Let Me Paint Spring

★ [Finished! My new novel, Summer Breeze, is currently updating~ Check it out if you're interested!]

A vindictive young heiress × a cunning, celibate master of traditional Chinese painting

Everyone says Shen Zhiyan is a gifted young man and a treasure of the traditional Chinese painting world. Only Bai Yusheng has no idea how to cherish a treasure. Like a spoiled heir who can't recognize jade, she spends every day teasing him for fun.

The reason is simple: Shen Zhiyan is exceptionally handsome.

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Shen Zhiyan often wears a long gown, but he knows he's no proper scholar. Only when he faces a traditional Chinese painting can he find a little peace.

But lately, even that trick hasn't worked, all because of Bai Yusheng.

Bai Yusheng: "Stop pretending. In private, he smokes and drinks like a champ."

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They say Shen Zhiyan's painting skills are exquisite, and with just one brush, he can conjure magnificent mountains and rivers anywhere.

Bai Yusheng tugged at her skirt. "Well, that part's true..."

A warm breeze brushed past, and on the calf beneath her skirt, a magnificent landscape painted in Shen Zhiyan's distinctive style was faintly visible.

Bai Yusheng: "I wanted you to be the subject of my graduation thesis..."

Shen Zhiyan: "You want me to be your boyfriend?"

Bai Yusheng choked. "But I didn't ask you to paint your thesis case study on my body!"

Shen Zhiyan: "What's the difference where I paint it?"

Bai Yusheng: "Honestly, that won't wash off no matter what I do."

Shen Zhiyan leaned close to the hollow of her neck and placed a tender kiss there. "Good. Saves me from having to paint it again."

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"Shen Zhiyan, I don't want to spend my whole life following behind you.

Even in the generations to come, I will be the only one worthy of standing shoulder to shoulder with you."

Tips:

◆ The male lead really is not a cat in disguise!!!

◆ He's restrained and celibate in public, but a wild flirt in private. The heroine is vindictive, not a perfect character. If that's not your thing, don't force yourself to read~

◆ 1v1, happy ending

◆ Includes lots of fictional details. No real-life models, so please don't read too much into it.

◆ All professional knowledge about traditional Chinese painting is based on documentaries and written sources. Please feel free to point out any errors~

◆ The current anti-piracy rate is 70% over 48 hours. This rate is calculated from the end of the inverted V sale up to now, which means readers who have already read it don't need to buy the inverted V chapters again. The rate will gradually increase according to this standard. Thank you for supporting the official version!

[Blurb written 2022.10.21]

★ Coming soon: Kiss of the Gale. Visit my profile to add it to your collection~

A jaded, roguish rich kid, a down-and-out second-generation heir reduced to working at his own little inn to pay the electricity bill × an optimistic, openhearted travel blogger, a little ray of sunshine.

A one-sided redemption story set in a remote border town.

The last rainstorm of summer came rushing in, and Lin Zhaozhao missed the final bus out of Yuncheng.

"Please, just let me stay one night. Anywhere is fine."

"Anywhere? There's only one room left, and it's mine. You staying or not?" Liang Jingci leaned lazily against the glass counter, looking the pitiful girl clinging to his reception desk up and down, amusement plain in his eyes.

Lin Zhaozhao glanced out the window at the sky as if it had sprung a leak. At last, she gritted her teeth and forced out a single word.

"Fine."

She never expected the rainstorm to rage for three days and three nights.

Lin Zhaozhao truly hadn't expected her nearly nonexistent follower count to surge the instant Liang Jingci accidentally appeared on camera.

"How about you stop working and just come with me? That face of yours is so useful!" She happily hugged her phone, watching her earnings climb, and laughed with delight.

"Brilliant. First time someone's treated me like a cash cow and wanted me at the same time." Liang Jingci pinned her in a corner of the sofa and kissed her without another word.

The girl didn't seem particularly capable, yet she always stubbornly stood in front of Liang Jingci, picking up the last scraps of dignity he'd long since stopped caring about. Then she'd gently brush the humiliating dust from his shoulder and tell him, "Don't be stupid, Liang Jingci."

"Zhaozhao, those three days of torrential rain were a gift from heaven to me."

"The sunset returns to the mountains and sea; fireworks rise toward the stars."

[Blurb written 2022.11.14]

Theme: I only want to stand beside you