Missing You

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~Main story complete~

Outwardly bold and teasing, inwardly even bolder x sweet-looking with a rebellious streak inside

1

The first time I saw Wang Haoze was during evening study in my first year of high school.

The new students were curious about this older student, surrounding him like he was the star of the show. With a face like his, he could get away with murder. Why not go to an art school?

He was a brash, carefree teenager, his long legs stretched into the aisle as he leaned lazily against the back of his chair. Pointing a slender finger at his head, he said, "That's shallow. Isn't making a living with brains more interesting than selling your looks? Besides, I've already been accepted early. I don't need to take the exam, thanks."

At the time, Bian Paopao was sitting in front of him, bent over her history notes. Hearing his reply and all the praise heaped on him, she couldn't help rolling her eyes discreetly.

2

Later, in college, Bian Paopao lost an "almost-love." She had spent so long chasing the light she thought she saw that she overlooked the real thing.

The two kept running into each other, sometimes seemingly by chance, but Bian Paopao never took it to heart. At last, beneath a dazzling starry sky, Wang Haoze's voice was as clear and beguiling as the night itself, yet as nonchalant as ever: "Your taste is truly terrible. Let me fix it for you."

3

Then came graduation. By a twist of fate, Bian Paopao reunited with Wang Haoze, who had pursued her four years earlier, only for her to stand him up on the day he confessed. Now they were coworkers.

Neither of them paid the other any attention. They were as mechanical as robots at a government service hall. Bian Paopao diligently did her job, while Wang Haoze looked at her with even less warmth than he gave his code.

He was still dazzling, surrounded by admirers. Bian Paopao thought of herself as a shooting star, briefly streaking across the sky, unremarkable and dark. Naturally, no one would care about her or remember her. It was better to be strangers.

Her dutiful routine came to an end one morning.

Sharp-Eyed Coworker 1: Have you noticed the boss has been in such a good mood lately?

Oblivious Coworker 1: What makes you say that?

Sharp-Eyed Coworker 2: I noticed too! He smiles so flirtatiously!

Sharp-Eyed Coworker 3, in a whisper: And there's more! I came back to get something last night and saw the boss pinning a beauty against the wall in the conference room...

The beauty herself, Bian Paopao, blushed as she stirred her coffee awkwardly, then fled the break room.

Oblivious Coworker 2 grabbed her. "Paopao, don't run! Have you noticed?"

|On every day and night you're away, whenever I look up at the sky, I'm thinking of you.|

[Reading Guide]

- One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first, happy ending.

- That "almost-love" was a misunderstanding. It never really existed.

- They reunite after a long separation. They never officially got together before graduation, so this isn't a rekindled romance.

- The story opens with their reunion.

Blurb written on August 26, 2022, screenshot archived.

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Just as Miao Xu was discussing marriage, her fiance cheated on her.

He was her high school crush, and had never lacked admirers.

Miao Xu may be easygoing, but she couldn't just pretend not to notice the whole forest of green hats on her head.

She promptly went to the wedding company to cancel the contract and mailed the gifts back to her fiance's home.

She cut ties cleanly, leaving the cheating pair to each other.

She thought that was the end of it. Better to leave some room for a cordial meeting in the future.

That future came soon enough.

A month later, Miao Xu was passing a marriage registration office when she saw the scumbag and the other woman walking out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, having just gotten married.

She knew the other woman: a junior student she'd mentored for years.

Miao Xu's inner volcano erupted.

By chance, she spotted a black Mercedes parked by the roadside. Wasn't that the guy she'd met once before?

Whoever he was, Miao Xu threw caution to the wind and walked over to take his arm.

When the scumbag and the other woman came up beside them, she made her voice even more coquettish than the other woman's. "Darling, you came to pick me up!"

Lu Kai frowned, his tone distant. "Are you crazy?"

Miao Xu didn't even blush. She pinched him and drew out her words. "What are you saying? Weren't you the one who told me to get pregnant?"

Reading Guide:

A sweet romance with no angst.

CEO x little lamb

Blurb written on March 2, 2023, screenshot archived.

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