Then Let's Break Off the Engagement

Jiang Yihuai was refined and gracious, gentle and considerate.

The only thing Ning Wenying couldn't stand was how attentive he was to his frail childhood sweetheart.

He laughed at her for being petty and told her to be more understanding.

After all, his childhood sweetheart was in poor health and needed someone to look after her.

Couldn't Ning Wenying be a little more sensible?

On the day of their engagement ceremony, Jiang Yihuai once again abandoned her and ran off for his childhood sweetheart.

"Xuanxuan's sick. She can't do without me..." Those words suddenly brought Ning Wenying to her senses.

So the childhood sweetheart really could beat the unexpected newcomer.

So even gentleness and tenderness could hurt someone.

A relationship that forced her to choose between two people was not what she wanted.

In that case, she would call off the engagement!

Jiang Yishi saw Ning Wenying again at her engagement ceremony.

The girl who had once crouched beside him and offered him a bandage had come back.

Dressed in a glittering gown, she smiled and said, "Then let's call off the engagement."

Jiang Yishi knew that this time, he would hold on to her.

The day after the engagement was called off, Jiang Yihuai, dark circles under his eyes after looking after his childhood sweetheart all night, sent Ning Wenying a message:

Wenying, I miss you so much...

Before he could send a second message, her reply arrived:

Exes should leave each other alone!

Jiang Yihuai thought Ning Wenying was just throwing a tantrum and that a little coaxing would fix everything.

He waited outside the Ning home with a bouquet in his hands and a diamond ring clutched tightly in his fist.

Beneath the parasol tree, the girl who shone like the stars and moon

rose onto her tiptoes and gently kissed the man's lips,

while his usually aloof and dignified eldest brother blushed to the tips of his ears...

Content warnings:

* SC;

* The heroine had a brief relationship with her ex;

* The male lead is the heroine's ex's older brother;

* The heroine and male lead had no romantic entanglement while she was dating her ex;

* The ex goes through a groveling redemption arc.

Coming Soon 1:

"After Posting a Listing on the Secondhand Seafood Market"

Heroine's POV:

With the end of the year approaching, everything was going wrong, and Han Xiao was suddenly called in for a talk by her boss.

During her first week after being laid off, Han Xiao consoled herself: It's fine, it's fine, think of it as a vacation.

During her second week, every resume she sent out sank without a trace.

During her third week, the landlord came to collect rent.

After paying the landlord three months' rent, Han Xiao looked at the three-digit balance in her account and quietly posted a listing on the Secondhand Seafood Market:

Kitten sterilization. Acting required. Bargain price, 30 yuan per session.

That night, a buyer messaged her.

[How's your acting?]

Han Xiao replied at once: [I'm a total professional!]

Male Lead's POV:

People say the world is broken, but cats can patch it up,* and Zhou Yang scoffed at the idea.

His little Mao Mao was always giving him attitude, arching her back, puffing up, hissing, and flicking her tail whenever she was displeased.

Hua Juan's love life had been put off again and again. Once she started dating, Zhou Yang told himself, "I can't put this off any longer."

Faced with being abused by Hua Juan or washing his hands of the matter, Zhou Yang chose to find a "cat-napping villain" on the Secondhand Seafood Market.

Outside the pet hospital, Zhou Yang raised his eyes and looked Han Xiao up and down, his tone teasing. "Old classmate, not bad acting."

Han Xiao rolled her eyes and curved her lips into a smile. "Old classmate, leave me a good review."

Coming Soon 2:

"Thoughts of You at Sunset"

Blurb:

When Cen Yuanyi pushed her wheelchair into the house, Sang Yu narrowed her eyes.

The west-facing room was stuffy, glaring, cramped, and shabby.

An air conditioner in some apartment upstairs was dripping. Drip, drip. The drops hit the balcony's pull-up bar, grating on her nerves.

"I absolutely refuse to live in a place like this." Sang Yu looked up and stared stubbornly at Cen Yuanyi.

Cen Yuanyi's expression was cool. He bent down to pick up the thin blanket that had slipped to the floor, brushed off the dust, and covered her legs again.

"Don't worry. If you want to leave, I won't force you to stay."

"When we first met, I was lying in a hospital bed, looking out the window. The sun was setting, twilight falling. I was helpless and desperate. Then he came, his expression stern, and said only, 'Come with me.'"

"From autumn to spring, from strangers to understanding each other without a word, I didn't walk that long road alone."

Coming Soon 3:

"Today's Not a Good Day for a Blind Date [Second Chance Romance]"

Blurb:

In a private dining room, Mom kept reminiscing with her old classmate, Aunt Xu.

Zhen Lu had been dragged along against her will and grumbled to herself: If they wanted to reminisce, why bring her?

She couldn't get a word in while the two older women chatted, so she could only sit there awkwardly,

answering perfunctorily whenever they occasionally asked her something.

"Does Xiao Zhen have a boyfriend?" Aunt Xu asked, seemingly offhand.

"Not yet." Her mother shot Zhen Lu a glance, her tone tinged with exasperation. "Young people these days are so stubborn."

Aunt Xu replied meaningfully, "Our Xiao Ce is just the same. You can't do a thing with him."

Zhen Lu lowered her head without a word, uneasily lifting her teacup to take a sip.

The door to the private room opened, and a waiter ushered a man inside.

"Sorry, something held me up." The man wore a dark gray shirt, with a black jacket draped casually over his arm. He looked a little more dashing than before.

After all these years, Zhen Lu never expected to cross paths with Jiang Chengshen again.

Aunt Xu introduced her, saying that the girl seated beside Aunt Lu was her daughter, Zhen Lu, and that she worked in Qiantan, so they might run into each other often.

Jiang Chengshen was his usual obnoxious self. He held out his hand to her. "Jiang Chengshen. I hope we'll get along."

Theme: Believe in yourself. Life often takes a turn for the better.