The Protagonist Can't Stop Thinking About Me

[A short palate cleanser]

[The blurb for my next book, Online Dating with the Ice-Cold Professor Goes Wrong, is below]

Standing before her is Cheng Song'an, the heroine, who is staying at her house and hasn't eaten for a day and a night.

By the usual rules of the genre, she should beat the heroine, torment her body and mind, and loudly declare: What makes you think you deserve to compete with me!

Then, when the heroine returns one day, she will be tormented until she goes insane.

The girl's gaze was as cold as an ice blade. "Haven't you always wanted me dead?"

Ji Xi: "..." Sorry, I'm here to save you.

Cheng Song'an shut her eyes in despair. A set of practice exams had appeared in her arms. Ji Xi turned away and said coldly, "If you don't finish them tonight, you don't get to sleep."

She confiscated Cheng Song'an's phone, claiming it was for her own good: young love is bad for your studies.

She also made full use of her role as host, having Cheng Song'an cook, wash the dishes, sweep the floors, and do the laundry.

She thought she'd end up with a despairing housewife full of resentment. Then one day, Ji Xi looked at Cheng, the clingy little puppy she couldn't peel off herself. "Auntie, won't you give me a kiss?"

"..."

She must be seeing things.

An aloof, sharp-tongued, arrogant older woman, cold on the outside and warm underneath, with no desires or ambitions vs. a touch-starved, obsessive, mentally unstable little psycho

PS:

● Eleven-year age gap

● Both are each other's first and only partner, 1v1, happy ending

*Cover art by @nabi, with thanks

Online Dating with the Ice-Cold Professor Goes Wrong

[The seemingly chaste professor vs. the scheming, wolfish sweetheart]

Ji Pei was talked into downloading a dating app by her roommate. The app matched users with their soulmates based on their personalities and showed the distance between them.

She was automatically matched with a user called "Cold Current of the Thousand Islands." Looking through her profile, Ji Pei saw that she was a woman and stared in surprise. Was this really not a lesbian dating app?

Tropical Monsoon: Hi, sis.

Cold Current of the Thousand Islands: Mm.

Luckily, Ji Pei was a social butterfly, so things didn't turn awkward between her and her first "partner." They hit it off, and with a whole internet connection between them, Ji Pei flirted to her heart's content.

·

Jiang Xianhan was a renowned philosophy professor at A University. Cool and chaste, she always buttoned her shirt all the way to the top. Countless people wanted to win her favor, but her imposing presence kept them at a distance. She usually wore a cold expression, just like her name.

Ji Pei overslept and arrived halfway through class, so she was summoned to the office for a lecture on her attitude. She also received a message saying she would have to retake the course.

Leaving the office, Ji Pei grumbled and silently swore: I'll never forgive that ice queen!

In class, Ji Pei deliberately pulled out her phone right in front of Jiang Xianhan to provoke her. Just then, the app showed the distance to her soulmate: 10 m... 7 m... 2 m...

Ji Pei looked up and met the icy killer's gaze at the lectern.

"..."

Jiang Xianhan's long, elegant fingers took the phone. Without giving Ji Pei a chance to explain, she said coldly, "Hand over your phone."

As she grew closer to "Cold Current of the Thousand Islands," Ji Pei's favorite topic was the poker-faced professor who was always keeping an eye on her.

Tropical Monsoon: My damn philosophy professor is a beast in human clothing, putting on airs and looking like she's got a face full of shit. She always looks like someone owes her five million.

Cold Current of the Thousand Islands: Hmm?

Tropical Monsoon: You think she's really annoying too, right?

Cold Current of the Thousand Islands: The other person is typing...

After three months of online dating, Ji Pei was itching to see what her partner looked like. She tried to ask for a photo, but was politely turned down. The excuse was that she wasn't photogenic.

Tropical Monsoon: How about we meet in person?

Cold Current of the Thousand Islands: Sure.

They arranged to meet on Nanjiang Bridge. Ji Pei held a bouquet of white roses, ready to welcome the romance she'd been looking forward to for so long.

A cool breeze blew, and all was peaceful. Her online partner stood with her back to Ji Pei, dressed in white. The more Ji Pei looked at her, the more familiar that figure seemed. The instant the woman turned around, it was like a bolt from the blue. Ji Pei wanted to jump off the bridge.

"Prof... Professor Jiang..."

Jiang Xianhan, her face cold, pointed at her watch. "Ji, you're late again."

Ji Pei searched online all night:

#WhatDoI doIfMyOnlineDateIsMyProfessor#

Social terror vs. a straight-laced woman who's secretly a flirt

Theme: Always cherish the people and things right in front of you