Coveralls No. 5

[If you've read pirated copies, please don't leave comments asking to buy the extras. The parents didn't keep the heroine with them for reasons related to birth-control policy.]

Zhou Qin never understood why, even though twin sisters shared the same blood, their parents loved only one of them and always favored her.

Not long after they were born, their parents could only raise one of them by their side for special reasons. Zhou Qin wasn't the one they chose.

From then on, Zhou Qiong was doted on by everyone as a little princess in Jingbei, while Zhou Qin struggled through a difficult life in a small town a thousand miles away.

After getting into a fight with a classmate, Zhou Qin tore her school uniform. She could only walk home clutching her collar, sneaking around in miserable embarrassment.

Song Yunchuan rode past on his bike and tossed a jacket over her.

The oversized work jacket smelled of gasoline, and a big number 5 was printed on the back. Zhou Qin watched the boy's tall, lean figure riding away and fell into thought.

She'd heard he was a notorious thug on this stretch of Guangming Street.

The next day, she found Song Yunchuan at a repair shop near the school. When she returned his jacket, she said, "People at school are picking on me. I need someone to back me up. Can you help?"

Song Yunchuan had a cigarette between his teeth. He laughed at her, amused. "Sure. How much are you paying me?"

Zhou Qin: "I don't have any money. I can be your girlfriend instead."

Well, well. She was offering him a payment she couldn't guarantee.

"Flat-chested princess." Song Yunchuan looked her up and down. "Are you even old enough?"

Later, when Zhou Qin came of age, Song Yunchuan regretted those words.

The young girl had grown up completely. Standing onstage in a silk practice outfit, she bent backward, her curves on full display.

She looked at him with amber eyes, as if teasingly asking, See? I'm all grown up now.

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Zhou Qin had always felt that nobody could love her. She was used to her odd personality and thought she might simply have been born with little family affection, suited to a life of ascetic solitude, cut off from the world.

It wasn't until she met Song Yunchuan that she experienced what it meant to be someone's one and only.

Someone loved her with the wholehearted love of a boyfriend, a family member, and a soulmate all at once.

# A ruthless, loyal crime boss X a sweet, gentle girl who's secretly sharp and cunning

# A healing, sweet story about growing up

# The male lead dotes on the heroine unconditionally, a fatherly boyfriend

Coming soon: Bandit

* Mutual pining, marriage first and love later. The male lead becomes the other man for love (not really).

* A top student teacher X a roguish, free-spirited pilot

Ji Fei was a notorious delinquent in high school. He was always looking for a fight, never studied, and made trouble everywhere.

At seventeen, his father sent him away for reform with a wave of his hand, and Ji Fei disappeared for years without a word.

Cheng Jियanyan wrote him a few letters, but they vanished without a trace. She never got a reply.

After all, she was just one of the many high school classmates who had secretly liked the delinquent. Apart from tutoring him a few times as class study rep, there was nothing special between them.

It made sense that Ji Fei wouldn't remember her.

Eight years passed in a flash. Cheng Jियanyan had started discussing marriage with a blind date and was preparing to enter the graveyard of marriage when the delinquent who'd made her hormones stir during adolescence came roaring back.

He'd barely returned when he cornered Cheng Jियanyan at a class reunion.

In the dim light, Cheng Jियanyan was trapped between his arm and the wall. Their breaths mingled, and the air, tinged with alcohol, was thick with tension.

Ji Fei asked hoarsely, "Why are you marrying someone else?"

Cheng Jियanyan: "...What else would I do?"

"Cheng Jियanyan!" Ji Fei's amber eyes turned red. "I've spent all these years scraping my way through the world, and finally made something of myself! Was it all so I could watch you marry someone else?"

In a fit of fury, Ji Fei decided to get rid of her blind date and take his place.

For no apparent reason, Cheng Jियanyan got a phone call from her boyfriend breaking up with her.

His voice was vague and pointed. "Xiaoyan, I'm sorry, but I don't dare offend that young master from the Ji family."

Fine. She understood what was going on now.

Cheng Jियanyan went to confront him, only to find him waiting with his household registration book ready.

"Isn't your family pressuring you to find someone to marry?" Ji Fei said, smoking a cigarette and grinning with careless confidence. "I'm well-built, unmarried, and own ten houses in Jingbei."

"So, do I meet the requirements?"

# Sparks fly between two passionate adults

# Both leads have only ever been with each other

Coming soon: The Complicated Art of Secretly Pining

Guan Li went to the cafeteria with his roommate and ran into the Chinese department's campus beauty, who confessed to him. She had a slim waist and long legs, milky-white skin, and was so pure and beautiful she seemed unreal.

The thing was... he had a girlfriend, who checked up on him constantly, so it wasn't a good time to add her on WeChat.

Guan Li's playboy instincts kicked in. Hoping to keep her as an option, he calmly gave the campus beauty his roommate's WeChat ID.

"Bro, do me a favor." He asked Pei Kanxun. "Just handle her for a few days! I'll figure things out after I get rid of the others."

Pei Kanxun lowered his eyes to the friend request on WeChat and gave a quiet, "Mm."

Encouraged by her roommate, Jian Wu finally worked up the courage to confess to the senior she'd been secretly in love with for over half a year, and even managed to add him on WeChat.

To her delight, the seemingly sunny and cheerful senior Guan Li had an unexpectedly adorable side on WeChat!

On WeChat, Guan Li seemed more like a traditional engineering guy. He wasn't romantic and refused to meet her, saying they should try dating online for a while first.

He was knowledgeable and helped her with questions every day on WeChat. He even helped her write papers, making Jian Wu feel as if she had a robot teacher. Aside from not being able to meet him, everything was pretty great.

After a while, Jian Wu suggested meeting up for a date.

To her surprise, the usually aloof "Senior Guan" agreed and arranged to meet her in the school's back garden.

Jian Wu excitedly arrived at the appointed place and time, only to see Guan Li kissing a gorgeous girl with a stunning figure.

What was going on?

Just as Jian Wu stood frozen in shock, a low, cool voice came from behind her.

"See?"

"He has a girlfriend, and he never even added you on WeChat."

Jian Wu turned around in panic. It was Senior Guan's roommate, Pei Kanxun, the top student who was always quiet and distant.

He gave a faint smile and leaned close to the girl's ear. "I've been the 'senior' dating you all this time."

# A sweet slice-of-life college romance

# A clever, scheming top student male lead with slight communication difficulties X a bright, sunny top student heroine

# The male lead secretly loves the heroine, while the heroine briefly likes the second male lead

Theme: Companionship is the longest-lasting confession of love.