Like Jade

●Reunion after years apart / second chance romance / healing

My male lead's older brother has a story out, Across the Wild River. Please add it to your favorites!

Meng Zhiyu and top-tier singer Shi Wenhuai had a romance when they were students. It didn't last long, just half a month.

Afterward, they never contacted each other again. They met once more at a jade shop. Word had it that the owner of Yutangchun wore cheongsams year-round, with a graceful figure and an elegant bearing.

When Shi Wenhuai followed a staff member's directions into the courtyard, he caught sight of Meng Zhiyu beneath a towering tree. Dappled shade fell around her, and her pale green cheongsam traced her graceful curves. Her skin was fair, and her cool, refined features held a distant smile as she quietly greeted him: "Mr. Shi."

As if he were a complete stranger.

Yet he remembered how she'd once hooked an arm around his neck and given him flowers.

Later, they got back together, then broke up again. They happened to meet at an art exhibition.

They each stayed in a corner of the venue, keeping out of each other's way, as if they'd parted on good terms.

As the event was ending, a friend asked Shi Wenhuai, "Are women all into mature, dependable guys these days? I saw your ex leave with a guy who looked pretty respectable, but also kind of sleazy."

Shi Wenhuai's expression shifted several times. He stood up and took his leave.

What did he care about parting on good terms? As long as he was around, there was no such thing as a clean break!

Fans noticed that top-tier singer Shi Wenhuai had changed lately.

The diamond studs he'd always worn had been replaced with jade earrings, and he was often seen wearing an imperial-green jade peace buckle around his neck. It wasn't like his usual style.

At an event, a reporter asked him about the change.

Shi Wenhuai stood straight and casually showed off the jade around his neck, pretending to be nonchalant. "Oh, it's nothing. I'm just promoting my girlfriend's business."

That night, the hashtag #ShiWenhuai'sGirlfriend started trending.

A paparazzo revealed that Shi Wenhuai's girlfriend owned a jade shop, liked wearing cheongsams, and had a graceful figure.

After they'd been together for a while, a friend in the know asked Shi Wenhuai out of curiosity:

"Who pursued whom back then? And why did you break up?"

In a dimly lit private room at a bar, Shi Wenhuai lowered his head and played with his glass. His collar was open, and his fingers were as smooth as jade. The clear liquid caught the faint light. His gaze darkened, but his sharp, rebellious features curved into a smile. "She pursued me first."

His friend didn't believe him. He'd seen Shi Wenhuai frantically searching for Meng Zhiyu after she dumped him back in school. He'd also seen Shi Wenhuai act stubborn and arrogant after their reunion, clearly caring about her deeply but refusing to admit it.

Shi Wenhuai had obviously been madly in love with Meng Zhiyu. How could she have been the one to pursue him?

But Meng Zhiyu really had pursued Shi Wenhuai first, then dumped him.

Her reason was that she needed to focus on her studies. :(

Cool, elegant cheongsam beauty and online artist heroine x arrogant, sharp-tongued singer hero

A healing story, happy ending, one-on-one, both leads are adults when their romance begins. The lyrics in the story combine lines found online with original writing.

Across the Wild River is a story about the male lead's older brother. A radiant, flirtatious beauty x a cool, restrained CEO. He secretly loves her, and she falls in love after marriage. Please add it to your favorites!

Su Qingli is a celebrity, dazzling in appearance and bold in personality.

Shi Wenye is the head of the Shi family, low-key and mysterious, cool and restrained. His suit jacket is always buttoned to the top. The two of them got married by accident.

Not long after she registered her marriage to the man she'd been set up with, her husband went abroad for months. They barely kept in touch during that time.

At a party, people somehow began talking about the head of the Shi Group. Quite a few marveled that they'd thought no one could ever catch the eye of that aloof man, but he'd quietly registered his marriage to someone he'd met online.

Ice cubes bobbed in the rum, and the liquid in Su Qingli's glass was almost transparent. She had been looking bored, but perked up at that. She was about to look over when she saw her husband, who had been away on business for months, stride up behind the person speaking. His expression was stern, and there was a hint of fatigue in his eyes. Ignoring everyone else, he took the glass from beside her. His voice was low and intimate. "Take it easy on the drinks, okay?"

The people gossiping changed their expressions and ingratiatingly tested the waters. "Mr. Shi, what brings you here? We were just talking about you."

Shi Wenye lowered his eyes slightly, his gaze never leaving Su Qingli. "I'm here to pick up my wife."

Su Qingli froze. Hadn't she married Shi Wenye's nephew?

And when had she ever dated Shi Wenye online?

One morning after his identity had been revealed, Su Qingli woke up in Shi Wenye's arms and suddenly asked, "Why did you pretend to be him and marry me?"

The Shi family was wealthy, with businesses all over the world. Shi Wenye was handsome and talented, with no shortage of admirers. Why had he pretended to be his nephew and married her?

At that, the drowsy man looked up at her and pulled her closer, resting his chin in the hollow of her shoulder. His voice was hoarse. "Because I was afraid."

Afraid she'd disappear without a trace again, like she had before.

On a midsummer night after the college entrance exams, Shi Wenye happened to get Su Qingli's contact information. They jokingly became a couple online. Just as Shi Wenye was about to confess his feelings to her in person, every message he sent Su Qingli went unanswered.

It seemed she'd deleted him.

Years later, on the other side of the ocean, Shi Wenye happened to catch a glimpse of a gossip article titled: [Su Qingli and the Best Actor Have Been in Love for Two Years and May Be Getting Married]

On a snowy winter night, he crossed thousands of miles to her city, but could only watch from the shadows as she acted intimately with a strange man. Morality and desire wove a net around him, binding him tightly. He could neither struggle free nor escape, and could only sink deeper into it.

No one knew how overjoyed Shi Wenye was when he learned they'd broken up.

The male lead: He finally worked up the nerve to fight for her, only to find out what he'd seen before was all gossip. :)

The male lead has secretly loved the heroine for years, and they dated online for a while. One-on-one, both leads have no previous sexual partners. He secretly loves her, and she falls in love after marriage. The heroine has never dated anyone else.

The cover background is from Bishui. Blurb archived on 2023/7/20.

Theme: No matter what, keep going.