Tenderness to the Bone

[My next novel will be Drawn Into My Obsession. Please add it to your reading list!] 1. Shen Yansheng always thought she didn't like Lu Jingce. Then one day, she heard that the bigwig behind a certain corporation was thinking of marrying his daughter to Lu Jingce. She was so upset that she couldn't eat dinner that night, and went straight to her room and locked the door. When Lu Jingce came home that evening, he took the key from the study, let himself into her bedroom, sat on the edge of her bed, and bent down to kiss her awake. She glared at him, but he just smiled, amused. He even had the nerve to ask, "Jealous?" 2. Shen Yansheng and Lu Jingce have been dating in secret, mainly because she hasn't figured out how to explain their relationship to her parents. As a result, they think she's single and have taken it upon themselves to trick her into a blind date. As it happened, that very day, someone was attending a business dinner at the same restaurant and spotted her from afar, seated at a table with her blind date and their families. She felt someone's gaze on her from behind. When she turned around, she came face-to-face with his handsome, faintly amused expression. The moment she got home that night, Shen Yansheng threw herself at him and raised her hand to swear, "I can explain!" He still wore that faintly amused expression as he pinched her cheek. "No explanations accepted." Unrequited love becomes mutual / Happy ending / Healing each other / Long-planned romance The next novel is Drawn Into My Obsession. Please add it to your reading list! Blurb 1: When Zhou Wanying was nineteen, she met Xie Lin for the first time. The moment their eyes met, her heart began pounding and her face turned as red as an apple. But Zhou Wanying was timid back then, and even though she liked him, she didn't dare pursue him. Besides, Xie Lin was famous in their circles for being aloof and uninterested in women. So she kept her feelings to herself. Whenever she saw Xie Lin in public, she would just smile at him, never daring to think of anything more. Later, her agent figured out how she felt and cruelly shattered her fantasy in private. "A wealthy heir like Xie Lin is way out of your league. If he marries, it'll be a young woman from a family on his level. Know your place, and stop dreaming." That night, Zhou Wanying cried herself to sleep. She had to admit her agent was right. From then on, whenever she saw Xie Lin, she kept her distance, thinking that if she stopped seeing him, maybe her feelings would gradually fade. Then one day, she ran into Xie Lin at a dinner party. She didn't even dare look up at him, keeping her head down and quietly eating the whole time. Who knew that when she stepped out to use the restroom, she would run into Xie Lin outside? Her heart started racing, as if a fawn were leaping inside her. She instinctively tried to slip around him and leave, but suddenly heard Xie Lin say, "Avoiding me?" She froze for a moment, then stopped and instinctively looked up at him. Xie Lin looked at her with a faintly amused expression. His voice was low and magnetic as he asked, "Why don't you smile at me anymore?" Blurb 2: Xie Lin has been feeling a little annoyed lately. The woman who used to greet him with a sweet smile every time she saw him has suddenly stopped smiling at him. One day, bored, he casually asked a friend beside him, "If a woman used to smile every time she saw you, but one day she suddenly stops smiling and starts avoiding you, what does that mean?" His friend Yang Cheng thought for a moment. "I know! She must have fallen for someone else." Xie Lin: "..." Yang Cheng gave him a nosy look. "What happened? Did some woman dump you?" Xie Lin gave a dry laugh and looked up at him. "You can leave now." * Xie Lin never imagined that one day he would be utterly captivated by a woman. Sweet romance / Happy ending / Theme: There's a rainbow after the darkness