She Grows with Passion

[A series set in the same universe. The online-romance second-chance novel Wrong Answers is complete and fully drafted, and is updating now! Next up is an entertainment-industry novel, May Everything Go Your Way. Please add it to your reading list!]

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Naive and determined x worldly and mature

After yet another job interview, Lin Yaoyao tossed aside her resume and decided to become a freelance planner. She swore she was done with capitalists who were always making grand promises!

So when she got a call from the boss of Jiming Data Tech, she showed plenty of spirit and declared loudly:

"Sorry! I've decided to become a freelancer who refuses to bow to convention and bravely follows her dreams! Stop dangling carrots in front of me! I don't even like carrots!"

Later, Lin Yaoyao deeply regretted it.

Nothing could be worse than getting drunk and making a scene in front of a stranger.

Then she found out what was worse:

The person she'd made a drunken scene in front of had been right there watching her.

Wen Jiqing had gone from a small-town exam ace to a company boss. Having suffered enough from poverty in the past, all he cared about now was profit. Still, because he'd been caught in the rain so many times himself, he was willing to hold an umbrella over someone else, as long as it didn't hurt his bottom line. That practically made him an ethical entrepreneur.

He'd long since abandoned his own dreams. To him, a dream was just an abstract, appealing word, a convenient carrot to dangle in front of people.

Until he met a naive but determined young woman...

Who was making a drunken scene in front of him.

Lin Yaoyao always thought she'd eventually pay for that drunken outburst. But Wen Jiqing never held it against her. In fact, he was exceptionally tolerant of her, leaving her utterly baffled.

As time went by, she became more and more brazen around him.

Until one day, on a whim, she kissed Wen Jiqing in the prop room.

Suddenly, she understood. "Wen Jiqing, you like me."

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No one could help loving her.

She grew with passion, bringing her strength wherever she went.

SC | Five-year age gap

Tips:

1. Set in Wuhan. Lin Yaoyao speaks the Wuhan dialect at home and Mandarin when she's out. Please think twice before reading if that doesn't work for you.

2. Lin Yaoyao is lively, cute, beautiful, cheerful, passionate, and free-spirited. She does have a temper, but she's generally polite and doesn't lose it for no reason. Think it over before deciding whether to read. (Pondering)

Coming soon: Take Down That Fair-Skinned Athlete. Please add it to your reading list!

Mature older woman x innocent younger man (though maybe not that innocent. He puts on a bit of an act, maybe 40% of his innocence is an act.)

Yan Xin used to be a player. After graduating, her work took her into the fitness world, where she got to see all kinds of muscular men. Her work account was full of hundreds, even thousands, of handsome fitness influencers. Along with aesthetic fatigue, she developed a deep appreciation for the diversity of the human species. She decided to turn over a new leaf and swore she would never again meet a man who made her heart flutter.

However...

The night she stumbled across Zhuo Yu's fitness livestream, she found herself intrigued.

He was sturdy and well-proportioned, with lean muscles and a youthful vibe, exactly what Yan Xin liked. And the gray sweatpants he was wearing...

They left very little to the imagination.

Yan Xin immediately resolved to win over this 188-centimeter athlete.

Under too much pressure, Zhuo Yu took someone's advice and started livestreaming his workouts to relax. But his stream was dead quiet. The only person who chatted with him every night was an account called AAA Seafood Wholesale, Xin Jie. Only when he was talking to her through a screen could Zhuo Yu put aside everything in his life for a while.

But from the very first day they met in person, he knew Yan Xin's intentions toward him weren't pure.

He thought that if he kept her wanting more, spent enough time with her, and treated her well enough, Yan Xin might come to care for him a little more sincerely.

But he was mistaken.

The day he finally decided to give Yan Xin what she wanted, he spent the whole night doing everything he could to please her. But when he woke up, he was still faced with an empty room and a chat window with no reply.

That night, he went to Yan Xin's office, hoping to secure a future with her.

But all he got was Yan Xin saying casually, "I've had my fun."

"But I should at least take responsibility for you."

Zhuo Yu lowered his eyes, his ears bright red. He looked so easy to bully. So Yan Xin leaned close to his ear, wickedly teasing him. "I don't need that. How about..."

"We make this a long-term arrangement?"

Female lead is sexually experienced; male lead is not | Older woman-younger man romance | Four-year age gap

Tips:

1. The female lead had already turned over a new leaf long before meeting the male lead. Her days as a player are in the past, not the present. She's not a cold woman who has sworn off love, but she is independent, confident, ambitious, and determined to seize every opportunity to climb the ladder.

2. The male lead is reserved and insecure in relationships. He can be sensitive and vulnerable. He's a 25-meter rapid-fire pistol shooter. All related information comes from online sources.

Theme: Growing up too early can cost a person their innocence