Falling Into a Summer Night

[Please give my upcoming second-lead romance, Luring the Stars, and campus romance, A Heart's Secret Crush, a follow! Their blurbs are below.] Here is this story's blurb:

"Scheming, green-tea actor x independent female designer"

Zhao Shijin first met Xia Yuche during winter break in her senior year of college.

She had just won an international design award, and everyone was looking forward to her graduation project.

But Zhao Shijin had no inspiration at all, and the drafts she had been drawing lately were all mediocre.

As luck would have it, her younger brother brought a classmate home as a guest. When she saw Xia Yuche, tall and slender, with broad shoulders and long legs, Zhao Shijin's eyes lit up.

"Hello, I'm Xiao Yan's older sister, Zhao Shijin."

Zhao Shijin smiled gently. "Could you do me a small favor?"

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Zhao Shijin's designs always had lots of hidden fastenings. Worried Xia Yuche might struggle with them, she knocked and went in after he had changed.

She didn't expect to see a sight that would leave her spellbound.

The zipper on the young man's back had caught halfway up. The exposed skin was slender and evenly toned, and the graceful curve of his spine appeared and disappeared as he moved.

"The zipper's stuck."

Xia Yuche turned toward her voice, his cheeks tinged with a faint, embarrassed blush.

"Could you help me, sis?"

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Zhao Shijin soon put the incident out of her mind and went abroad to continue her studies not long afterward.

Years later, she returned home and became the lead designer at taoo, a well-known domestic brand.

By then, she had found a new muse for inspiration. Unfortunately, the muse had gotten spoiled by her attention. This time, he had gone too far: as soon as they took a break, he went into the air-conditioned room and completely ignored Zhao Shijin, who was sitting outside.

Zhao Shijin was getting tired of him. Just as she began thinking about finding someone else, a shadow suddenly fell beside her.

"Sis, I heard you're looking for a new muse lately."

Xia Yuche glanced toward the muse, disdain flickering faintly in his eyes. When he turned back to her, he wore a pure, harmless smile.

"Why not consider me? I would never leave you out here in the sun."

Reading tips:

1. Sweet age-gap romance, younger man pursues older woman; age gap of four years; one-on-one, female lead is a virgin and male lead is not; happy ending; a little entertainment industry; scheming, green-tea puppy secretly in love, and the crush comes true; some ensemble cast.

2. Five updates a week, at 23:08. Thursdays and Mondays off. I'll give advance notice if anything comes up~

3. Lots of author-created details. If it's not for you, click "x" and cut your losses. No need to explain if you drop the story. I hope all my readers have an enjoyable time~

Upcoming story, Luring the Stars:

[Rich heiress, gentle on the surface but cool in reality x scheming, unruly rising tech tycoon]

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Everyone said that getting engaged to Jiang Ji, a powerful figure in Beijing's elite circles, was a tremendous blessing for Shu Nanyu.

The Jiang family was an established clan in Beijing's elite circles. As its head, Jiang Ji wielded immense power, practically able to cover the sky with one hand.

He was interested in Shu Nanyu only because she was beautiful and gentle, with good manners. Even when Jiang Ji flirted with other women, she wouldn't complain, and would even help him deal with the women who came after him.

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Shu Nanyu thought her life would go on like that, too.

Until she met Chi Yan, the rising tech tycoon who was the talk of the town, at a charity gala in Beijing's elite circles.

The man wore a simple, well-tailored black suit and chatted animatedly with others over a glass of champagne.

His bearing was refined and distinguished, his posture languid. Under the crystal chandelier overhead, his deep-set features held a touch of casual indifference.

When he noticed someone looking, Chi Yan cast a lazy glance back. His presence made Shu Nanyu immediately look away.

No wonder Chi Yan had risen so quickly in China at such a young age, carving out a place for himself in Beijing's elite circles, where everything had already been divided up.

She thought to herself.

His talent and brilliance aside, his presence alone made people submit to him without realizing it.

This was the very man who later took her racing and bungee jumping, and had her do a whole list of things Jiang Ji had said were beneath the dignity of a wealthy heiress.

When their affair came to light and Jiang Ji furiously moved against Chi Yan's company, Chi Yan still found time to sneak to the mountain villa where she was being held captive. He evaded the security cameras and guards, then climbed in through a window.

"Come with me."

He held Shu Nanyu close, his cheek brushing hers as he whispered seductively in her ear: "From now on, we're free."

#The old flame does not get back together with her; the second male lead takes the lead

Upcoming campus sweet romance, A Heart's Secret Crush:

[Gentle, clear-minded blind girl like a little moon x arrogant, sharp-tongued young rich man]

Xiang Yan had been blind for years and had long since grown accustomed to the darkness.

But this summer, she kept feeling that someone was watching her from outside the window.

She felt her way to the neighbor's door to ask for help, only to hear an impatient male voice:

"Who is it? So early in the morning..."

The door opened.

Qi Yilin looked down at the girl on the doorstep. She had porcelain-white skin and long eyelashes, like a startled rabbit.

"Hello, I'm your neighbor next door, Xiang Yan."

The girl lifted her head slightly, her voice gentle.

"Could you help me with something?"

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Qi Yilin had been sent to the slums by his family as punishment for being too unruly.

He hated everything about this place.

The dilapidated apartment block, the noisy neighbors, the rundown home where the water and electricity kept getting cut off.

But what irritated him most was the pretty blind girl next door.

She couldn't see, yet she was always smiling at him.

Even though she was the more vulnerable one, she took excellent care of herself and helped him out a lot, too.

"Turn right downstairs at the garbage station and you'll see it. Don't go at eight in the evening, though. The sanitation workers will be there and they'll lecture you about sorting the trash."

"You need to wash the vegetable stems and leaves again, or you might get a stomachache. I'll do it, Brother Qi."

"Brother Qi, if you turn the heat up too high, the food will burn."

The girl explained everything with a cheerful smile. Whenever she came close, Qi Yilin's heart would skip a beat.

It was as if those dark, unfocused eyes could "see through" everything.

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It turned out there really was a pervert in the opposite building secretly photographing Xiang Yan.

Qi Yilin used a clever plan to get the evidence and drive the man far away.

After learning that the man had moved away, Xiang Yan happily took him to the hills to see the flowers.

Flowers covered the mountains, and the summer breeze carried the elegant fragrance of white jasmine to their noses.

"I've always wanted to bring someone here."

The girl's smile was bright. "I can't see them, but the jasmine must be beautiful, right?"

Qi Yilin wasn't looking at the flowers.

All he could see was the girl's radiant smile. Realizing he had been staring too long, the young man turned away in a fluster.

"Yes."

The young man's voice was hoarse. "...It's beautiful."

"Why is your voice so hoarse?"

Xiang Yan looked puzzled. Her soft palm, faintly scented with flowers, rested against his forehead. "Did you catch a cold again?"

"...I did not!"

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Naturally, the Qi family would never allow its heir to fall for a blind girl.

Qi Yilin was forcibly taken home, without even having time to say goodbye.

Years later, Xiang Yan was lucky enough to regain her sight.

She got into college, went on to graduate school, and then started working. Everything went smoothly.

When they met again, she was the project lead and met the CEO of the company she was working with.

The man wore a suit and had a stern expression. He was nothing like the hot-tempered, awkward young man she remembered.

He didn't even look at her for long.

Xiang Yan lowered her eyes and quietly got on with her work.

They were only some long-forgotten memories from their youth, nothing worth mentioning anymore.

Until the banquet ended.

She was pulled into an empty lounge.

"Can you still not see?"

The drunk man's voice was hoarse, his burning fingertips gently touching her eyelids.

"If you can see now, why... are you pretending not to see me?"

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