How Could I Know Your Love Ran So Deep

Recommended complete novel: A Beauty in the North. Blurb below.

Blurb for this novel:

[Lighthearted] [Everyday Life] [Slow Burn] [Vacation Vibes] [Healing and Growth]

Zhou Qingyuan and Ye Qi grew up together, and they're also sworn enemies.

When they were children, Ye Qi was a tattletale, a snot-nosed brat, and an annoying little tagalong in Zhou Qingyuan's eyes.

Back then, Ye Qi didn't understand why he found her annoying. She simply liked following him around, even though he could be fierce and scary sometimes.

Later, when she finally understood just how much he couldn't stand her, she quietly slipped out of his life.

Just as he wanted, they had no contact for six years.

Then, after Ye Qi impulsively ran away, they met at Yuncheng Airport.

He secretly followed her for a few steps, then deliberately made a sound to scare her. Ye Qi shuddered and turned around.

"Zhou Qingyuan?"

"Well, well. After all these years, you still recognize me?"

Ye Qi let out a cold laugh. "I'd recognize you even if you were reduced to ashes."

The man gave a roguish grin. "I never did anything to you before, did I? Why am I so unforgettable?"

After all these years, this man was still exactly the same: scheming, sharp-tongued, and a bastard who could make her furious in an instant.

But Ye Qi had grown into a sharp-tongued, hard-hearted woman too. She'd honed her verbal skills and knew just how to hit him where it hurt.

One day, Ye Qi climbed out of Zhou Qingyuan's bed, dusted herself off, and headed out to the street to bump into some men.

She even said, "If you're going out to have fun, you might as well do something exciting."

Zhou Qingyuan flew into a rage. Before she could leave, he dragged her back into the room and pinned her to the sofa by the arm. His eyes were fierce, his jaw clenched, and his kiss was so savage it was as if he meant to devour her.

"Didn't you want something exciting? I'll give it to you."

Zhou Qingyuan, a roguish, sharp-tongued playboy with a scheming streak VS Ye Qi, a woman in her twenties with a rebellious streak

PS:

A story that goes from pretending to dislike each other, to conquering one another, and finally to a man being wrapped around a woman's finger.

The setting is partly fictional.

Blurb for A Beauty in the North:

Rugged man VS sweet young wife

"Meeting you was meeting the joy of a lifetime."

Blurb 1

Xu Yan had known little happiness in her first twenty years. She'd tasted bitterness, pain, and sourness, but never sweetness.

That changed when she agreed to marry Lu Cong.

She hadn't expected her life to amount to much. She'd simply planned to marry a dependable man and make a life together.

But she'd seen with her own eyes how Lu Cong's eyes turned red when she was hurt.

She'd seen him shield her with his broad back when she argued with someone.

And she'd seen the once-fearless Lu Cong blush when he kissed her for the first time.

Blurb 2

Lu Cong lost his mother when he was three. His father had a terrible temper and beat him at the slightest provocation, but even that couldn't break Lu Cong's stubborn spirit.

He was tall and well-built, with a devil-may-care nature. The girls at school admired his good looks, and the mischievous boys followed him around. Everyone in the surrounding villages knew who Lu Cong was.

Yet this fearsome man never once raised his voice at Xu Yan. At first, the boys figured he was nice to her because they were neighbors. But as time went on, they came to understand...

She was the girl Lu Cong loved with all his heart, and the first person he ever felt he wasn't good enough for.

Everyday life / slice of life / marriage first, love later / both leads sexually inexperienced / slow burn

Theme: Love yourself