Delusional Relationship

After her parents die in an accident, Yun Xiang goes to stay with the Gu family.

When they first meet, Gu Zhiwang's features are sharp, his hair tousled, and raindrops trail down the bridge of his straight nose, falling right in front of her.

The first thing he says is utterly nasty.

"I hear you turned down several poor relatives and carefully picked our family?"

Living under someone else's roof is hard enough, and he keeps picking on her at every turn. Yun Xiang goes from fed up to unable to take it anymore.

At last, she and Gu Zhiwang can't stand the sight of each other.

One day, by accident, their lips bump together.

Yun Xiang sees with her own eyes that when he walks away, his steps are unsteady and the tips of his ears are even redder than hers.

Yun Xiang wipes her mouth hard, expressionless. She'll just pretend a dog slobbered on her!

Later, someone gazes at her with dark circles from days of insomnia, his tone strange.

"What do you think we are to each other now?"

His usual sarcastic remarks, sending away her dog, making her lose her first kiss... All their past grievances are still fresh in her mind.

Yun Xiang clenches her fist. "Enemies for life!"

"..."

Yun Xiang writes in her diary: "I hope that one day, the grumpy dog and I can make peace."

Because once, Gu Zhiwang made a bold declaration to his friends.

If he ever liked Yun Xiang, he'd be a dog!

Later, that same someone says "Woof!" in her ear every day.

Please add my next novel to your collection: The Nightingale and the Motionless Ship

Blurb:

That winter, with nowhere else to turn, Xi Ling crouches in front of a supermarket in a foreign country, picking up coins.

She looks up and finds herself staring into a haze. Snow rests on the stranger's shoulder, and icy blue eyes are set in a striking Slavic face. He looks like a young nobleman straight out of old Russian literature.

The man bends down and places a twenty-ruble coin in her palm. "Do you need help?"

Victor is handsome and rich, with a heart as pure as gold. He believes Xi Ling's sob story, full of holes though it is, and takes her back to his apartment overlooking the Don River.

Xi Ling clings to this lifeline, hoping only to get enough money to return home.

Who could have guessed that when school starts again, Xi Ling would hear that familiar, deep voice call her name? The new professor at the lectern is none other than her "landlord."

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Xi Ling lives in his house, sits in on his classes, and eventually even swindles him out of his family's heirloom ring.

They kiss by the Don. His breath is hot, but his voice is gentle. "Ling, my grandmother once told me that the ring is meant for my future wife."

Xi Ling's head spins. She gives him a bright smile. "I'll be your wife! You can spend as much money on me as you want!"

It isn't until the days before graduation, when he starts making wedding preparations, that Xi Ling realizes she's taken things too far.

She disappears in the middle of the night, ring in hand, and returns to her homeland.

A year later, Xi Ling is thriving. Amid the elegant guests at a cocktail party, someone grips her wrist, and a presence carrying the scent of fresh snow closes in around her.

Victor stands behind her, strikingly handsome, his gaze stubborn and wounded. He rubs the ring on her left ring finger and speaks in clear Chinese, each word slow and deliberate:

"I've finally found you, honey."

[Wife Wanted: Searching for my wife, missing for one year. Description: beautiful, carrying a family heirloom ring.]

Theme: Make dreams come true