A Secret Crush Comes of Age

A mutual-pining doctor romance, featuring a devoted and determined female neurosurgeon, a cold and aloof male neurosurgeon, and a gentle, thoughtful general surgeon from a medical family as the second male lead

Take a good look. This woman is called A Yao. Back in her innocent, naive girlhood, she fell in love with a man called A Pei, in a hospital full of life, death, and the smell of disinfectant.

A Yao must have been blind to fall in love with A Pei. Her brain must have been broken to choose the same specialty as him, and from then on begin the grueling work of "moving bricks."

People say it takes little effort for a woman to win a man over, but for A Yao, the distance was a Sahara Desert stretching beyond sight.

She thought the man she fell for at first sight was just passing through, but in the end, she was the one who passed through his life. That single glance that had felt like a lifetime when she was young left her with nothing but heartbreak for the rest of her life.

A Yao spent her entire youth pursuing him, yet never got so much as a response. She thought, perhaps they were simply not meant to be in this lifetime. If she couldn't win him over, then forget it. There were plenty of other men out there. Why stay fixated on him?

Just as she thought she could start her life over after A Pei left, fate had other plans. Six years later, that heartless bastard flew back from America and became her direct superior...

When they met again after all those years, he was still the same man: someone who seemed to have loved her, yet had never once truly looked her way.

She sighed, "Senior, do we really have to live like this?"

[Reading Guide]

1. This story offers a realistic, professional look at the daily life of neurosurgeons.

2. The blurb is written from the female lead's perspective and focuses on her thoughts. Since the second male lead appears later, and the female lead has a crush on the male lead at first, he isn't mentioned here. This also leaves a little suspense.

3. Happy ending. Secret crush, woman pursues man, and a reunion after years apart. The female lead pursues the male lead, Jiang Pei, at first. Later, the second male lead, Xu Yang, wins her over. The male lead faces a painful reckoning and is utterly destroyed. The female lead and second male lead are each other's first and only partners. The male lead is a jerk, while the second male lead is warm and caring. If that's not your thing, don't read.

New book coming soon, one

"Falling Stars Between Feathers"

Blurb: A fake delinquent, real tycoon, straight-laced young heir who pretends to be gay for love x a strong, patient homebody streamer who doesn't fall head over heels

Lang Xingyan has never had the slightest hope for love. Her gambling-addicted biological father abandoned his wife and daughter. Just as she was at the age to make something of herself, she lost her job after being framed at work. And as if that weren't enough, her mother, the only family she had, was diagnosed with cancer. Her mother's one wish was for her to marry, but marriage was what she hated most in the world. To fulfill her mother's final wish, she decided to stage a marriage with a man who wasn't interested in women.

On the day of the blind date, the man radiated an arrogant, unrestrained air. Beside him was another man with a "graceful" figure. After introducing himself, he introduced his boyfriend too, saying he'd only come because his family was pressuring him to get married. As it happened, the two of them had been classmates in middle school. He understood her predicament, and she understood his dilemma, so they hit it off and became roommates in a marriage of convenience.

At first, Ji Shiyu was distant but polite with her. He was a gaming streamer, and she was a stress-relief blogger. Although they shared a cramped studio apartment and pooled their resources to get by, they minded their own business, and life was manageable. Then one day, a generous top donor suddenly appeared in Lang Xingyan's livestream. He often messaged her privately, and before long, Lang Xingyan realized that this top donor bore a striking resemblance to her live-in roommate.

[Excerpt]

Lang Xingyan stared at the ID that had topped her donor leaderboard for years, then shot a sidelong glance at the man beside her, who was covering a bowl of instant noodles with his tablet. She asked tentatively, "Hey! You're the top donor?"

Ji Shiyu's fingers paused. "Y-you only figured it out now?"

She'd thought that once he dropped the act, he'd be mortified. Instead, the guy suddenly pulled her into his arms. The carefree look he'd worn for so long fell away from his eyes, leaving nothing but burning tenderness.

"Y-you're not gay?"

"Have you ever met a gay man this handsome and rich? Fool, if I hadn't pretended to be gay, how could I have gotten close to you, married you, and made my way into your heart?"

New book coming soon, two: "The Princess Renews Her Life Through the Divorce System"

Blurb:

A frail body, a goofy soul, and a system-bound office drone of a princess x a cold-faced, pure-hearted childhood friend and secretly lovestruck general, a legendary warrior

(Pursuing-her-husband reckoning + system chaos, ancient legendary warrior vs. modern-day goofball)

1. Li Wushuang, a young nurse who died suddenly after working all night, transmigrates into the body of Pei Jinqing, a little princess doted on by the old emperor.

Yes! That's right! She's the princess who stood second only to the emperor, above everyone else, and nearly drove the crown prince to his death, becoming the crown princess herself: The Outcast!

The bad news is that the princess was born frail and sickly, and before the age of twenty, she had already visited the King of Hell three times.

Just as Li Wushuang was worrying over how to turn things around and save herself, a line of text appeared above her head.

[Ding! Host has been automatically bound to the Divorce System. Initial life points: 2. Complete one divorce mission to gain 1 life point. Earn 10 points to be reborn.]

Li Wushuang: What kind of lousy System is this? She'd never even held a man's hand, and now she had to marry and divorce eight times?

To keep his precious daughter alive, the old emperor spent every day looking for potential husbands for her.

First husband: The handsome son of the prime minister. A gentleman in public, but a creep behind closed doors. On their wedding night, he actually drugged the princess with an aphrodisiac!

Li Wushuang: Get lost, you sleazy creep! Divorce!

[Ding! Host has completed the first divorce mission. Life points +1. Newbie reward: "Creep-Detecting Eyes" skill.]

Second husband: The newly crowned top scholar. The old emperor thought, A poor family has produced a distinguished son. Surely I won't make the wrong choice this time.

With her new skill, Li Wushuang could see at a glance that the newly crowned top scholar was a gold digger.

Before the wedding: "Your Highness, I'll do whatever you ask. I'd gladly give my life for you."

First year of marriage: "I have a younger brother who runs a pork business back in our hometown. We are, after all, relatives of the imperial family now. Could Your Highness give him a respectable government post?"

Second year of marriage: "I have a younger sister. Our family was poor, so years ago we sold her to the village bully, a wealthy landlord. His second, third, fourth, and fifth wives are forcing my sister to her death. She's your sister-in-law, after all. Could Your Highness pay to free her?"

Third year of marriage: "I have a..."

Li Wushuang kicked him away. "Am I supposed to do things for you, or are you supposed to do things for me? Did I owe your whole family something in my past life? Get lost, all of you! Divorce!"

[Ding! Host has completed another divorce mission. Life points +1. Reward: Contraception skill. Enjoy your married life to the fullest.]

Third husband: Xie San, a son of a distinguished military family and a childhood friend who has secretly loved Pei Jinqing for years.

Li Wushuang: This husband is much more to my liking. No, he's absolutely perfect! I love him! That tall frame, those broad pecs, those defined muscles: he's my dream man! I want to spend the rest of my life with him!

At that moment, the System above her head emitted a shrill alarm...

[Beep beep beep! Divorce mission overdue. All Host skills will be revoked, and life points reduced by 1! Complete the mission immediately, or you will be unable to be reborn in the real world!]

Li Wushuang burst into tears. "What kind of lousy System is this? Do I really have to divorce him this time?"

2. Xie Heng, the third son of the family, was born into a distinguished military household. He became a close aide to the emperor at a young age, and was known for his stern, steady nature and formidable reputation. One day, the emperor decreed that he marry the precious princess, who had already divorced two husbands.

Xie Heng had been childhood friends with her, and had long been in love with her. He happily accepted the decree. Even when others called him a fool for taking what others had discarded, his devotion to the princess never wavered.

The red candles burned high and the bridal curtains fell low. The princess, who had always deliberately kept her distance, actually reached out to undo his jade belt. After the wedding, they were loving and sweet together, especially in bed, where they were remarkably compatible!

Xie Heng: Could it be that she's so practiced because she's been married before?

A year into their marriage, the princess suddenly fell gravely ill, her life hanging by a thread. A voice from the heavens rang out: [Host, take note! Your mission is severely overdue! Divorce immediately, or your rebirth will fail and you will be condemned to be reborn as an animal!]

Hearing this, the princess jolted upright from her deathbed and flung the divorce papers in his face.

"Your Highness and I are deeply in love. Why do you want a divorce?"

"Are you divorcing me or not?"

"I won't!"

"Fine! Then I'll divorce you!"

After being cast aside, Xie Heng was heartbroken. Less than a month after their divorce, the emperor ordered him to lead troops to guard the frontier.

As he rode out of the pass, the princess galloped up with her glitching System and blocked the way. Her hairpin had come loose, and the System screen before her eyes flickered like static.

[Critical bug! Host's life points are unstable... static... Emotional module overloaded! Host life points not detected... static...]

She shouted at the rigid, black-armored figure on horseback, "Xie San! Don't go! I like you!!"

Xie Heng: Hm? Who? Who do you like? And who's Xie San?

[Reading Guide]

1. The male and female leads are each other's first and only partners. This is a sweet romance. The female lead has no sexual relationship with any husband other than the male lead.

2. The modern female lead is initially attracted to the male lead purely on a physical level. They marry first and fall in love later, with their feelings gradually deepening.

3. The male lead had a secret crush on the original princess, but she didn't return his feelings. He eventually learns the female lead transmigrated into her body, and falls in love with the modern woman.

4. Later, the female lead discovers a bug in the System. She doesn't actually have to marry and divorce eight times to be reborn.

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