Fire in the Dark

Thorny Rose x Proud and Unruly

1.

Qi Fang rose to fame at a young age. A force to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry and the head of a leading film company, he had always kept a low profile and stayed clear of rumors.

After years of digging, entertainment reporters had only uncovered that he came from a distinguished family, yet built his success from scratch. That only earned him even more of their respect.

No one could have imagined that one day, this untouchable figure would step down from his pedestal and announce his relationship of his own accord.

He even claimed they had been together for years, and that the other person had only agreed to make it public today.

Overnight, the aloof crane among the clouds turned into a peacock showing off its feathers everywhere.

He wanted the whole world to know they were in love.

He used to refuse to discuss his feelings, but later began volunteering updates.

"Things are steady between Xu Mingzhu and me. We'll be getting married soon."

2.

Xu Mingzhu had always been carefree and uninhibited. She kept her temper in check and stood by her childhood friend, Jiang Mu, as he built his success from nothing.

Everyone thought they had finally made it through the hard times and would live happily ever after.

Then, once he had made it, Jiang Mu announced his relationship with the woman he truly loved.

Xu Mingzhu became the "boyfriend's little sister" everyone loved to hate.

Jiang Mu watched coldly, without saying a word.

Amid the noisy chatter filling the hall, Qi Fang crossed the sea of people and strode toward her.

His broad shoulders blocked the unkind stares from those around them. His usually proud head dipped slightly as he firmly took her hand. Walking ahead of her with his tall frame, he cleared a safe path for her.

Qi Fang, whose pride had always reached the heavens, claimed her love letter and her secret crush as his own.

He was still passionate, forthright, and full of confidence, with nothing in his heart or eyes but his love for her.

It was as if he had forgotten that when they were eighteen, Xu Mingzhu had rejected him without mercy, and that they had lost touch for six years.

She waited for revenge and mockery, prepared to be abandoned.

Instead, she received one confession after another, and his blatant, unabashed favoritism.

In the dark of a moonless night, love was a blazing flame that never went out.

1. Both are virgins, happy ending

2. A story about sworn enemies and unrequited love

3. Healing, with plenty of melodrama

4. Set entirely in a modern city

Coming soon:

"The Childhood Friend's Code"

When it came to the most dazzling young man around, Qin Huai was second to none.

He was handsome, came from a privileged family, and excelled at everything from racing to skiing. He was confident and spirited, with no idea what it meant to hold back.

He was simply cold and aloof, proud and arrogant, keeping everyone at arm's length.

Then a young girl appeared, and everyone learned that he had an exception.

Qin Huai was in a bad mood that day, and nobody dared to get on his wrong side.

The girl dashed out of a narrow alley, grabbed him, and pulled him along.

The black-belt taekwondo champion didn't resist. Instead, he looked back and wiggled a finger at his stunned friends, signaling them not to follow.

The fragile-looking girl gazed up at the tall, handsome boy and asked anxiously, "How did you get bullied again?"

She even patted her chest and promised in a clear voice, "I'll protect you."

Qin Huai smiled and played along. "Okay."

The tenderness in his eyes left everyone dumbstruck.

When his friends asked him about her, Qin Huai acted utterly indifferent.

"A little fool who once tricked me," he said impatiently, as if he didn't care. "I'm just humoring her."

When Liu Qinghuan turned eighteen, Qin Huai posted on his social feed.

In the picture, Liu Qinghuan clung to Qin Huai's arm and looked up at him with a bright, beaming smile.

The young man's arm rested loosely around the girl's waist, perhaps because he was afraid she'd lose her balance, or perhaps to keep her from getting away.

Qin Huai's caption was a single "Tsk."

It seemed to suggest that he was thoroughly fed up with her clinginess.

The comments section wasn't buying it. Every comment was a tearful accusation:

"If you dislike her so much, could you maybe stop quitting your game just to reply to her messages right away?"

"You smiled at your screen for half an hour. You had time to write eight hundred words, and all you managed was a tsk?"

"I'm her cousin. What gives you the right to delete me from her WeChat?"

From the male lead's perspective: My childhood friend is such a flirt. She's so cute, I can't say no to her.

From the female lead's perspective: My gentle, thoughtful, upright, sunny childhood friend. He's one in a million.

The world is nothing special, with both good and bad in it. But because you're here, every day feels worth looking forward to. - Liu Qinghuan and Qin Huai's First Love Diary

1. Both are virgins, each other's first love, happy ending

2. The story begins with their first meeting. No intimate scenes before they come of age

And please check out my other upcoming stories:

"Don't You Dare Fall for Me": Marriage first, love later; they bicker in public and fight in bed

"So You're the Senior Brother": Fantasy. After being reborn, enemies and benefactors switch souls

"The Concubine and the Farmhand": Historical romance. A concubine forced into marriage by a powerful man and a rebel posing as a farmhand use every trick in the book against each other

"My Guilt, Proven": A supporting female character turns her life around, going from a good girl to a bad woman

"The Little Bride": She finally becomes the kind of person he loves, but she's someone else's wife

"Why Is My Disciple Like This?": A cold, aloof disciple turns dark and takes what he wants by force

"Money and Love": A shopaholic and a miser

Theme: Respect is the prerequisite for love