Falling in Love Again

[In progress... I promise I'll finish it! Otherwise, the couple I ship will be doomed to a bad ending forever!]

Synopsis

Yu Mian lost her memory in a car accident, and woke up to some bad news.

Her family had gone bankrupt.

Her father's enormous company had disappeared just like that.

Yu Mian pointed at the Yu Chen Group on her iPad. "But it's still here, isn't it?"

Her agent glanced at it, struggling for words. "It belongs to your spouse now, though I guess it still counts as part of your family."

Who?

Whose spouse?

Yu Mian swallowed and asked cautiously, "Who's my spouse?"

The moment she asked, she saw a man standing in the doorway of her hospital room.

He wore a suit and glasses. Perhaps he'd rushed over, because He Chaoyu was straightening his glasses as he looked directly at her.

The air seemed to grow thick for a second or two.

Yu Mian quietly pulled the blanket over her head. Now she knew. It was He Chaoyu, her ex-boyfriend, whom she'd pursued relentlessly for so long.

Even worse, she realized she still liked the twenty-four-year-old He Chaoyu a lot.

*

Back at No. 1 High School, He Chaoyu had been famous for being untouchable.

He had excellent grades, striking looks, and a poor family. He was like a moon hanging in the sky, lovely to look at but impossible to reach.

As soon as he transferred to No. 1 High School, the school's little tyrant, Yu Mian, set her sights on him. She pursued him relentlessly for ages, and after the college entrance exams, she finally won him over. But only a few months later, they had a dramatic breakup.

Who could have predicted how things would turn out? The poor high school boy rose to success and became a new mogul in the business world, while Yu Mian's family teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. Only an arranged marriage with He Chaoyu bought them a brief reprieve.

*

During an interview after her comeback, Yu Mian pointedly gestured at the interview sheet, though her mind was elsewhere.

"It says here they're asking why we got married. Should I say it was an arranged marriage?"

"No need."

"Hm?"

"We're very much in love."

*

Yu Mian always thought of He Chaoyu as a moon she could admire but never reach. Little did she know she was the last rose in his life.

"In my barren land, you are the last rose." - Pablo Neruda.

An unconventional marriage-before-love story / rekindled love / reunion after years apart / mutual pining

1. This story has a lot of tropes, as listed above. If that's not your thing, please don't read.

2. The heroine's family went bankrupt through no fault of the hero.

3. There are no real-life inspirations. Please don't read this as if there are. The author isn't a celebrity follower, but does love a bit of gossip. There will only be a little entertainment-industry content. Please go easy on any mistakes in wording. Thank you!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy.

Contemporary romance coming soon: [Do You Behave?]

One rainy night, sixteen-year-old Xu Chengsui arrived at the Jiang family's home.

Her shoes were soaked, and a small puddle of dirty water collected beneath their soles as she stepped onto the expensive wool carpet.

Xu Chengsui was completely out of place in that elegant house.

She was the most wretched of swans.

The first time she met Jiang Jue, Xu Chengsui stood at the door, drenched from head to toe.

He glanced her way. Jiang Jue's features were sharp and clean, like a sword drawn from its sheath. Xu Chengsui met his eyes, then looked away.

Next, Jiang Jue, who was about to head out and play ball, abruptly draped a jacket over her.

The scent of orange soda filled her nose.

*

After the Jiang family adopted her, Xu Chengsui was careful and meek. The only time she showed her claws and let her spoiled side show was in front of Jiang Ling.

When Jiang Ling yawned and was about to fall asleep, she'd quietly slap the desk, startling him awake.

Then Jiang Jue would lift his eyelids, revealing a pair of beautiful, sharp eyes.

He snapped, "Xu Chengsui, if you don't behave, I'll kick you out!"

Jiang Jue said that, but he never once left her locked outside. Every rainy night, he would wait by the door with an umbrella and quietly bring her inside.

*

Xu Chengsui was the one who left first.

After graduating at eighteen, she secretly deceived Jiang Jue, filled out her college application, and went to study in a city no one knew about. She also paid back the Jiang family's money.

Years later, they met again. Jiang Jue had become Xu Chengsui's direct superior, and after a meeting, he tapped the table and told her to stay behind.

The air in the conference room had grown so thick it could barely move.

Xu Chengsui's heart raced. She watched the handsome man before her soften his usually sharp features.

In the end, all he could say was, helplessly:

"Xu Chengsui, you never do what you're told." He'd said it countless times before, and now he said it again.

A cool guy who says one thing and means another x a sweet girl who's not what she seems

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