Secretly Smitten in the Nineties [Hong Kong]

The author is revising the manuscript!

This story is way too wordy! I'm actively cutting useless plotlines! Anything tagged "new" has been newly written!

[Paragraph comments are open! 70% anti-piracy protection! Written in Mandarin! Pseudo-incest literature! A wealthy-family forbidden-love story full of agonizing push and pull!]

[Completed: "The Noble Consort Lives to a Hundred," "Reunited with My Mission Target for a Happy Ending Again [Quick Transmigration]"]

This novel was originally titled "Nineties Hong Kong: Secretly Smitten," and is also known as "My Older Brother Wants to Be My Husband," "When the Untouchable Older Brother Falls from His Pedestal," "Young Master Rong Falls for a Mama's Girl," and "Forbidden Love in a Wealthy Family."

Synopsis: [A seemingly refined scoundrel who is actually faithful, gentle with his own people, sharp-tongued with outsiders, and a top-tier star singer × A seemingly gorgeous, decorative beauty who is actually proud, clearheaded, steadfast, and a mama's girl, working as a criminal psychology profiler] (Romance-focused, with career as a secondary thread)

[Male lead's perspective]

In 1990, mainland girl He Jia had a pretty face and long legs, with a naturally stunning appearance. When her mother caught the eye of a wealthy Hong Kong tycoon, He Jia rose with her, becoming the "new young lady" of the Rong family's mansion in Deep Water Bay.

As the eldest son of the third branch of the Rong family, Rong Huai was born with tender eyes and was the handsomest man in Hong Kong. On the day He Jia arrived, he was putting on a new pair of glasses with a troubled expression. On the phone, his friend teased him that the glasses weren't there to ward off admirers at all, but made him look like a refined scoundrel.

At the time, Rong Huai wore his uniform impeccably, looking elegant and refined, hardly like someone about to go out and have fun with his friends. But just as he was leaving, he ran into a stunning schoolgirl whose sparkling eyes made her look like a movie star.

For the first time in his life, he felt his heart skip a beat.

[Female lead's perspective]

Countless people had told He Jia, openly or behind her back, to keep her head down and behave. But He Jia had never planned to be just a pretty ornament.

The second young lady of the Rong family came to pick a fight, insulting her as the daughter of a homewrecker. He Jia maintained a polite smile, then publicly fired back at the banquet: "If it's meant to be, it'll be yours. If it's not, go ask your dad."

A playboy made a lewd remark, cornering her when they were alone and saying, "Miss He, you're so pretty. I bet you don't even know how to swear." He Jia replied lightly, "If a few swear words are all it takes to get rid of you, I don't mind saying them."

He didn't take her seriously. That was fine. He Jia knew a thing or two about martial arts, too. Smiling, she told him, "I trained for six years in Chen-style martial arts under Master Li in Guangzhou. Here, look. I've got calluses between the thumbs and forefingers of both hands. I promise they're not from writing."

But at some point, her mother's ex-boyfriend's son seemed to have quietly fallen for her, too?

He Jia pretended not to notice, then turned away with a cold sneer. You say you like me out of nowhere? Are you trying to use me to make a fool of my mother? Ha, believing you would be the real joke!

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[Supporting female character's perspective] (Not a dual female lead story; her part is brief)

Ning Jialin transmigrated into a book and became the villainess in a Hong Kong romance novel. In the original story, she was an illegitimate daughter who would fight like an idiot with her legitimate older sister over the same man, both now and in the future.

She gave the scumbag male lead, who kept cheating before and after marriage, a cold look, then rubbed her hands together and set her sights on Rong Huai, a future big shot who only appeared briefly in the original novel but was explicitly described as faithful!

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"Actually, every time I see you, I get carried away. But you and I each have our own roles, so even in a lonely dream, we can't go beyond being friends.", Andy Lau, "Secretly Smitten"

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Reader's Guide:

1. All the male leads I write are virgins, and always stay that way! My girls and boys are always each other's first love! (If the female lead isn't a virgin, I'll say so up front.)

2. Fictional characters are always their author's precious children~ Don't break up the couples (and I don't think the author could write that anyway~)

3. I'm not trying to preach. If anything comes across that way, it's just the characters' personalities (please ignore it, dear readers~)

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New stories coming soon! Check the pinned comment and the author's page for the synopses!

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1. Upcoming period fantasy novel: "Nineties: From a Working-Class Family to a Family of Scholars"

[Gentle on the outside, strong-willed, grounded, and principled female lead × Patriotic male lead with stars and seas in his eyes, clumsy with words and direct about his feelings]

2. Upcoming fantasy novel: "A Word from the Male Lead's Fangirl"

[Reserved, sensitive, independent actress and artist × Uninhibited, sincere, passionate, and lovestruck male lead]

3. Upcoming Western fantasy novel: "She Is a Dragon"

[Legendary black-haired, black-eyed, cunning dragon knight, skilled in both magic and martial arts × Golden dragon with blond hair, blue eyes, a sweet, simple nature, and maxed-out magical power]

4. Upcoming fantasy Quick Transmigration novel: "I'd Die for My Boss! [Quick Transmigration]"

5. Upcoming historical transmigration novel: "My Husband Is a Transmigrator, and I'm Having a Hard Time"

[Cute, talkative, clever, capable local girl from a modest household × Easily startled, sharp-eyed male science major who transmigrated and is an expert at spotting fake sweetness]

Theme: May those who love each other find their way to one another.