Little Tail

[The novel is complete! Feel free to read if you like it! My next novel is Greedy Longing!]

When Shen Xingfu was sixteen, she fell from the clouds. Her parents died in an accident. Her relatives thought she was a burden, yet wanted custody of her because of her parents' estate.

That was the year she met her salvation.

The young man stood tall and composed, looking down at her with a cool expression. "I'm here to take you home."

From then on, she lived with the Fu family. That same year, a secret took root in her heart: she fell in love with the man she called "big brother."

She became his little shadow, always following him around.

On the day she came of age, she took a pink love letter, ready to confess her feelings to him.

But the man furrowed his brows and looked at her with a solemn expression. "I'm sorry, Xiaofu. I've only ever thought of you as a little sister."

She left in dejection and packed her things to move out of the Fu family home. That love letter never saw the light of day.

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When they met again, he was the well-known Lawyer Fu, while she was a top-tier actress at the height of her fame.

They happened to run into each other at a party. Just as Shen Xingfu was about to walk past him, Fu Tingli caught her by the wrist.

His languid gaze settled on her face. "After all this time, have you forgotten how to address me?"

"Xiaofu, will you give me a chance to pursue you?"

She answered calmly, "Lawyer Fu, you said back then that you only thought of me as a little sister."

Fu Tingli merely curled his lips into a carefree smile and shamelessly replied, "Did I say that? I don't remember."

"Are you a dog?"

"Then I'll be Xiaofu's dog, and Xiaofu's alone. How about that?"

-

On a talk show, the host asked each guest to call the first person on their contacts list and say a set phrase.

She made the call as instructed, and heard a man's deep voice on the other end: "Xiaofu, I'll be waiting for you to come home."

The name on the screen was crystal clear: Fu Tingli.

Netizens: "Isn't that Fu Tingli, the young lawyer from the Fu Group who's been all over the internet lately?!"

Everyone speculated that Shen Xingfu had hooked up with the young heir of the Fu family. For a while, the internet was abuzz with headlines like, "Top Actress Suspected of Falling from Grace, Her Powerful Backer Turns Out to Be..."

Fu Tingli V: [I'm the one pursuing her.]

Everyone knows me as cold and unfeeling, yet I treat you differently.

Sweet romance, six-year age gap, the heroine is only staying at the hero's home temporarily, and he only starts pursuing her later on.

Please add my upcoming novel, Greedy Longing, to your reading list!

Rumor has it that Su Cian, the beautiful and aloof owner of the Pear Garden, is as lovely as a heavenly maiden, with a melodious voice and an exquisite Kunqu performance.

But the people who came to listen were only looking for a bit of amusement, and never returned after hearing a show.

Business at the Pear Garden kept getting worse, so Su Cian invited some businessmen who enjoyed Kunqu to invest.

But she never expected to meet him again: Si Yao.

They had fallen in love as students, but parted ways after an accident.

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Years later, she was seeking investment because her theater was struggling to make ends meet, while he had become the head of the top-tier Si family.

No one would ever connect them. Everyone thought they belonged to two different worlds, unaware that they had been entangled with each other many years ago.

They met again on a rainy day, sharing an umbrella.

As they parted, the man gazed down at her with cool eyes. "Nanxun gets a lot of rain. Be careful not to catch a chill."

Later, at a party, he caught her by the wrist just as they were passing each other.

With an indifferent expression, she gave him a polite smile. "Mr. Si, please let go."

Si Yao smiled and drew her into his arms, his voice calm and lightly amused. "An'an, marry me. I'll take care of all your problems."

Su Cian knew he had an ulterior motive for proposing, but she agreed for the sake of the theater.

After their wedding, when people learned that Su Cian was the one who had dumped Si Yao all those years ago, they wondered how miserable he would make her life.

But unexpectedly, Si Yao was the one who became passive in their marriage.

*

Everyone knows that Si Yao, head of the Si family, is cool and aloof, with refined tastes and a particular love of Kunqu.

No one ever expected a man like him to bend for anyone.

In an interview, a reporter asked Si Yao how he came to love Kunqu.

He smiled faintly, then said, "I love Kunqu because of someone. Also, Kunqu is a national treasure. I hope more people will take the time to learn about it."

Everyone says I am aloof and indifferent, but I bend only for you.

Kunqu Opera inheritor x head of a wealthy family

Premise: Live a life that isn't defined by others, and be your own light.