If You’re Looking for Romance, I’m Extra Sweet

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★ Please add my upcoming novels Cicadas Forbidden and Scenic Views Above the Clouds to your collection~

◆ [Blurb]

Cen Xuan is a well-known online comic artist. Her work is famous for its superb plots and moving depictions of family and friendship, but her romance storylines are a complete mess.

Her devoted fans have a blunt take: "Even my cat and dog have more chemistry than the male and female leads."

Cen Xuan, stuck in a creative rut: "..."

After much soul-searching, she decides to date someone to find inspiration.

By chance, she finds the perfect subject.

--She'll go with the man who just moved into the apartment across the hall.

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Whenever Pei Xingzhi comes up, people think of the cool, aloof, proper, self-disciplined Dr. Pei.

He is handsome and exceptionally capable, a born star who has restored the sight of countless patients. He is always calm, composed, and dependable, inspiring both respect and awe.

But he is so reserved and indifferent that, despite having countless admirers, he has never accepted anyone's affection.

Then he meets Cen Xuan.

He turns down her confession twice, yet can't stop himself from realizing that he has already fallen for her.

Like a gale sweeping through sturdy grass, his love surges forth. At last, he lays his heart bare, utterly undone by her gaze.

That day, Pei Xingzhi restrains himself again and again, takes her hand, and presses a light kiss to its back.

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Many days into their relationship, Pei Xingzhi accidentally overhears a phone conversation between Cen Xuan and a friend:

"Like Pei Xingzhi? I'm just using him for research. Seem sincere? I'm acting. The plot needs it."

As soon as she finishes speaking, a pair of hands settles on Cen Xuan's waist and pulls her close. He showers the back of her neck with kisses.

His unhurried composure leaves her frozen in place.

After the call ends, he pins her to the sofa and kisses her until she can barely breathe.

Just as she thinks he's about to punish her properly, he rests his forehead against hers and murmurs, "...You can only look at me. You can only love me. Don't leave me."

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"I have saved many people's eyes, preserving their sight, yet I still wandered alone through the fog."

"--Until I met you. You lifted the clouds and let the sun shine through, helping me understand once more what it means to live."

☆ P.S. One-on-one pairing, both leads are sexually inexperienced, five-year age gap. The characters' values do not necessarily reflect the author's.

☆ I'm trying for a lighthearted style, with the plot serving the romance. And the heroine does have feelings for him, just not completely~

[Third version of the blurb archived on 22/12/23]

----Upcoming novel: Scenic Views Above the Clouds

[Steady, capable top actor x ambitious beauty with an incredible screen presence]

[Career success, secret love comes true]

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Li Guanjing is a beauty with an incredible screen presence, famous in the entertainment industry. With her exquisite looks and graceful figure, she unexpectedly became a sensation after playing a minor supporting role as a character's beloved in a drama.

In the drama, she hears the lead call her "my junior sister" and turns around. Her glancing eyes are full of life, a faint smile on her lips. The gauzy fabric around her fair wrist billows in the wind, half-concealing her incomparable beauty, while her eyes seem to glimmer with tears. One glance is enough to leave people spellbound and speechless.

Her beauty has earned her countless admirers, and she has played countless beloved characters, each breathtakingly beautiful.

Unfortunately, beauty is all she has. Her acting is mediocre.

Entertainment tabloids are always making things up. Their most outrageous claim read:

"Top actor Fu Yunshu's scathing review: 'Her range is narrow. She won't get far unless she reinvents herself.'"

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Fu Yunshu has bright eyes and elegant brows, and carries himself with the quiet dignity of a mountain lake. He has always kept a low profile. A three-time Golden Award-winning actor and a pop music megastar, he once topped the list of "the man in entertainment everyone wants to sleep with."

By chance, he ends up co-starring with the "beautiful vase" Li Guanjing.

He thinks he's simply helping a junior colleague as a senior, with not a trace of romantic interest. Under his guidance, she gradually breaks through her creative rut and shatters her limitations, growing ever more dazzling.

The dust is carefully wiped from a precious jade, and from then on, it shines brilliantly without his help.

As filming wraps, Fu Yunshu realizes he has fallen for her.

That day, Li Guanjing lifts her wineglass, tears bright and glistening in the corners of her eyes.

At last, she comes before him and looks up. "Senior, do you think I can make it far now?"

A tear slowly rolls down her cheek, and from then on, the fire in his heart can never be quelled.

At three in the morning, sharp-eyed fans notice that the actor, who rarely posts on Weibo, has put up a glowing review!

Fu Yunshu V: Li Guanjing is an actress I have high hopes for. I never said her range was narrow.

The post immediately shoots up the trending charts. Fans of the Yunshang Guanjing ship celebrate on their fan page, their numbers multiplying like wild grass.

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During an interview, Fu Yunshu wears glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, a long chain dangling from them. His gaze is deep and tender, while the delicate, intricate leaf-shaped ornament at the bottom accentuates his handsome jawline, making the usually low-key Fu Yunshu look even more distinguished.

The comments are surprised and excited. A staff member takes the opportunity to say, "Your look today is quite different from usual, rather... bold."

Fu Yunshu smiles warmly and replies, "My sweetheart put them on me herself."

The audience: Wait, sweetheart?!

Fu Yunshu says, "I'll tell everyone once I have her permission."

That night, Fu Yunshu gazes at the sleeping face beside him, gently takes her ring-bearing hand and kisses it, then takes a photo and adds the caption:

"To me, she is medicine, a mandarin orange, the rib I was missing, the courage that lets me face life, my destiny."

"I truly love her. She can be whoever she wants. And she truly loves me, so she always forgives my many shortcomings and accepts that I'm not perfect."

----Upcoming novel: Cicadas Forbidden

/1/

Yan Sijin has been in love with the same boy for far too many years.

He's a born star, always at the top of the competition and exam rankings. His gaze is perpetually languid and casual, yet he fits into any crowd with ease and shines brighter than anyone.

But no one knows that she and he share a secret hideout.

One day after school, with cicadas buzzing noisily, a sudden downpour catches her halfway home.

She rushes to the abandoned railway tracks she considers their secret hideout, only to find the boy waiting with an umbrella. His fingers are long and distinct, his eyes languid, and he carries an austere scent with a lingering sweetness.

He tilts the umbrella toward her, shielding her from the rain.

Their breaths mingle, and their hearts pound.

After that, they often share their secrets in silence, separated by a corrugated iron wall.

Yan Sijin has always known he doesn't belong here.

Sure enough, he later gets recommended into a top university and never returns to this place.

Meanwhile, she hears that he has become even more dazzling, winning countless admirers and praise.

/2/

Years later, they reunite at a gathering for distinguished alumni.

The instant he looks her way, she averts her eyes.

He walks up to her, his voice mild and refined, with an air of nobility. "Miss Yan, it's a pleasure to meet you."

When someone nearby asks, he says, "We met by chance. Miss Yan still owes me a promise."

No one knows that over thousands of days and nights, he has remembered, imagined, and reconstructed the promise she never got to keep.

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One day, Zhu Yu returns to the old place and discovers a huge pile of letters addressed to him in a pavilion beside the abandoned railway tracks. They are all signed--

Yan Sijin.

He suddenly remembers joining the literature club back then and earnestly asking for advice on how to write a love letter in the form of an argumentative essay.

As usual, the audience below keeps cheering and making a racket.

It turns out she was also in the literature club, quietly watching him from below, never knowing that the fabled argumentative-essay love letter had always been written for her.

/3/

"I don't know how far apart an ordinary person and a genius are, and I don't think the humanities and sciences are complete opposites.

I only know that I, an utterly ordinary humanities student, through unwavering effort, finally made it to your side, you who are hailed as a science genius.

At last, the distance between us is no longer 1,700 kilometers."

--From Yan Sijin's letter

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"Waiting for my secret love to see the light of day."

Theme: Be honest in love. Don't deceive someone about your feelings.