The Greenhouse Effect

Campus + Urban

Blurb:

1.

When they were young, Mu Kexin was always trailing after Gu Jingyi.

Then, one day, she vanished from his sight completely.

Only after losing her did Gu Jingyi understand that what you can't have is always precious.

Later on,

perhaps it was heaven's punishment for his cowardice,

he lost everything, one thing after another: money, his father, his life...

Gu Jingyi sat in a conference room in the city center, so ashamed that he buried his head in his arms.

"I'll trade this painting, plus the next 20 years of my life, for 500,000 yuan."

For the money, he had "sold" himself.

But the instant he looked up, he was astonished to discover that the buyer was the woman he had longed for day and night:

Mu Kexin.

Ha. Fate really loved playing jokes.

Just like that, without warning, it laid bare his greed and shamelessness before her.

"Have you gone crazy with greed for money?" she said, looking down on the man who had asked for the moon.

But in the end, she paid him anyway.

This time, she would make him repay her,

with interest,

for everything he owed her from the past!

2.

In just one year, fate had shattered the pride Gu Jingyi had once held dear.

When he fell into the abyss, it was Mu Kexin who reached out to him, with her coldest hand.

If,

in this life, they were destined to be entangled,

then he was willing to devote his whole life to it.

Reading guide:

1. Strong-willed, domineering female CEO VS a weak, down-and-out young painter

2. The timeline runs backward, with school days woven in before returning to adulthood.

3. Chapters 3-19 are set at school; Chapters 1, 2, and 20-40 are set in the city.

4. The story goes from secret love to confession, with both of them choosing each other. A sweet story, so enjoy!

5. Both are sexually inexperienced.

6. The characters' values do not represent the author's. The plot calls for it, so feel free to give the scumbag a good thrashing.

Blurb for Youth Sickness:

Campus / Coming of age / Reunion after years apart / Secret love fulfilled / The wife-chasing crematorium

1.

Throughout all three years of high school, Lin Chuhe watched Li Chengchuan carefully from afar.

The boy was outstanding in every way, from his family background to his looks.

He was like the morning star hanging at the edge of the sky, guiding Lin Chuhe as she desperately tried to catch up with him.

But every beautiful thing fell apart at the party on the night the college entrance exams ended.

Lin Chuhe stood blankly outside the KTV room, holding the snacks she'd bought for Li Chengchuan, and clearly heard him speak in a disdainful, contemptuous tone:

"Her? She's just my little tagalong. She's so countrified, but at least she's willing to do whatever she's told. She's pretty useful, actually."

2.

In the seventh year after graduating from high school,

Lin Chuhe was forced to return to this city filled with painful memories.

At a chance gathering, she saw Li Chengchuan for the first time in seven years.

He still had that perfect face. Only she knew that inside, his heart was rotten and foul.

As they passed each other,

Li Chengchuan wore the warm smile she knew all too well and patted her shoulder familiarly.

"Chuhe, long time no see."

Standing in seven-centimeter heels, Lin Chuhe looked him straight in the eye. With meticulously manicured fingertips, she brushed off the spot he'd touched as if it disgusted her, then took a step back as though avoiding a plague carrier. Frowning impatiently, she said,

"Sorry, sir, who are you?"

3.

The third young master of the Li family had always been gentle and refined, like a cool breeze beneath a bright moon.

But on the day Lin Chuhe left Lin City, he let go of the pride and self-control he'd maintained for thirty years.

Looking haggard, he clutched her luggage and sank to the ground, drained of strength.

In full view of everyone, his eyes reddened as he choked out a hoarse plea,

"Lin Chuhe, please don't leave me behind, okay?"

Reading guide:

1. Both sexually inexperienced / Secret love fulfilled / Happy ending

2. Campus and urban settings: 50/50

3. Classic wife-chasing crematorium

4. The confession comes after they are adults.

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