You in the Mist

[Coming soon: Only You Will Do, a woman pursuing a man / Second-Chance Sparks, a second chance at love, an arrogant young master x a sharp-tongued beauty pretending to be nonchalant. Blurbs below. Please add them to your wish list~]

Shy, sensitive illustrator x scheming photographer who pretends to be proper

At a photography exhibition, Wen Yi saw the familiar figure from her memories again. The man had shed his youthful awkwardness, and a touch of poise and restraint had settled between his brows. His distant, aloof air made him seem all the more impossible to approach.

"Wen Yi."

As she was leaving, a low, magnetic voice called her name, and her heart began to pound.

The name Lu Ci couldn't be erased by time, or scrubbed from her memory. No matter how many years passed, it remained in her heart, never fading.

She thought they'd never cross paths again, but a week later, someone knocked on her door.

A hand with long, distinct knuckles reached out to her. The man had refined features and a smile in his eyes. Calm and warm, he said:

"Wen Yi, I'm the new neighbor next door. I just moved in. I hope we'll get along."

Wen Yi stared blankly and slowly reached out her hand.

The moment their palms touched, a shock ran through her, and her heart could no longer settle.

They say that being close to the water lets you get the moon first. With this little lamb practically delivered to her doorstep, Wen Yi racked her brains trying to get Lu Ci to notice her.

Only later did she realize she was the one being "looked after."

Lu Ci had put plenty of effort into building a harmonious society and fostering good neighborly relations. He practically wanted to drop by her place twenty times a day.

At a class reunion, Wen Yi happened to hear a friend ask him, "Didn't Wen Yi turn you down once already? Why are you still hung up on her?"

Lu Ci lowered his eyes, his expression unreadable. "She's the only one for me."

Wen Yi was stunned. Her feet seemed rooted to the spot as she struggled to process the flood of revelations.

Lu Ci liked her? He'd confessed to her before? And she'd turned him down?

[She once thought her secret crush would never see the light of day, only to learn that her shadow had long filled his world.]

Bonus scene:

When Lu Ci accidentally learned that Wen Yi would only date an only child,

Lu Shi excitedly went to his older brother to claim credit, only to discover his brother was giving him a strange look. Then he heard Lu Ci say to Wen Yi:

"Actually, my whole family has already disowned Lu Shi."

His younger brother, who hadn't gone far: "..."

Weren't they brothers for life this morning?

Under his brother's threatening glare, Lu Shi swallowed and immediately backed down, forcing himself to say, "Actually... I could die too."

Wen Yi: ?!

Reading guide:

One-on-one / Both leads are each other's first / Happy ending

Mutual secret crush, reunion after a long separation. Dive right in: a light, sweet story.

The leads' careers are fictionalized.

#Only You Will Do#

Energetic, chuunibyou girl x aloof, chaste heartthrob

1. After twenty-one years of being single, Li Yuchu met Zhou Zeyi, the famous figure in Jing University’s computer science department, through a twist of fate in her senior year. People called him a god. With a face like a 3D model and an aura that kept everyone at a distance, he brought a chill to every place he went.

All because of an accident involving a misdelivered package.

A whole box of contraceptives and a box of pink underwear for a young woman.

Both dorms were thrown into chaos at the sight.

2. After deciding to pursue Zhou Zeyi, Li Yuchu pulled out all the stops and tried every trick in the book to seduce him.

His response: He had no type, wouldn't date, and wasn't considering marriage.

Li Yuchu asked, "Then what kind of girl don't you like?"

If she could find out, at least she'd know what to avoid.

Zhou Zeyi lowered his eyes and looked her up and down, then said expressionlessly, "168 centimeters, medium-length hair, double eyelids, blue top, white skirt, canvas shoes."

Li Yuchu looked down at herself. "Are you talking about me?"

He gave a cold, serious nod.

3. After her internship ended and graduation drew near, Li Yuchu's plan to win the heartthrob over was declared a failure. She gave up. Whatever, she was done chasing him.

Until one day, Zhou Zeyi unexpectedly asked her to kiss him again.

Li Yuchu looked thoroughly displeased. "Oh, so if you tell me to kiss you, I just do it? Why should I?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, she felt a soft, warm touch on her lips.

Zhou Zeyi's low, husky voice drifted to her ear, making her heart tremble. "Because I'm starting to like you."

#My life was a fixed routine, and you were the only variable#

A relentless pursuer who spouts cheesy pickup lines x a genius with a slow-to-warm heart who's ridiculously jealous

Everyday romance, modern city and college campus. Sweet all the way through, no angst. The aloof heartthrob descends from his pedestal for love.

#Second-Chance Sparks#

1. The summer after the college entrance exams, Jiang Qi and Xia Zhi were the envy of everyone in their class. They started dating after graduation and got into universities in the same city.

The couple everyone had rooted for broke up not long after the semester started. After blocking each other, they went their separate ways for good. Whoever looked back first was a dog.

No one knew why. All they heard was that Jiang Qi had spent the whole night outside Xia Zhi's building, begging to get back together.

2. Xia Zhi had imagined all kinds of scenarios in which she might run into Jiang Qi. The most awkward one would be this:

He was driving a supercar, while she was pedaling a tricycle.

Xia Zhi quietly lowered the straw hat over her forehead and slipped away.

Three hours later, she saw Jiang Qi walk over and stop in front of her. His sunglasses slid down his nose, revealing a pair of clear, smiling eyes. "Why did you run when you saw me? Can't forget me?"

"That's right." Xia Zhi nodded without changing her expression. "Even when I pass a funeral home, I think you're the one who's dead."

Jiang Qi was silent for three seconds, then turned his head and scoffed, dragging out his words with shameless amusement. "I had no idea you were so deeply in love with me."

Xia Zhi: ?

"Unlike me, who could barely remember your last name."

Their friend standing nearby: ?

Wasn't this the girl in the inner pocket of your wallet?

And the "coincidences" didn't stop there: picking up her ex from the police station in the middle of the night, running into her ex on a blind date, and finding out her landlord was her ex.

Just as Xia Zhi finally calmed down and tried to face what their relationship was now,

Jiang Qi gripped her chin and sneered. "You want to draw a line between us? I've been living with you all this time without even a title, and my reputation's ruined. You'd better..."

He hadn't finished speaking. She was listening intently when Jiang Qi leaned down and spoke beside her ear. His warm breath spread over her as his low, husky voice mingled with the night, restrained yet tempting. "Make me official, Zhi Zhi."

Xia Zhi looked up and met his deep eyes, almost drowning in them.

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