An Introvert's Dating Diary

[The full draft of the online-dating second-chance romance Wrong Answers is complete and updating now! Next up: the entertainment-industry novel May Everything Go Your Way. Please add it to your collection!]

Full-time author (ISTJ) x professional skater (ENFP)

Love at first sight, a crush | A meeting of minds between a stodgy old blue heron and a happy puppy

A new neighbor moved in next door to Yu Xiyin.

They met in the elevator. The young man was very tall, wearing an oversized T-shirt and baggy pants, with a baseball cap pulled low over his face. His smiling eyes were just visible beneath it. A twin-tip snowboard rested beside him. He looked like a sunny, cheerful young man.

On an autumn afternoon, he radiated youthful hormones, hitting every one of Yu Xiyin's buttons.

She liked him so much, but she didn't say so.

Chen Wangfeng bought an apartment.

The day he went to check on the renovations, he met a beautiful neighbor.

She had her hair tied in a bun, with a few strands out of place. She wore simple loungewear that showed off a glimpse of her slender, shapely calves. Her skin practically glowed, and she held two wrapped peonies. Though she was a little disheveled, it was clear she was a woman of elegance.

The delicate scent of perfume filled the elevator. His heart pounded wildly, and Chen Wangfeng felt like he'd fallen in love on the spot.

The happy puppy couldn't contain his excitement and kept wanting to see her, but Yu Xiyin only gave him a cool nod. In the days since they'd met, Chen Wangfeng had never heard her say a word.

But so what if she didn't talk?

He still liked her so much.

Until one day, he schemed his way into her home.

Seeing someone sprawled on her sofa without a shred of decorum, Yu Xiyin couldn't take it anymore. "Don't you think you're being a little too familiar?"

She thought Chen Wangfeng might rein it in, but that wasn't what he focused on at all.

He looked delighted. "What? You can talk?"

Yu Xiyin: "..."

Someone! Get this idiot out of my house!

Sweet, lighthearted everyday romance

Next up: The Flower by My Pillow, currently being drafted in full!

Quiet x gentle

Reunion after years apart | Half school life, half city life | Told in flashbacks

Li Yu always remembered the night before Wen Yan was forced to leave.

A light rain fell that night, and Li Yu brought a bouquet to see him. The security guards at the gate refused to let her in, and in the middle of their argument, her umbrella fell to the ground.

The flower petals were drenched, and her wet hair clung to her face. Her hands trembling slightly, Li Yu called Wen Yan. He clutched his phone and ran out of the grand house, which looked like a castle, without a second thought.

Separated by a cold, merciless iron gate, it was the last time they saw each other in their youth.

Li Yu said, "You must never forget me."

But before long, Li Yu severed every connection between them with her own hands, vanishing from each other's lives for good.

Even though she hadn't wanted to.

Afterward, the regrets of their youth gradually faded. Li Yu opened the flower shop she'd always dreamed of. Life moved on through one busy day after another. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either.

Until she met Wen Yan again.

Ten years had passed. There were no hysterical accusations like she'd imagined, nor any awkward silence between them. Wen Yan had become the CEO of a renowned company, yet he was still as gentle and bright as he had been as a boy, like a soft white cloud in the sky, utterly beautiful, yet so far away.

But he said to Li Yu, "I never forgot you."

Memories from long ago came rushing back.

The flower that had lain in the depths of Li Yu's heart for so many years finally bloomed.

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Li Yu grew up in a flower shop. She hoped that every morning, when she opened her eyes, there would be a fresh flower by her pillow.

As a child, she made that wish come true herself.

Many years later, Wen Yan made it come true for her.

Every day, without fail.

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I have always believed that people who love each other will meet again.

Same age | No romance while underage

Theme: Love should be complementary