Slow-Burning Planet

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Slow-Burning Planet blurb:

Reunion after years apart | Youthful school days | BE

Everyone at Third High was talking about Jiang Yi.

Nobody understood her, and everyone avoided her as if she were a plague.

Only Senior Lu believed in her unconditionally and helped her overcome every obstacle.

She thought that was what falling in love felt like, until she met a boy unlike anyone else.

The boy had a lovely, romantic name: Han Xingkong.

Her boy beneath the stars lit up her ordinary sixteenth year.

Jiang Yi was getting frustrated over her homework, while Han Xingkong read comics.

She suddenly reached out and started poking and rubbing at him with her claws.

The boy was terribly ticklish. He tried to look cool with a serious face while begging her to stop.

Just as she was having the time of her life, he cupped her face and gently kissed her forehead. "I seal you. Now you can't move."

Jiang Yi froze, feeling as if she really had been sealed.

All the good times came to a halt in a go-karting accident, scattering the people of their youth in every direction.

It was as if time had stopped that summer when they were sixteen.

The boy left without a word, her friend was injured and had to leave school, and everything was as bad as it could get.

Five years later, everything had changed. She thought she was finally going to see him again,

only to learn that he wasn't even called Han Xingkong.

[My completed novel, Gradually Falling in Love, is ready to read.]

[Next up: Orange Confession. Please add it to your collection, mwah~]

Blurb:

Zhen Hao was born on the fourteenth day of the seventh month, an inauspicious date according to legend.

In Shitong Village in the 1990s, women were expected to marry young, serve their husbands, and raise children.

But five-year-old Zhen Hao declared grandly, "When I grow up, I'll go to the best university, buy the biggest house, and drive the most expensive car."

Later, she started elementary school and ranked first in her grade every time. But because of her dark skin and short, chubby build, the boys often bullied her and the girls laughed at her.

Her neighbors didn't hold back when judging her, either. "The older Zhen girl isn't as pretty as her little sister in any way. Look at the younger one: almond eyes, a delicate nose, and a little cherry mouth. She's a little beauty in the making."

Twelve-year-old Zhen Hao was furious and upset, but didn't dare speak up.

Having never had anyone stand up for her, she only knew how to run away when hurt. She didn't know how to fight back.

By middle school, not only the neighbors but every aunt and uncle in her extended family had something to say about her looks. "The younger Zhen girl got all the best features from her parents. She's so pretty." As they spoke, they shook their heads at the older Zhen girl.

The adolescent girl grew more and more insecure, and quieter by the day.

All she could do was study desperately and dream of escaping this little place.

It wasn't until she got into the university of her dreams with excellent grades, and people around her began saying even crueler things, that she finally learned to fight back.

A girl who grows up through stumbles and hardships is bound to suffer more setbacks and endure more pain...

But that's all right. One day, she'll break free of her cocoon and become a butterfly.

I dedicate this story to every girl who's feeling lost. I hope you can all shine brightly in your own lives.

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Blurb:

After graduating from college, Lin Ting's life fell into darkness like never before.

She decided she had nothing left to lose and agreed to the blind date her parents had arranged.

She thought it would be a mere formality, but the other person turned out to be someone she knew.

Chi Yue: "What a coincidence, we meet again. Hello, I'm Chi Yue."

The man's gaze was steady, his voice gentle, and his handsome face more resolute than when she had first met him.

Lin Ting's face suddenly turned red. "Hello, Firefighter Brother."

The two got their marriage certificate and married at a speed that left both sets of parents stunned.

After their wedding, everything went smoothly for Lin Ting. She got promoted at work, and even her hobbies started earning her money.

She wrapped her arms around Chi Yue's strong waist and kissed him again and again. "You're my little lucky charm."

Later, a great fire in Lucheng burned away countless tender feelings.

One who has never known longing will not know its torment; once you have, you suffer from it.

Amid the raging flames, Chi Yue remembered the first time he met Lin Ting.

That day, he opened a hospital room door and saw a beautiful, delicate face.

The girl asked timidly, "Firefighter Brother, how much does it cost to call 119? How do I pay?"

He couldn't help laughing. "Little girl, calling 119 is free."

The girl pouted. "I'm not a little girl. I'm already eighteen."

A ray of sunlight happened to fall across half her face. In the interplay of light and shadow, her eyes shone brilliantly.

That one glance was enough to light up his heart.

[Tough guy on the outside, secretly a clingy sweetheart x sweet-talking, hard-hearted, relentless little troublemaker]

Chi Yue x Lin Ting

Marry first, love later | BE | Both are virgins

Theme: Getting back what you lost is the greatest good fortune.