Heart Bewitched

The companion story, Paper Kite, is currently serializing: a reunion after a long separation and rekindled love, a dangerously obsessive lawyer vs. a down-on-her-luck heiress, with the reunion right at the beginning.

Synopsis:

Secretly in love, scheming and devoted lawyer vs. completely unaware, tough on the outside but timid within author

At 26, Shen Qingli has a car and a house, a decent income, and lives a carefree, independent life. But even she can't escape her mother's creative ways of pressuring her to marry.

On the day of her Nth forced blind date, she shows up half an hour late in loose loungewear and with no makeup.

She plops down in her seat, then looks up and unexpectedly sees a perfect specimen of a man across from her: refined features, a figure like a jade tree.

Shen Qingli regrets it instantly.

The man remains composed and asks in a mild voice, "What type do you like, Ms. Shen?"

Trying to save face, Shen Qingli remembers a bit of news gossip she happened to hear the night before and blurts out, "He can't be any worse than my ex-boyfriend."

The man asks, "Pardon my asking, but what type is your ex-boyfriend, Ms. Shen?"

Shen Qingli: "Song Nanchen."

Song Nanchen is a famous top lawyer in Kuncheng, handsome and rich, and the dream man of countless young women.

The man's gaze darkens. "Then how did he become your ex?"

Shen Qingli waves a hand arrogantly. "Too clingy. I couldn't stand it."

Not long afterward...

In a dimly lit private room, the man drops his aloof disguise and takes control, pinning her to the sofa.

He asks in a low, husky voice, "Am I better, or is Song Nanchen?"

Shen Qingli is already half-melted. Without a second thought, she answers firmly, "Of course you're better. Song Nanchen is nothing."

In the heat of the moment, the private-room door is suddenly pushed open.

Several grown men barge in, shouting, "Song Nanchen! You skipped the company dinner and hid away. So you were sneaking around in here..."

The rest of the sentence dies in their throats.

Shen Qingli looks up in confusion: Song Nanchen??? Song Nanchen!!!

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Song Nanchen is blessed with good looks and exceptional ability, and is regarded as a model in the legal profession. Few people know that his childhood was miserable and that he had no one to rely on.

Through those bullied childhood years, only Shen Qingli followed him around, pounding her chest as she promised, "From now on, I'll protect you."

After fifteen years apart and fifteen years of searching, they meet again, but she no longer recognizes him.

In silence, he stays by her side, just as she once protected him.

Reader's guide:

1. Mutual healing, the hero has been secretly in love for years.

2. Scheming, devoted lawyer vs. author who's tough on the outside but timid within

3. Each other's first love, one-on-one romance, happy ending

4. The hero was short, chubby, and poor as a child, but made a remarkable comeback as an adult

[Paper Kite] Synopsis:

One day, the internal line at Junyu Law Firm calls Wen Hong's office for the nth time. "Attorney Wen, there's a Miss Qiao downstairs looking for you."

Wen Hong is the owner of Junyu Law Firm and one of the top lawyers in the industry.

Without even raising his eyes, Wen Hong asks impatiently, "Do I look like I have time to spare?"

"But she refuses to leave."

Difficult clients were nothing new, and Wen Hong had seen it all. "Tell her to..." He stops just before saying no when, through the glass, he catches a glimpse of a thin figure in the lobby on the first floor.

"Understood. I'll make her leave right away." The assistant gets the hint, though inwardly he can only sigh for the pretty young woman.

"Wait," Wen Hong calls out before the line disconnects. "Tell her to come up."

The assistant is astonished. Has the sun risen in the west?

Qiao Yunzheng waits unsuccessfully to see Wen Hong, the best lawyer in the field she's looking for, and sighs helplessly. She digs her fingernail into his name on the business card, dismissing it as a coincidence. "Anyone with that name is clearly a bad person!"

Just as she turns to leave, someone calls out to her. "Attorney Wen is waiting for you in his office."

She carefully pushes the door open. Before she can react, someone grabs her wrist hard, then bites her sharply on the neck.

A familiar voice booms beside her ear like thunder. "Does it hurt, Qiao Yunzheng? You owe me this."

The voice says, "If you want me to help you, keep me company." He looks into her alarmed eyes and draws out the words. "For one hundred days."

Qiao Yunzheng suddenly remembers meeting Wen Hong in a little tavern a few years earlier, during the height of summer.

A man utterly unlike her, wild and flamboyant.

He said, "Good girl, want to be friends?"

At the time, Qiao Yunzheng was rebellious to the core and forced herself to stay calm. "Sure! But I'm only living here for three months."

"After three months, find someone else to hang out with."

Reader's guide:

1. Pretends to be a playboy but is truly devoted vs. pretends to be obedient but is truly rebellious, both have had no previous sexual partners, happy ending

2. Reunited after breaking up, then marriage before love

Upcoming book Know Summer: bickering couple | arrogant CEO vs. fiery assistant. See my author page, and please add it to your collection~

Completed modern romance The Moon Knows My Heart: mischievous fake-sweet girl x says no but means yes. See my author page.

Theme: Kindness is the strongest armor