nights, accompany her to and from school, and even eat with her. "You're mine. You can only look at me." Yu Nianchu's temperament was as domineering as ever. Gu Jingzhou's gaze flickered. In a hoarse voice, he replied, "All right." * One day, Yu Nianchu woke and called Gu Jingzhou's name out of habit, but received no answer. Panic rising in her heart, she ran barefoot to the room next door. The bed was neatly made, and the wardrobe stood empty. Gu Jingzhou was gone, and Yu Nianchu's heart turned cold. * Yu Nianchu flew into a terrible rage and threw away everything connected to Gu Jingzhou. The head of the family arranged a new bodyguard for her, but she would not let him stay in Gu Jingzhou's room. * Three years later, just as she thought the two of them had become strangers and she had finally moved on, she saw that familiar figure again at a banquet. [They reunite from the start, with the rest told in flashback. The proportions of the two parts are undecided.] TIPS: 1. The heroine has a bad temper and struggles to express herself, but the hero is happy to indulge her. 2. The hero had his reasons for leaving. 3. Because of their personalities, each of them has only the other. They belong to each other. There's also a fantasy serial next door: Confessing to My Mortal Enemy Before I Die. Give it a try! [Sunny, passionate heroine with a dark side x reserved, brooding hero with a dark side] "Xie Ji, actually, I've liked you for a very, very long time." These were Lin Jianyue's words as she completed the System's mission, moments before death. The usually unreadable Immortal Venerable Luolin's eyes reddened, and his voice trembled. "Are you lying to me?" Blood stained Lin Jianyue's lips and collar. Looking straight into his eyes, she said earnestly, "We grew up together. When have I ever lied to you?" - To complete the survival mission "Save the Immortal Venerable," Lin Jianyue clung to Xie Ji from childhood, and they grew up together. She became a light in his darkest days, a lifeline when he was drowning in despair. Until she could no longer hide her demonic bones and became a Holy Maiden of the demon clan, despised by the righteous sects. With the righteous and demonic factions at odds, the two always met with cold stares. Everyone knew them as mortal enemies. As she put it: "The Immortal Venerable Luolin is the leader of the immortals, noble and radiant. Naturally, he and an arrogant demoness like me are sworn enemies who can't stand the sight of each other." - Many years later, Lin Jianyue was reborn in the sect where Xie Ji lived, as the junior sister of Baiyujing. She was just as lively and mischievous as before, but everyone adored her. The gentle and refined senior brother had feelings for her, and her senior sister stood up for her. Everyone in the sect liked her. Later, after offending the Immortal Venerable, she was sent to his residence to work as a servant disciple. Xie Ji was as cool and distant as ever. "Don't wander around. Don't cause trouble." "Yes." Lin Jianyue readily agreed, but before long she was getting into trouble again and again. She had expected Xie Ji to throw her out, but instead he repeatedly indulged her, making his favoritism perfectly clear. - Then her identity was exposed. Lin Jianyue looked at Xie Ji, a demonic mark faintly flickering between his brows, as the System's warnings rang in her ears. [Warning! Warning! The male lead Xie Ji's corruption level is too high. If it exceeds one hundred, this world will collapse and the Host will be erased!] In her desperation, Lin Jianyue tried the same trick again. "Xie Ji, I like you. I really have for a very, very long time." "Lying to me again?" Xie Ji's eyes were bloodshot. He placed a hand on the back of her neck and murmured softly. "I'm not." "You're nothing but lies." He would never believe her again. TIPS: 1. The hero is a righteous-seeming figure with a dark side, and there are lots of one-sided crushes early on. The heroine is a little ray of sunshine. ++++++2. The System and original story are minor elements. Everything serves the romance between the heroine and hero. Fantasy novel coming soon: The Lazy Junior Sister Refuses to Be Tied Down Ning Suisui was the youngest junior sister of Wujin Mountain. She ate the most, and instead of practicing swordsmanship, all she dreamed of was lying flat. Yet whenever she fought someone, she always won. Her greatest hobby was shipping her senior brother Pei Zhiyan with someone, and she even stayed up late reading related storybooks, putting more effort into it than cultivation. A fellow fan said, "Look! Your senior brother and that woman really do have something going on!" Ning Suisui covered her mouth. "I knew it!" As the sect leader's chief disciple, Pei Zhiyan appeared mild and courteous, but was distant toward everyone. Though he held the status of a disciple, he carried the worries of the sect leader, and he was always catching his junior sister reading storybooks late at night. Rumor had it that he had someone in his heart, a beloved woman like a bright moon. No one knew who she was. One day, a rumor suddenly spread through the sect that Pei Zhiyan had feelings for Ning Suisui. She was terrified. She stayed inside with the doors shut to dispel the rumor, but her master ordered the two of them to travel down the mountain together. Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, she bristled. "I don't want to! I can't! My senior brother's beloved will get jealous!" She begged her master to take back the order. When word reached Pei Zhiyan, his pale golden eyes dimmed. He only said, "If she doesn't want to go, then let it be." At some point, Ning Suisui started finding a fluffy spirit beast near her courtyard. It was pure white, with pale golden eyes just like her senior brother's. She adored it and kept it company by day and night. She thought the little ball of fluff was perfect in every way, except that it was always running off. But it knew to come back and would even nuzzle up to her, so she let it be. [Bonus Scene] Ning Suisui thought her refined, jade-like senior brother and she were incompatible. For instance, she loved fluffy spirit beasts, but he did not. Whenever she stopped to pet the various fluffy creatures by the roadside, Pei Zhiyan would always look displeased. The next day, the spirit beast would be sent away from Wujin Mountain. Pei Zhiyan (through gritted teeth): My junior sister is so fickle, always changing her affections. Ning Suisui (innocently): Huh? Theme: Live life with determination, and a reunion will come at last.