A Summer Daydream

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[Coming soon: A Love Too Hot to Escape]

All along, Xia Qi had been secretly in love with Zhou Riyao. But Zhou Riyao was born to shine, the center of everyone's attention. All she could do was follow him quietly, aching as she watched one female companion after another come and go.

Later, Zhou Riyao fell from grace after making a mistake. Everyone lamented his downfall, but Xia Qi seemed bewitched and threw herself at him.

She offered herself up like a moth to a flame, for no reason other than to watch him return to the heights of glory.

A man like him deserved to always be surrounded by friends.

But Zhou Riyao was cold and detached, or perhaps Xia Qi had become greedy. She wanted his heart, but he couldn't give it to her.

When she woke from her dream, Xia Qi blocked him on every platform, eyes red, and left the country without hesitation.

When they met again, everything had changed. Zhou Riyao had returned to the top, standing tall at center stage, once more as untouchable as he had been before. Xia Qi, too, had someone new by her side.

After a few rounds of drinks, Zhou Riyao cornered Xia Qi at the door. Humble and downcast, he looked at her cautiously with sorrowful dark eyes. "Did none of the feelings you had for me count anymore?"

"They don't."

Later, the cherry blossoms bloomed at Jiming Temple. Incense smoke curled through the temple. The Bodhisattvas lowered their eyes, and the Vajras glared in fury. Zhou Riyao, who had never believed in gods or Buddhas, knelt and bowed with every step, praying only that she would look back.

*

For seven long years, Xia Qi's love for Zhou Riyao was like an endless Mobius strip.

Ten years later, Zhou Riyao used a Mobius strip as a ring to propose to Xia Qi.

Her unrequited love had reached its end, but love itself had no end.

*"A Mobius strip: loving you is an infinite loop" - source unknown

*Tech tycoon x young artist

*A little groveling after the breakup; blurb from the heroine's perspective; both leads are each other's first

*After the breakup, the heroine dates other people, while the hero remains frozen in place

[Coming soon]

In her twenties, Sang Jinning had never thought of herself as a good person. Born into a wealthy family, she liked pretty clothes, designer bags, and a life where she never had to lift a finger. She was shallow, selfish, and vain.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have dumped Jiang Qingmin, who had nothing to his name, just because he was poor.

According to the novels, she was probably the kind of cannon-fodder supporting character who helped the male lead grow. One day, he would achieve success and be surrounded by beautiful women, while she would be disgraced and regret everything.

And that's exactly what happened. After Sang Jinning returned from studying abroad, her family went bankrupt. To pay off their debts, the young heiress had no choice but to enter show business. After nearly six months of hard work, she had barely made a ripple.

She was so obscure she might as well have vanished from the face of the earth.

By then, her ex-boyfriend had already become a top-tier star, famous across the country.

With no other choice, Sang Jinning shamelessly manufactured a couple image with him to cash in on his popularity.

Matching couple necklaces, an accidental like on Weibo, similar hotel backgrounds: rumors spread like wildfire.

But Jiang Qingmin showed her no mercy and quickly denied everything: "We don't know each other. We aren't close. I'm not interested."

Then he sent her a cold private message: "Stay away from me."

Sang Jinning had gotten a taste of the attention and wouldn't let up. She kept milking the same old story, and the whole internet mocked her as a clingy pest.

At least her reputation was ruined, but she'd made money.

A few months later, just as she'd earned enough and planned to quit, the two of them were exposed as former lovers. The topic of Sang Jinning and Jiang Qingmin's love too hot to escape swept the internet and stayed on the trending list for three days and three nights.

Sang Jinning hurried to post a clarification on Weibo in the middle of the night: "This time, it really wasn't me."

Jiang Qingmin: "I know. It was me."

The next day, paparazzi photographed them downstairs. Sang Jinning wrapped her arms around Jiang Qingmin's waist, looking downcast and speaking with a wounded edge to her voice. "How many more times are you going to dump me?"

#So this is what you meant by not knowing each other, not being close, and not being interested?#

#He dumped you twice and you're still throwing yourself at him?#

#Just a couple's little game#

Theme: Love is multiplication