I Miss You Now

// [Male Lead Has Been Plotting This for Ages] [Age-Gap Romance] [Sweet Everyday Moments] [A Wife Should Be Spoiled from Childhood to Adulthood!] The next book is [How Could I Not Fall for Him?]. Please add it to your favorites!

Shang Luo, the young lady of the Shang family, is the only girl among her generation of grandchildren. She has been showered with love since she was little.

One day, the elders decide to arrange a marriage for her.

Shang Luo isn't happy about it. She follows Su Tinglan around, her little face drawn with worry.

Su Tinglan stops. His tall, refined frame bends slightly toward her, and his usually gentle eyes brim with possessiveness. "If you don't want to marry him, how about marrying me?"

Shang Luo never imagined Su Tinglan would say something like that. Her eyes widen in shock.

When his mature, restrained masculine presence, along with his deep, melodious voice, brushes softly across her rosy cheeks,

Shang Luo doesn't reject him right away. She even thinks it might work.

Later, Shang Luo deeply regrets it. Just as she has no idea how to face Su Tinglan, they run into each other again.

Su Tinglan sits on a sofa in the corner, the red wine in his hand reflecting a faint glow under the dim lights.

Shang Luo's nerves tighten and her scalp prickles. She pretends not to see him, but his voice rings out softly through the darkness. "Avoiding me?"

Shang Luo answers guiltily, "N-no."

Under Su Tinglan's plainly disbelieving gaze, Shang Luo presses her lips together, summons her courage, and says very quietly, "I was caught up in the moment. Please don't take it seriously."

At that, Su Tinglan says nothing from his seat on the sofa. His long legs are crossed, and his gaze on her is deep and unreadable.

The cigarette between his long, slender fingers flickers in the damp rain-filled night. After a long pause, he says in a hoarse voice, "Luoluo, who told you that you can toy with a man's feelings and then walk away without taking responsibility?"

"..." Shang Luo.

Reading guide:

1. Foxlike male lead vs. beloved beauty

2. Both their first love and only love; seven-and-a-half-year age gap; a wife should be spoiled from childhood to adulthood!

3. The heroine has no romance during high school. She focuses on her studies and works hard every day.

4. The heroine is an adult when the male lead falls for her.

5. The series novel, Married Life and Hot Romance, is complete and available on my author page.

6. Blurb written on September 30, 2022.

7. This blurb is provisional. I'll revise it when I think of better details.

8. Weibo: @Jinjiang Xizi Yixiao

Next book: How Could I Not Fall for Him?

Blurb:

[Currently drafting, launching in mid-May] Song Nanxing and Jiang Sheng are the golden couple of Jiangcheng, and they grew up together.

Just as they're about to get married, Song Nanxing discovers that Jiang Sheng has been hiding his dream girl in his room.

They go their separate ways.

*

One rainy night.

A girl in a flimsy dress crouches on the steps, her slender arms wrapped around herself. Her pale little face is flushed, and she looks utterly pitiful.

Song Nanxing looks up as a tall, broad-shouldered figure approaches at an unhurried pace. He holds an umbrella, and a few spots of rain and snow cling to his expensive, immaculate suit.

He holds out his hand. "Would you like to be with me?"

Her tear-filled, helpless eyes look up at the man. After a long moment, she places her hand in his warm, gentle palm.

Min Sicheng encloses her soft, cold little hand in his palm. His thin lips part. "Xingxing, once I've made up my mind about someone, there's no going back. Are you sure?"

Tears glimmer in Song Nanxing's eyes, but her answer is firm. "Mm."

A trace of gentle amusement ripples through Min Sicheng's cool gaze.

*

Min Sicheng, a major figure in the investment world, keeps to himself and is said to be indifferent to worldly pleasures, especially women.

Recently, an insider revealed that he plans to get married, and that his intended is none other than the eldest daughter of the Song family, who was once engaged to Jiang Second Young Master.

Everyone scoffs at the baseless rumor.

Then Min Sicheng, who rarely appears in public, shows up at a concert. The girl in his arms, whom he gently coaxes in a quiet voice, is that very young lady from the Song family.

From then on, the reserved and low-profile Mr. Min acquires a new, very public talent: coaxing his wife.

At the bachelor party, a friend teases Min Sicheng. "By the reckoning, you're practically Jiang Sheng's elder. Isn't it a bit shameless to steal his girl so openly?"

Min Sicheng casually tosses down a card and scoffs. "Steal her? She was mine to begin with."

*

Song Nanxing once thought her marriage to Min Sicheng was just a transaction. Once it was over, their relationship would end too.

Just as she prepares to leave,

Min Sicheng tosses their marriage certificate onto the table and strides toward her, tall and commanding.

His deep, sexy voice murmurs in her ear. "Mrs. Min, we have a certificate. Don't think you can back out."

"..."

Coming soon: Lost in Your Tenderness. Please add it to your favorites!

Blurb:

Ming Jingyu, the eldest daughter of the Ming family, is dazzlingly beautiful. Her eyes seem capable of stealing anyone's soul, and her graceful figure is close to perfect.

Her temper, however, leaves much to be desired. She's notorious for being willful.

She even tries to steal her younger sister's fiance.

Ming Jingyu's father intends to marry her off to the Xie family in Linhai.

At a banquet, Ming Jingyu gets into an argument with someone. The other person wants to humiliate her and deliberately shoves her.

Instead, she falls into someone's arms.

It's April, and the owner of those arms wears a fine-quality trench coat.

The hand resting against her slender waist is cool. A faint medicinal scent clings to him as he speaks in a gentle voice. "Careful."

It feels like a ray of light shining into her heart.

He is Xie Qingmu, the head of the Xie family in Linhai.

And he is also the man she's supposed to marry.

*

The Xie family of Linhai is known as the "uncrowned king."

The head of the family, Xie Qingmu, is reserved and courteous. It seems nothing can stir his interest. He's practically a Buddhist monk, and rumors say he's a sickly man who gets winded after just a few steps.

He's marrying her for the sake of profit.

An elder of the Xie family was once a true member of the imperial clan, and the family still maintains the rules of the old era.

The usually domineering Miss Ming is in for a rough time after marrying into the family.

Everyone waits for a show.

Ming Jingyu thinks so too.

But Xie Qingmu treats her gently and patiently.

No one in the Xie family gives her a hard time.

Ming Jingyu figures that a top-tier family like the Xies will at least maintain appearances.

On their wedding night, Ming Jingyu makes her position clear. "Mr. Xie, um, since you're not in good health, we should sleep in separate rooms."

Xie Qingmu drapes his suit jacket over the sofa. Elegantly, he unbuttons his shirt cuffs and slowly walks toward her, as if stepping through beams of light to reach her.

He covers his fist with his hand, a faint smile curling his lips.

Then he whispers in her ear, calling her by her nickname in a tender, teasing voice. "Yaoyao, who told you married couples are supposed to sleep in separate rooms on their wedding night?"

A faint trace of alcohol clings to him, intoxicating and irresistible.

*

After the wedding, Ming Jingyu keeps wondering:

How can someone as cool and aloof as Xie Qingmu have such a great body?

And how can he be so good at picking on her?

He's nothing like the man everyone sees in public!

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