A Heart Set Ablaze

Starting April 8, the full novel will be locked from Chapter 19 onward. Readers who have already read those chapters, please be careful not to buy them again. Thank you! *bows*

[One-on-one, both leads have had no previous partners, happy ending, he has a secret crush on her, the male lead is virtuous in both body and heart, silly and sweet romance]

(A devoted, gentle, loyal singer-songwriter hero and a skiing prodigy heroine who has the life of a princess without the princess complex)

A mysterious singer-songwriter who doesn't even give interviews has agreed to appear on a popular dating show?

Insider 1: The Gong family invested in it. He's just supporting their show.

Insider 2: Bull! He's there to chase his wife.

Netizens: Who's he chasing? Who? I'm ready to watch the drama tonight.

After the first episode aired, the audience fell silent. It was painfully obvious who he was after...

Ji Lu cooks, and he chops scallions.

Ji Lu drinks tea, and he plays piano.

The swimming pool is barely four feet deep. Ji Lu stands at the edge, while Gong Yu swims laps inside...

Fans: His public image is in ruins. Unfollowing, unfollowing!

In the end, even his singer mother had to step in and explain: "Sorry, the pig I raised is putting on a mating display. Please bear with him."

They were childhood friends who once appeared together on a variety show for parents and children.

Now grown up, Ji Lu and Gong Yu are appearing on a popular dating show together. Their fan community, "A Deer with Feathers," which had been quiet for ten years, instantly erupts.

Netizens: The couple I've shipped finally grew up! Wait there, I'm going to bring the Civil Affairs Bureau over!

During the first week of filming, the crew asks the male contestants to write a letter to each woman, who will then choose whom to go on a date with the next day.

That night, the other two female contestants search the mailboxes and can't find a third letter.

Meanwhile, Ji Lu stares at the five letters in her hands, lost in thought...

The first is signed by Male Contestant Number One.

The second is from Male Contestant Number One.

The third says: I'm Gong Yu. I'm Number One.

A pair of dimples slowly appears at the corners of the girl's mouth.

*The moon does not know of its own tranquility and brightness, nor does it even know that it is the moon., Jorge Luis Borges, "The Unknowable"

Gong Yu: I fell in love at first sight with a girl before I even knew what love at first sight was.

Ji Lu: In my world of ice and snow, you are the brightest warmth.

Coming soon: modern romance novel "Cornered Prey." Please add it to your collection!

Blurb:

Cen Sang was born into an artistic family and was the only child, cherished by the whole family.

A video of her playing music on the street was uploaded online.

Her graceful, elegant presence was praised across the internet as that of a "guzheng goddess."

No one noticed that in every one of her videos, a "stray dog" was curled up in an inconspicuous corner.

Lin Jin first met Cen Sang in a dark alley in Paris.

She wore a hanfu and carried a guzheng on her back, with little bells trimmed with fur dangling from the ends of her hair.

He was covered in blood and fleeing in a wretched state. When he saw her, he thought he'd reached heaven.

Lin Jin disliked her a little.

The second time was in a bar lit up by neon lights.

Cen Sang wore a little crown, surrounded by people singing happy birthday to her.

He was being pinned down in an inconspicuous corner, licking someone's shoes to stay alive. When he looked up, he saw her watching him.

This time, Lin Jin hated her.

The last time, Cen Sang graduated and returned to China. He stood her up, hiding around a corner as he watched her board the plane alone.

After the Lin family took him back in, he thought he could finally stand tall before Cen Sang.

He never expected that she was engaged to his eldest brother.

Lin Jin sneered. At last, the lurking wolf could no longer hold back his fangs.

Cen Sang thought she was completely blameless.

She had even saved Lin Jin's life, yet for some reason he still treated her like a thorn in his side.

On the morning of her scheduled wedding, Cen Sang woke up to find a man leaning against the headboard beside her, smoking.

When he saw she was awake, Lin Jin put out his cigarette and turned to her with a roguish, devil-may-care smile.

He looked even more brazen and arrogant than usual as he said, "Morning, sister-in-law."

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If she could transmigrate, Cen Sang would go back and tell her eighteen-year-old self: Never pursue a cornered prey!!!

But as that thought crossed her mind, Lin Jin's burning palm was pressed against the small of her back, holding her soft body tightly against his.

Beyond the door, people were talking and laughing, but his kisses left her unable to speak. She could only let him do as he pleased.

Theme: Love and dreams.