What to Do When You Discover Your Parents Are □□

[The final two bonus chapters will be posted Friday night, the 21st!]

[It's not really "puppy love," it's just a joke~]

Xie Yixia has known since childhood that she lives inside a book.

So when her father, Xie Chen, and her mother, Si Qi, went their separate ways, she didn't show the grief a child was supposed to feel. She knew her middle-aged father would end up with the young female lead and enjoy a second spring in life. She would then have a stepmother in name only. The thought left her unmoved.

It was the summer vacation before her second year of middle school, with the Paris Olympics just around the corner.

Her mother, who lived in the south of France year-round, called her. "I booked an Airbnb for half a month. Why don't you come to Paris?"

She hesitated, unsure whether she'd be intruding on her mother's life.

Her father made the decision for her. "Go."

She thought her father was sending her abroad, perhaps for his own private reasons, but then Xie Chen showed up on the very same flight.

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After they arrived in Paris, her father claimed that the Four Seasons Hotel on the Champs-Elysees was fully booked.

They had no choice but to stay somewhere else for one night.

Before long, he was spending the night on the fold-out sofa in the living room.

When Xie Yixia went to the bathroom at midnight, she found the living room empty. But through a crack in the door, she could just make out the light in her mother's bedroom.

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With the Olympics drawing to a close, she said a fond farewell to her mother.

Her father, however, said something had come up overseas and he would have to wait a while before returning home.

[Note: They've been apart for seven years, and the male lead hasn't been with anyone else.]

[Many people are drawn to Si Qi. This isn't a mild case of everyone loving her, it's the full-on version. Don't read if that's not your thing~]

[Blurb archived on 2024.8.9]

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The pure, innocent girl from the domineering CEO novel changed.

"If you're worth tens of billions, why won't you even buy me a Bulgari Divas' Dream diamond necklace?"

"Even if this is just a short-term relationship, a man like you should know that you ought to spend money on a woman."

"What's the point of dating a man who won't spend money?"

"That's not what I mean," the domineering CEO said, more desperate to explain himself than any other man in a tight spot. "If you want something, of course I'll buy it for you. But every time I buy you jewelry, don't you take it home and give it to your sister?"

He sighed. "No matter how rich I am as your brother-in-law, I can't keep buying luxury brands for her over and over, can I?"

They bickered over money like any ordinary couple, until the pure little flower made her threat: "You're so stingy. We're breaking up."

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In the middle of the night, the domineering CEO went to see his senior, who was both a mentor and a friend. Shen Zhao was a titan of the industry, worth far more than he was.

He told him frankly about his romantic troubles and said he was "willing to spend money and willing to compromise."

His senior, who never smiled and kept his distance from women, offered no real advice. He simply echoed him with a cold laugh.

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The next morning.

Ji Mingyi, the heroine's older sister, slept in and got up late. Then she noticed two of the necklaces she'd recently glanced at in a magazine sitting on her bedside table.

Her younger sister brought over a bowl of fragrant sweet potato porridge. "The deep blue diamonds really suit your complexion, Sis."

Not long after, she received a message from Shen Zhao that left no room for refusal: "Next time you see something you like, just send me the link."

Theme: Love goes both ways.