Go Ahead, Keep Acting Up

The novel is complete. Check out my upcoming historical romance, Actually, It's Just a Sweet Slice-of-Life Story. [1] Just after graduating from university, Xu Zhinan is dumped by her first love and hit with a family crisis. To resist an arranged marriage, she angrily tracks down Lin Jianian, a poor guy who's had a crush on her for years but never dared to confess, and demands to know if he dares to marry her. Lin Jianian says he does, and they get married. Over the next six years, she accompanies Lin Jianian as they move from a ten-square-meter rental to a three-hundred-square-meter mansion. She thinks their lives will stay simple and ordinary forever, but fate plays a huge joke on her: Lin Jianian wants to divorce her, and even offers to leave with nothing. He cheated! He definitely cheated! Thinking of the two lines that had appeared on her pregnancy test that morning, Xu Zhinan feels hurt and furious. "Fine, let's get divorced!" [2] Lin Jianian thinks the bravest thing he ever did was answer "I dare" back then. After they married, he wished he could split himself in two, throwing everything he had into building a business and making money, all so he could give Xu Zhinan the best life possible. On their wedding anniversary, he goes to the cafe Xu Zhinan loves, intending to buy her a gift. Instead, he sees her sitting in the cafe, chatting happily with her boyfriend from school. She hasn't smiled so freely in a long time... Lin Jianian suddenly feels that he's wasted so many of her years. So he takes the initiative and asks for a divorce, giving her back her freedom. He regrets it as soon as the divorce is finalized, because Xu Zhinan won't even see him anymore. That is, until they run into each other at the supermarket-- Lin Jianian's voice trembles. "W-wife, let's get remarried." Xu Zhinan, with her five-month baby bump, gives him a concise one-word answer: "Get lost." #You scumbag, keep pushing your luck. Go ahead and push it to the limit. I'll give you what you want!# #Tsundere heiress x dramatic scumbag# #Heroine who doesn't realize she's in love x insecure hero with a secret crush# Note: A melodramatic, sweet little story | Married first, fall in love later + a baby on the run | 1v1, both virgins, happy ending * Check out my upcoming historical romance, Actually, It's Just a Sweet Slice-of-Life Story: Yun Me was once the top assassin of the Qilin Sect. The one thing she should never have done was fall for Qi Lian, the sect's new leader. Qi Lian has cool brows and delicate features, and wears white like snow. Everyone calls him a refined young gentleman, yet he has the coldest and cruelest heart in the world. To seize power, he deliberately seduces Yun Me and uses her to eliminate the previous sect leader. Then he casts her aside like a worn-out shoe and marries someone else, even though he has developed some genuine feelings for her. Qi Lian orders someone to pierce Yun Me's collarbones with iron shackles and cripple her martial arts, but he can't bear to let her die. He locks her in a dungeon and visits her every day. Fortunately, Yun Me is rescued by a close friend and eventually escapes that hell. To evade the Qilin Sect's pursuit, Yun Me changes her name and flees to a remote village, where she marries a man who sells funerary objects. His name is Shen Fengmian. He's elegant, refined, and handsome. His pale, slender hands, with their distinct knuckles, have a scholarly air, yet he is exceptionally skilled at making paper figurines. He's well known among the funerary-goods shops for miles around. Yun Me settles down and lives with Shen Fengmian in mutual support and respect. Their life is poor, but happy. Who could have known that Qi Lian still wouldn't let her go? One afternoon, Yun Me carries her daughter to the funerary-goods shop to bring Shen Fengmian lunch. As soon as she steps inside, the assassins Qi Lian sent arrive one after another, and one of them drives a blade straight toward Shen Fengmian's heart. Yun Me reacts quickly and shoves Shen Fengmian out of the way, but she falls and injures herself, while also frightening her daughter into tears. The usually gentle and refined Shen Fengmian seems to become a different person in an instant. His face darkens, his eyes turn blood-red, and murderous intent surges from him. He looks like a demon from the depths of hell. The assassins mock him for his helpless rage and overconfidence, but before their laughter can die away, a flash of dark light appears. A line of blood forms around each of their necks, and the next moment, blood sprays three feet into the air. Shen Fengmian presses his bloodstained folding fan to the neck of the only survivor. Cold and ruthless, he says each word distinctly: "Go back and tell Qi Lian: if he dares to come again, the Prince of Jing'an will wipe out the Qilin Sect." Yun Me stares at her husband in shock. A saying that has circulated through the martial world for years flashes through her mind: The Qilin Sect is full of little demons, and above it stands a demon who keeps them in check. The only demon in the entire world capable of keeping the Qilin Sect in check is a prince of a different surname who wields a blackwood fan. B-but her scholar husband doesn't look like someone who knows martial arts at all! Shen Fengmian instantly puts on his harmless scholar's face again. "I'm not particularly talented. My martial arts rank near the bottom of my family, so I had no choice but to come out and make paper figurines." Yun Me: "Like I'd believe that!" Shen Fengmian: "..." #All right, my dear wife, I won't pretend anymore. I'll come clean: I just like making paper figurines.# #But anyone who bullies my wife gets turned into a paper figurine.# #An idle young prince who offers a full-service package.# #Yun Me: All I can say is, he was born to make paper figurines.# [Former assassin who has retired from the underworld x playboy young prince who plays dumb to catch his prey] [1v1, both virgins, married first and fall in love later, with a cute little baby showing up later. The synopsis looks complicated, but it's really just a warm, sweet slice-of-life story.] [An alternate-history setting with lots of original worldbuilding!] Message: Open communication is essential.