The Last Page

[My next novel, Typhoon Night, is coming soon]

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Yu Sheng would never forget Chen Yanze, the spirited young man.

In high school, Chen Yanze was a celebrity at Yaxi High School. Handsome, daring, popular, and surrounded by friends, he had countless girls who liked him.

Yu Sheng was one of them, just an ordinary, unremarkable girl. As a teenager, she was mild-mannered and sensitive, and could only keep her feelings of admiration hidden in her heart.

The boldest thing she ever did was this:

On Halloween at lunchtime in her second year of high school, she snuck alone to the teaching building for the advanced classes, found Chen Yanze's classroom, and stuffed his desk full of candy.

Sadly, she forgot to leave her name, and he never found out who had given it to him.

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After a department dinner at Kesi Capital, a group of men walked out of a barbecue restaurant. Across the road, a giant screen displayed a poster for the newly released film starring a household-name actress.

These men, usually so stern, all felt their hearts flutter. The goddess was beautiful!

Someone noticed that President Chen, famously as unresponsive to romance as an iron tree that never blooms, was staring without even blinking. He joked, "President Chen, are you a fan too?"

Chen Yanze took a piece of candy from his pocket and tossed it into his mouth. "I'm not a fan. That's my wife."

Everyone stared for two seconds, then burst out laughing. But gradually, their laughter faded.

A girl stepped out from behind President Chen. She looked as if she'd just walked off the giant screen across the road.

She was breathtakingly beautiful.

Rebellious rule-breaker x good girl

Powerful figure in Beijing's elite circle x award-winning actress

"You are the one and only time I ever found the courage."

A crush come true | Reunion after years apart | Reunited after a breakup | Slow burn | Happy ending

The leads are both adults from the start

Upcoming: Typhoon Night

Blurb:

[Slice-of-life story + friends-with-benefits to lovers + sex first, love later + a freewheeling writing exercise]

(Female lead's perspective)

That summer after the college entrance exams was unbearably muggy, cicadas never stopped chirping, and the thick red clouds at dusk seemed ready to press down on the world.

Shi Xia got out of a taxi and headed straight for the tattoo shop at the far end of Shiyu Alley. When she was five meters away, the double doors swung open from within, and a tall figure walked out.

It was Qi Yubai, the model student who always topped the honor roll, the straight-A student who came first every time.

She paused, then smiled, her tone teasing. "A model student getting a tattoo?"

Qi Yubai glanced at her and walked away without changing expression.

When everything was done, Shi Xia stepped out of the tattoo shop.

The summer night swelled with heat, and a scorching breeze swept over her.

A melancholy-looking young man leaned against the wall, a cigarette between his fingers. Hearing her, he turned his head and said in a hoarse voice, "Weren't you curious where my tattoo is?"

Shi Xia walked over, her gaze bold and direct. "Where?"

Qi Yubai narrowed his eyes and tapped his lower abdomen with a fingertip. "Here. Come home with me and see for yourself. Do you dare?"

Shi Xia took the cigarette from the corner of his mouth, pressed her red lips to it, blew a smoke ring toward him, and grinned like a woman with no inhibitions. "Why wouldn't I?"

(Male lead's perspective)

Qi Yubai was every teacher's favorite, a genius in his classmates' eyes, and the undisputed school heartthrob to everyone who pursued him.

Everyone knew he was cold and desireless, with no interest whatsoever in romance between men and women.

But in reality, during the summer after his final year of high school,

he secretly got together with Shi Xia, willingly becoming her dog and letting her train him.

"In these feverish days of wine and indulgence, I'll kiss you until the winter snow turns warm."

Bad girl (black to white) x model student (white to black)

Theme: Walk toward the light