The Delicate One

I'll revise and update this after finishing the villain story.

Next story: Love Letter Signed Zhang San

School setting / older girl and younger boy / cute, effeminate male lead, but not a gender-role reversal romance

Yu Jiwang has a famous nickname among her friends: the coy, green-tea girl.

Her greatest talent is wearing her gorgeous face and using all kinds of coquettish, sweet-talking tones to leave people speechless, then widening her eyes and looking on the verge of tears: “Really? It was all my fault, big sister. Can you forgive me?”

But when it comes to men, she's either completely unmoved or only interested in money, never giving anyone a chance to fall for her.

She's a soft, sweet, steel-hearted green-tea girl :)

One friend, furious with her, bet that she'd stay single for five years. Yu Jiwang happily accepted the challenge, found herself a handsome younger guy, dumped him, got together with someone else, and dumped him too.

And so it went.

Her friend: “? It was just a bet. You didn't have to torment people like this.”

Zhao Menghuan had held the top spot in his grade since his second year of high school. He even ranked first in mock exams across the city, and he was handsome to boot, making him the object of many girls' secret admiration. But he always minded his manners and kept his distance. The only person he was close to was his male deskmate.

So people began to speculate in secret, and even quietly wrote fanfiction about them.

When Zhao Menghuan found out, he turned around and found himself a pretty older girlfriend. Then she dumped him. Then he dated someone else, and got dumped again.

And so it went.

Everyone: “Okay, we get it. You didn't have to prove it this way.”

When they were dating, everyone thought they might be close, might be attractive to each other, and might even look like a good match. But their interests seemed worlds apart, and everyone felt they wouldn't last.

So everyone thought that once either of them found their soulmate, they'd part ways for good and put an end to this pretty little farce.

No one knew that Zhao Menghuan had spent five whole years getting close to Yu Jiwang, starting in high school.

More than a year after their first relationship ended, a plane took off from Nancheng, bound for the city where Yu Jiwang lived.

And someone carried nothing but an ID photo he'd kept close to his heart, declaring a secret crush no one knew about.

[Bonus scene]

One day, after they got back together, Yu Jiwang was on the phone with her younger brother, trading sarcastic jabs and refusing to back down.

“Of course. You've already made up your mind, so what right do I have to object?”

“You're going to hurt my feelings if you say that. You're the only little brother I have.”

After her little brother angrily hung up, Yu Jiwang, pleased with her victory, hung up and turned around. Zhao Menghuan had appeared behind her at some point, head bowed like a drenched puppy.

Yu Jiwang was about to explain, but Zhao Menghuan spoke first. “It's okay, big sister.”

There was one more thing he didn't say out loud.

“...But don't tell him he's the only one you have, big sister.”

“Don't tell him you're afraid at night. Don't say you'll wait for his call, no matter how late it is.”

A pretty, sentimental, slightly antisocial older girl who likes to act cute x a straightforward, cute puppy of a younger guy who pretends to be cool

Cute on the outside x cute on the inside

Note: I just want to write something sweet. The female lead's family is happy and loving, and her younger brother is a good brother. Their parents don't insist on having a child or favor boys over girls.

They start dating in college. There is nothing inappropriate while the male lead is underage.

Some songs will be mentioned in the story. No more than five lines of lyrics will be quoted, and I'll explain in the author's notes. For example, the blurb mentions Zhang Xinzhe's “Don't Tell Him.”

None of these ideas are borrowed. I have screenshots of my inspirations and prompts in my own idea journal, so please don't make baseless accusations, thanks.

Blurb written on 2023.6.12; inspiration dates back to 2018, with notes in my zine.

Next story: Love Letter Signed Zhang San

One-sentence pitch, over 15 characters:

Before I died, I left my sworn enemy a farewell letter. It said, “I love you.”

Blurb:

Qiao Mu worked hard for eight years. All the while, she kept dodging her parents and sticking to her decision never to marry.

Why? Because being financially independent, physically free, and able to eat whatever you want is, honestly, just too good!

She planned to live like that until she died. Then one day, after an accident, she'd just typed “The End,” ready to close up shop with her savings and live the life she'd always wanted, when she transmigrated into a book.

As a web-novel author, guess what kind of book she transmigrated into :)

Qiao Mu: Whatever! I'm the author's mom!

System: Your mission is to restore every world to its original course and eliminate the effects caused by the villains.

Qiao Mu [not getting it]: Whatever! That's my child!

And then...

[First world] The CEO and Her CEO

In a world where fortunes run into the hundreds of billions, who's the winner riding the wave?

Qiao Mu: I'm familiar with this! The male lead is a CEO... Wait, why is it the guy from the competing company? Then who am I? Am I a CEO too? Huh?!

[Second world] The Goddess and Her Demon Lord

In this chaotic, unpredictable age, who's the savior who can reclaim the land with a sword?

Qiao Mu: The male lead in this world is handsome and refined, and he wears white all year round. So handsome... Who's this guy in black with horns on his head? Hm? Are you here... to fight me?!

[Third world] The Delicate Flower and Her General

In this era that values labor above all, who can break free with knowledge and change their fate?

Qiao Mu: There's a sent-down youth here with a powerful family background... Hm? Why am I on an island? And who is this person?!

Qiao Mu, who's transmigrated into every book she's ever written, [exhausted version]: That's enough. This is getting rude.

Her sworn enemies: Don't sleep. Open your eyes and look at me one more time... My love.

“To my secret:

The truth is, I've loved you for a long time.”

Next story: Heartbeat Signal

A sweet romance between a rising actress and a top-tier star

Theme: Believe in the power of love and being loved