Pearl Candy

My new novel, After-Marriage Haze, is now live! Welcome!

Rekindled Romance / Marriage of Convenience / Intense Push and Pull

Blurb:

Back in college, Teng Jiayu was the aloof top student every girl swooned over. Yet he stayed by the side of the spoiled heiress Yu Shuwan, indulging her like a princess.

The year they graduated, she thought he would propose. Instead, outside a classroom, she heard him tell someone, "I'll break up with her."

In a fit of anger, Yu Shuwan left without a word and went to study in Paris. She was gone for four years.

On the very first day after returning home, she ran into him.

"Miss, you're in the wrong car."

The bright, handsome young man she remembered had become as cold as winter ice and snow.

Yu Shuwan dug her nails into her palm. Without a word, she got out of the car.

She assumed he had found someone new and long forgotten his ex-girlfriend.

Who could have guessed they would meet again at a blind date? Teng Jiayu said coolly, "Miss Yu, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Yu Shuwan's heart, dormant for so long, began to flutter again.

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Teng Jiayu couldn't understand why Yu Shuwan had suddenly disappeared without a word all those years ago, deleting every way he had to contact her. Even if she wanted to break up, she should have told him face-to-face.

He couldn't make sense of it, and he couldn't forget her. Four years had passed, and he thought the feelings they'd once shared would eventually settle into the past.

He never expected her to suddenly climb into his car on a snowy night.

His expression cold, he ordered her out. His fingers gripped the steering wheel so tightly they turned faintly white.

Once he confirmed that the blind date arranged by his family was none other than the eldest daughter of the Yu family, recently returned from abroad,

he made a call and said, "I'll go to the blind date the day after tomorrow."

[Beautiful Heiress x Cold, Handsome CEO]

A few notes: 1. Neither lead has an ex. Their love lives are completely pure.

2. They misunderstand each other, but ultimately choose each other.

3. Happy ending, with a bittersweet-sweet flavor.

Coming next: Heartbeats at Sunset. Add it to your collection!

Blurb:

Mutual Pining / Reunion After Years Apart / Marriage Before Love

Jiang Ruoyao ran into Gu Qinghe again at their high school reunion.

A drunken former classmate cornered her in the hallway, gripping her hand and refusing to let go.

Gu Qinghe happened to pass by and came to her rescue.

His expression cool, he tossed the man into a private room nearby. When he turned to her, a glimmer appeared in his dark eyes.

"I'll take you home."

She got into his car and watched the city's scattered lights slip away behind them. Suddenly, he pulled over beneath a row of early-blooming cherry trees.

She asked, "Have you been doing well lately?"

He said, "Let's get married."

Jiang Ruoyao's heart ached. A few pale pink cherry blossoms drifted down from the trees and landed on the windshield in front of her.

A month later, media outlets reported that the aloof and distinguished heir to the Gu Group had married an ordinary woman from an ordinary family.

But Jiang Ruoyao knew this wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. From the instant she'd seen him four years ago, he had been the one star in the vast night sky that shone for her.

Though she knew he only wanted someone to marry so he could fend off his family's constant pressure, and she'd simply happened to be there.

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The year they graduated, Gu Qinghe had planned to confess his feelings to Jiang Ruoyao. But the night he went to find her with flowers, he saw her accept a bouquet from another boy.

That's when he realized she'd always thought of him as nothing more than a friend.

But he couldn't forget her. The day after returning home, he ran into her at a class reunion and heard that she had once been heartbroken over someone she loved, and had never truly moved on.

For him, suggesting marriage was the fulfillment of a hope he'd carried in his heart for years. But he knew she had agreed only because she had lost hope and turned away from love.

Perhaps keeping her by his side was already enough for him.

But as they spent day after day together, he began to grow greedy. He didn't want them to be nothing more than a polite married couple.

One starless night, a little drunk, he pinned her against the door in her room and kissed her by force.

The moment a tear slipped down her cheek, he came to his senses and was overcome with regret.

"I'm sorry." Panicking, he turned to flee.

But she reached out and caught his wrist, her eyes shining with clear, bright light.

"Don't go, Gu Qinghe."

[Sweet, Gentle Novelist x Smoldering Tycoon]

Happy ending, one-on-one romance, slice of life.

Theme: Love can cross time to find its way to you.