Sour Mist

[The print edition is now available for preorder. See Weibo @Huai Song Ya for details.]

My neighboring novel, Neon Jellyfish, is complete. If you like it, go check it out~

"Brooding, possessive × gentle, cool and aloof || Reunion after years apart || City life × school days"

They first met at eighteen. Everyone else treated him like a plague, wary of him and keeping their distance.

Only Meng Shuwen looked at him calmly and offered him a handkerchief.

From then on, the character Wen embroidered in one corner of that handkerchief became like a scorching brand, hidden in the deepest, unknown place in his heart.

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Meng Shuwen would always remember that day. Rain poured down as she found Cen Fang in a secluded corner.

He silently buried his face in the crook of her neck. Cold liquid trickled down drop by drop, touching her skin and sending a shiver through her nerves.

After a long while, struggling to hold back his emotions, he asked hoarsely, "A-Wen, let's stay together forever, okay?"

Reader's guide:

1. They are not siblings. The male and female leads are the same age, and the heroine saves the hero. The hero is possessive, brooding, and loyal, with a strong desire to keep her to himself. When she's gone, he is heartbroken and feels that the world has lost its color. After they reunite, he works hard to control his flaws. He would never hurt her and couldn't bear to. The heroine will indulge and pamper her wronged little puppy without limits.

2. Both are each other's first and only love.

3. A city setting with school-day flashbacks. Primarily set in the city.

4. The characters' occupations are fictionalized, so don't scrutinize them too closely.

5. Happy ending.

Blurb for Neon Jellyfish:

■ School days × city life || Love grows over time || Mutual salvation || Small-town fiction

■ Resilient, easygoing little ray of sunshine VS taciturn, unruly, sweet-faced schemer

Sang Muning was relieved to realize that Chi Yousheng had finally stopped resisting her attempts to get close.

Her approach to friendship was simple: see with her own eyes, listen with her own ears, and if she considered someone a friend, give them her whole heart and treat them well.

So even though everyone called this boy a freak, and even though her friends were all afraid of Chi Yousheng and could barely get a word out around him,

Sang Muning still bravely stood in front of him and firmly corrected them: "Chi Yousheng is a good person. He's actually very kind."

What Sang Muning didn't know was that whenever she sat beside Chi Yousheng and carefully bandaged his wounds,

the cold-faced boy beside her, head lowered and silent, was thinking about how he could keep her by his side forever.

Her friends weren't wrong. He really did repay kindness with malice, forget favors, and was born a bad seed.

For example, right now, as the girl worried over his wounds, her eyes reddening until she was almost in tears, he was despicably wondering what her tears would taste like.

And her lips.

Chi Yousheng's gaze drifted down. He thought, They must be wonderful to kiss.

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"You know, jellyfish don't have hearts, so they can't feel sadness or pain."

"By saving me, you're dragging me down to hell."

* A slow-burn, everyday story with a touch of ensemble cast. They are each other's first love.

* Weibo: @Huai Song Ya

Theme: Love life