Kite Bird

[Reconciliation After the Divorce / Lots of Angsty Male-Lead Scenes]

1. Male Substitute, Angsty Male Lead Novel, I Still Think of Her, launching June 15

Lin Ting married Wen Qingci, and everyone envied her.

People who didn't know the truth envied her for becoming a wealthy family's wife overnight, with endless riches and splendor ahead of her. Friends in the know envied her childhood crush finally seeing the light of day.

Even Lin Ting herself thought so.

Wen Qingci was witty and humorous, gentle and considerate. He brought out the best in her and indulged her little temper tantrums, like a god sent from heaven to save her.

Until the night of their anniversary, when she discovered Wen Qingci's secret.

At a lavish club, he sat among his friends, the center of attention. One of them teased him, laughing, "When are you divorcing Lin Ting? You've been deceiving her for a whole year. You must be exhausted from pretending every day."

The man raised an eyebrow carelessly and chuckled. "Wouldn't it work better if I waited longer?" Everyone burst out laughing.

Lin Ting's back stiffened in an instant. It was as if she'd been plunged into an ice cellar.

So the encounter that had made her fall in love at first sight had been a carefully laid trap all along. In novels, a carefully orchestrated meeting with the male lead might let a secret crush see the light of day. In reality, love like that was rare.

The lie was absurd and terrifying, and she was a kite-bird caught in a trap.

2.

After asking for a divorce, Wen Qingci thought he'd feel happy, relieved, and free.

But when Lin Ting truly vanished from his life, Wen Qingci suddenly realized that he'd lost his heart long ago in the deception he'd orchestrated.

But it was too late.

No matter how humble he made himself or how desperately he tried to reconcile, Lin Ting wouldn't spare him even a glance.

Bonus Scene:

The rumor that Lin Ting had started a new relationship surfaced on a snowy winter night. Wen Qingci, covered in snow, appeared at her door, no longer proud and composed, but disheveled and broken.

Lin Ting smiled coolly and casually adjusted the man's coat draped over her shoulders, looking somewhat impatient. "We agreed in the settlement that we'd go our separate ways and have nothing to do with each other. You're really making things difficult for me." Before she could finish, a deep, magnetic male voice came from inside: "Tingting?"

Wen Qingci's face went deathly pale, and a glimmer of tears fell from the corner of his lowered eyes.

[Content Warnings]:

1. The male lead doesn't change, both leads are sexually inexperienced.

2. The heroine will date the second male lead.

3. There are lots of angsty male-lead scenes. The heroine's angst takes up less than a fraction of the novel.

4. The male lead has no ex-girlfriend, the reason is a spoiler. He's actually completely devoted to the heroine, the explanation is also a spoiler.

5. Tired of explaining the usual reconciliation-after-divorce progression, first the heroine suffers, then the hero. If you can't accept that, don't read it! Don't read it! Since it's been written, everything will be resolved. Don't judge the author or the novel based only on whether the heroine or hero suffers! Please!

6. No personal attacks!

Upcoming Novel: I Still Think of Her

Blurb:

In the dim light, Zhao Chengze looked down at her and suddenly asked,

"Do you still think of him?"

His features were reflected in her eyes.

Ling Jia was dazed for a moment. She closed her eyes, her voice as misty as fog. "I've forgotten him ages ago."

Zhao Chengze smiled and let her go. When he spoke again, his voice held resentment, with a hint of despair that was hard to detect.

"But I haven't even told you who I mean."

Zhao Chengze rarely looked in the mirror.

It reminded him that he and another man had the same face: the face of the man Ling Jia loved.

He hated his face, yet was grateful for it.

[Content Warnings]:

1. Extremely angsty male lead, reconciliation after the divorce, possibly coercive possession.

2. Male substitute. The male lead and second male lead are twins.

3. The author's indulgent, melodramatic passion project. If it's not your thing, don't attack it.

Upcoming Novel: A Small-Town Marriage [Marriage Before Love]

Blurb: Two strangers' story of Marriage Before Love

*

Xu Li and Cheng Ji married because of an arranged engagement.

Everyone thought Cheng Ji respected and cherished her. He was great at his job, handsome, and mild-tempered. By all appearances, Xu Li had gotten a great deal.

Fortunately, Xu Li was easy to get along with, too. Whenever he asked her opinion, she never had one and was happy to let Cheng Ji decide.

She was incredibly good-natured.

Only later did Cheng Ji learn that it wasn't that she had no temper. There was simply someone else who could make her feel free to be herself.

With him, she was distant and polite.

They might as well have been roommates sharing a bed.

A friend who'd also married for business advised him, "It's only an arranged marriage. Getting along on the surface is already good enough. Why care about truly falling for each other? We can each do our own thing. What's not to like?"

Unfortunately, Xu Li overheard him as she came back to pick something up.

His friend immediately felt guilty, but Xu Li didn't seem to care. "It's fine."

She really was "understanding."

*

After they'd lived apart for several days, Cheng Ji thought he could be just as indifferent.

But night after night, he tossed and turned.

Until "that person" came back.

Seeing the two of them standing side by side, Cheng Ji smiled while grinding his teeth. He couldn't keep pretending to be a gentleman.

Everyone said he was a paragon of grace and a perfect gentleman.

Only Cheng Ji knew the truth:

He wasn't a gentleman, and he had selfish desires he was ashamed of.

[Reading Guide]:

1. Xu, a world-weary pufferfish who longs for freedom, vs. Cheng, a mature, "understanding" boss.

2. True Marriage Before Love, bittersweet romance.

3. Important! The male lead suffers, followed by reconciliation after the divorce.

4. A realistic urban fairy tale about people who all have their own flaws.

Upcoming Novel: Stealing the Bride

Blurb:

The first time Shu Li saw Zhang Henian was at her engagement party with her boyfriend.

The man sat at the head of the table, casually fingering the Buddhist beads around his wrist.

Shu Li had only seen this powerful man in the news. Rumor had it that he was ruthless, but he didn't look like a bad person. So when she and her boyfriend went to toast the elders, she couldn't help stealing a glance at him.

She hadn't expected their eyes to meet.

Zhang Henian looked at her with a gaze that was dark and burning.

A terrifying thought suddenly struck Shu Li: perhaps he'd had his eye on her for a long time.

Later.

On a snowy day, terrified, she ran barefoot out of the villa, only to be surrounded by bodyguards who quickly caught up with her.

As footsteps approached, Zhang Henian strode unhurriedly across the snow, then bent down and draped his coat over her trembling shoulders. He gently wiped away the pitiful tears at the corners of her eyes and smiled with polished elegance. "I told you, the two of you won't be getting married."

"Poor little thing."

[Reading Guide]:

1. One-on-one romance.

2. The male lead steals the heroine from her lover, but commits no illegal acts.

3. Older man vs. young beauty, nine-year age gap.

4. Content warning: he steals the heroine from her lover! If you can't accept that, please don't read!

Upcoming Novel: Streetlights and Moonlight

Blurb: Marriage Before Love / Reconciliation After the Divorce / Everything was going fine, then his wife wanted to leave. Also known as My Wife Wants a Divorce Every Day

When Pei Zhiyan first met Sang Yao, he only wanted to share a life with her. They were both dealing with pressure from their families to get married.

Later, as Pei Zhiyan lay in bed with a sleeping Sang Yao in his arms, her sleeping face quiet and lovely, he suddenly found himself wanting more. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

But on their wedding anniversary, Sang Yao asked him for a divorce.

Bonus Scene:

A lawyer reality show had recently become popular online. One viewer lamented that marrying a lawyer was miserable, since divorce was practically like going bankrupt. Person after person shared their own examples, explaining things with great conviction.

Sang Yao watched closely. Thinking of her own situation, she decided she couldn't beat Pei Zhiyan, so she would try a gentler approach.

It happened to be during one of their awkward cold wars.

When Pei Zhiyan came home from work, she brought him his slippers. Fidgeting, she tugged at his clothes, looking as pitiful as a little puppy. Her eyes were on the golden retriever he kept. "If we get divorced, could you let me keep the dog?"

Pei Zhiyan, who'd been about to coax his wife with a gift, felt his temples throb. He said nothing.

Sang Yao didn't hear an answer. She hugged the big golden retriever, who kept rubbing against her without sparing Pei Zhiyan so much as a glance, and looked a little uneasy. Raising one finger, she asked cautiously, "Can I have the dog and nothing else?"

Pei Zhiyan was so furious he laughed.

At a gathering with friends that night,

one sharp-eyed friend spotted Pei Zhiyan searching on his phone: [How do I teach a dog not to seduce my wife? Would beating him up work?]

#MyWifeWantsADivorceEveryDayAndOnlyWantsMyDog#

#WhyDoesSheWantTheDogAndNotMe#

#OneBedTwoDreamsSheDreamsOfDivorceI DreamOfRomance#

#Dog:WhatDidIDoWrong#

Upcoming Novel: Thorns in the Snow

Blurb:

Zhuo Yuchen was a businessman who put profit above all else.

Wu Xue had known that since she was eighteen, but she still couldn't stop herself from falling for him.

The next time she saw Zhuo Yuchen, it was on the coldest snowy day in Beicheng. She'd been carefully dressed up and presented to a warm villa like a gift.

The man wore a black shirt and lounged lazily on the sofa, a delicate beauty nestled in his arms as she ate cherries.

He glanced at Wu Xue without much interest. "She's too young. I'm not interested."

But in the end, he kept Wu Xue.

In the days that followed, he indulged her completely. She became the person who stayed by his side the longest, and the one most special to him.

Wu Xue thought so, too.

Just when she was happily convinced that her secret love had finally been returned and that her life could stay this wonderful, Zhuo Yuchen personally handed her over to someone else.

In an instant, she plunged into an abyss, enduring gossip and ridicule from their social circle.

When she went to Zhuo Yuchen for an answer, he held a cigarette, tapping it lightly with his fingers. An unfamiliar woman sat on his lap as he cast her a careless glance. "What is it?"

And so, she finally gave up on him.

*

Then one day, Wu Xue suddenly vanished from their social circle. No one knew where she had gone. Everyone assumed she was too ashamed to show her face and had gone into hiding.

But Zhuo Yuchen, one of the most sought-after bachelors in their circle, went mad searching the entire city for her.

He found nothing.

Years later, they met again at the engagement party of a young heir from a prominent family.

Wu Xue stood beside the man, looking sweet and affectionate.

Zhuo Yuchen blocked her path. His breath trembled as he gritted his teeth. "I forbid you to be with him."

Wu Xue glanced up and laughed carelessly. "Sir, who are you? What makes you think you can meddle in my affairs?"

Much later, someone saw the esteemed Mr. Zhuo waiting all night outside a hotel room.

When Wu Xue woke up,

Zhuo Yuchen gripped her wrist tightly, his eyes shimmering with tears. In a hoarse voice, he asked each word slowly: "What if I were willing to accept his existence?"

[Reading Guide]:

1. The male lead becomes the other man for love.

2. Capitalist vs. true love.

3. The male lead doesn't change.

Upcoming Novel: Entangled in Love

Blurb:

1.

Feng Yue and Fu Jinshi were once the couple their friends most expected to last. Everyone thought they would stay together, get married, and have children.

But they eventually had a brutal breakup.

In the pouring rain, Feng Yue held an umbrella, a man's coat draped over her shoulders. Looking at Fu Jinshi's reddened eyes, she curled her lip and sneered. "The money in your pocket isn't even worth as much as one of his jackets. Fu Jinshi, what can you offer me that would let you marry me?"

She went abroad to study, while he remained in the rainy night.

Four years after she dumped Fu Jinshi, the once-poor boy had transformed into a hot new name in their circle, courted by everyone.

They met again during a business deal.

The man sat at the center of attention, dressed in a perfectly tailored suit, aloof and untouchable.

One of their mutual friends from back then was among the business partners. When he saw Feng Yue, he couldn't help sneering. "You used to say you wanted to marry into a rich family. How did you end up like this?"

Feng Yue held her glass and said nothing.

She couldn't help looking over at the man. His dark eyes were cold and indifferent, as if she were a stranger.

During the negotiations that followed, he was sharp-tongued, shooting down every point she made until she couldn't respond.

A male colleague who didn't know the truth patted her shoulder to comfort her.

Feng Yue nodded to show that she understood.

From the window behind them, it looked as though the two were embracing.

That night, she returned home exhausted.

The motion-activated lights came on one by one as she walked, and she saw Fu Jinshi standing outside her door.

Feng Yue thought he'd come to settle the score, but when she approached, her eyes unexpectedly met his, slightly reddened. He stared at her without blinking and gripped her wrist tightly. "What about now?"

"Am I good enough to marry you now?"

2.

Feng Yue and Fu Jinshi got married.

She always thought Fu Jinshi had married her to get revenge for the way she'd dumped him.

Until one night, during a cold war between them, she was quietly packing when she happened to discover a dusty box.

Inside was a thick stack of plane tickets.

Feng Yue glanced at them distractedly, then suddenly froze.

They were Fu Jinshi's tickets for flights between Nancheng and overseas over the past four years.

[Reading Guide]:

1. Reconciliation after a breakup, reunited after a long separation.

2. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced.

"She Really Hates Me"

Blurb:

In all of Nancheng, the person Xu Fan hated most was Ying Zhixu. From the first time she met him, she instinctively disliked him.

He was cold and proud, always acting superior. He was ruthless and showed no empathy. He didn't hesitate to reject Xu Fan's request, despite their past acquaintance.

As a result, Xu Fan and her first love, her senior at school, were forced apart.

In an interview with a financial newspaper, Ying Zhixu once said that what he hated most was pampered rich girls.

Xu Fan had been spoiled by her family, making her exactly the kind of girl he hated most.

Later, she was forced into an arranged marriage with Ying Zhixu.

On their first night as newlyweds, he didn't come home. The rumor was that he'd gone abroad to comfort the woman he loved.

Everyone said the marriage wouldn't last.

Xu Fan was relieved.

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While Ying Zhixu was away from the villa, Xu Fan was as happy as could be, having completely forgotten about the marriage.

At a party hosted by a friend, a new male model came over to pour Xu Fan a drink and entertained her with his witty remarks.

When Ying Zhixu appeared, Xu Fan was laughing so hard she was in tears and nearly fell against the man's shoulder.

Their eyes met through the dim light. The man's dark eyes were cold as winter fog. He stood in the half-lit shadows, staring silently at her, making her feel uneasy.

Her friend, eager to stir things up, said, "Oh, look, your husband's here."

Xu Fan's smile vanished at once. She lost interest and looked away, lowering her voice to correct him. "We're getting divorced sooner or later."

Maybe she imagined it, but she felt someone's gaze on her.

On the drive home that night, the two of them sat in silence the whole way.

The faint smell of alcohol and perfume wasn't unpleasant, but Xu Fan still frowned instinctively. "Stay away from me."

Ying Zhixu paused, then ignored her resistance and said calmly, "Come home for dinner this week."

-

The day her senior returned from abroad, Xu Fan proposed an addendum to their agreement: they'd divorce when the term was up.

That night, Ying Zhixu held the pen she'd forced into his hand. His thin lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something. His Adam's apple bobbed. After a long pause, he lowered his eyes to avoid her gaze. "I'm not signing."

Much later.

"Do you really hate me that much?"

His dark, tranquil eyes gazed at her without blinking, as clear as a spring.

Everyone thought Ying Zhixu didn't like Xu Fan either. But in the third year of their marriage, when Xu Fan asked for a divorce, Ying Zhixu seemed to go mad, dressing in the same style as her senior.

He laughed softly, with a touch of obsession in his eyes. "Do I look like him?"

[Reading Guide]:

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, one-on-one romance. A humble, long-suffering CEO vs. a rich young woman in love with someone else.

2. The male lead's secret love comes true, with coercive possession. The heroine falls in love after marriage.

3. Male-lead fans, stay away!!! The heroine eventually falls for him, but there is no reconciliation-after-the-divorce arc where she has to chase him.

4. You can tell from the blurb this isn't some light, fluffy romance.

5. This is an indulgent passion project. If it's not your thing, don't read it. No mindless hate.

"Notes on a Lost Crane"

Blurb:

1.

While sorting through her husband's belongings after his death, Shu Wu found a diary.

In it, her gentle, taciturn husband had recorded a ten-year secret love, carefully noting the food and hobbies favored by "her." His words were tender.

Shu Wu and her husband had married through matchmaking, and they had no feelings for each other. Out of respect for the dead, she decided to mail the diary to the woman he had loved.

But as she kept reading, she suddenly froze.

That page had a screenshot from Weibo attached to it. The question was: "What happened to the person you liked when you were young?"

Below it, Yin He's bold, unmistakable handwriting read:

I got what I wanted. I became her husband.

2.

The year after Yin He died, Shu Wu was unexpectedly reborn in her teenage years.

Filled with guilt and anxiety, she transferred to Yin He's high school, hoping to change the fate that led to his death.

She never expected to witness a "terrible" scene on her first day of school.

Unless she'd mistaken him, her outstanding student of a husband, so gentle and taciturn, had become a vicious young man, slamming a classmate into the corner of an internet cafe and demanding to know where the other boy's wallet was.

Perhaps sensing her gaze, young Yin He turned around and fixed his wolfish eyes on her. After staring at each other for two seconds, he wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand and narrowed his eyes menacingly. "Like what you see?"

Shu Wu: "..."

She couldn't help wondering:

Had something gone wrong somewhere?

[Reading Guide]:

1. The male lead is not a school bully, despite what the blurb might suggest. This will be explained later.

2. Bad ending.

3. The male lead secretly loves the heroine.

4. To be added.

Theme: Deception and lies are the fatal poison of love