The neighboring novel "Powder and Ink [Male Unrequited Love + Peking Opera]" is complete. [A celebrity who treats romance like a game] X [A Peking opera actor, aloof as a flower atop a high peak]. The blurb is at the end. If you're interested, please add it to your collection!
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[A voice actor who seems warm and considerate but is actually insecure] X [A socially anxious screenwriter who seems gentle but is strong-willed and career-focused]
For the first 25 years of her life, the farthest place Jian Mu had ever gone was the neighboring city.
Her life had followed the path her mother had laid out for her, without deviating by so much as an inch.
The routine of teaching, traveling between two places, and endless blind dates made up her entire life after graduation.
But only she knew that her heart longed for faraway places, and she had hidden all of that in her novels.
She met Cheng Chuan at a blind date.
At the time, both of them silently agreed to treat it as nothing more than a meal shared between temporary companions.
Neither of them knew that the ties between them ran deep, and that they had already left traces in each other's lives before either was aware of it.
Then a butterfly flapped its wings, and they met again in Beijing.
She accepted the opportunity Cheng Chuan offered her and became a young screenwriter drifting in Beijing.
Watching Cheng Chuan sitting beside a gentle older woman with fair skin and lovely features,
she thought they made a good match.
Watching Cheng Chuan sitting beside his elegant and dignified junior,
she thought they made a good match, too.
A gentle breeze stirred. The man softly plucked a leaf from the girl's hair, then said, as if by chance:
"I think you and I are the best match."
The girl froze, then said blankly, "But I'm... a committed single."
Then please let me get just a little closer to you.
**
Cheng Chuan longed for a family, but it was something he could never have.
Before his family fell apart, he was an outsider in his parents' lives, an "orphan."
Afterward, he became an orphan in every sense of the word.
Until he met Jian Mu.
At their first blind date, he thought they would simply pass through each other's lives.
When they ran into each other a second time, he saw his past self in her.
It wasn't until their third reunion that he realized he had never missed a single milestone in her life.
Everyone said he was successful, gentle, considerate, and practically perfect.
Only one girl clutched his lapel tightly. Her voice trembled with nervousness, but her gaze was resolute as she told him:
"You don't have to be perfect at everything. You can let your guard down. You can let me get just a little closer to you."
[Reading Guide]
1. The male and female leads are childfree by choice.
2. A gentle, slice-of-life story about everyday healing.
3. Fully written in advance, with daily updates.
"Powder and Ink [Male Unrequited Love]"
Blurb:
[A celebrity who treats romance like a game] X [A Peking opera actor, aloof as a flower atop a high peak]
Fake pursuit by the heroine | His unrequited love comes true | The person she tries to seduce says he's secretly in love with her
Su Qinghe is known in show business as the "Queen of Collecting."
Her rumored boyfriends have a shelf life of one month, and whenever a man confesses to her, she moves on to someone else.
There is only one exception.
Su Qinghe looked at the handsome man in the passenger seat, his brows faintly furrowed and his expression warning strangers to keep their distance.
In that minute, she should have been dying of embarrassment for getting into the wrong car. Instead, all she could think about was adding this man to her dating pool.
Later, she learned that he was Xu Wenyan, a famous opera fanatic in Peking opera circles who never showed any interest in women.
In the hospital room, with other people watching, she lightly traced her fingers over the man's forehead, eyes, and lips, then let them rest on his Adam's apple.
She smiled seductively. "Could you put me up for the night? Otherwise, I'll be sleeping on the street tonight."
The man remained unmoved. He caught her wandering hand and said coolly, "Then sleep on the street."
Onlookers: "Whoa, he's so cold!"
Su Qinghe: "So clueless about romance. I love it!"
Until one night, when desire clouded their minds...
The man held her tight in his arms.
His warm breath brushed her ear,
and the eyes that had been as unyielding as ice slowly filled with her reflection.
He said, "Su Qinghe, I like you."
She tried to get away, only to realize it was too late. She had already fallen too deep into this game.
**
Everyone knew Xu Wenyan kept his distance from women.
But no one knew he had been secretly in love with Su Qinghe for 11 years, loving her without hope of return.
The first time he confessed, the woman looked at him coldly, her gaze full of disgust:
"You say you like me? You're hilarious. Doesn't it disgust you?"
"Get lost."
After that, he never appeared before her again.
Until the woman acted as though they had only just met and pursued him relentlessly.
Friend: "Looks like she's got her eye on you."
The man lowered his eyes and gave a self-mocking smile.
She only wanted to play a flirtatious game called "pursuit" with him.
Friend: "She's a player! Run!"
The glass of wine swayed in the man's hand. Light shone through the glass and fell into his eyes, leaving them unreadable.
"In that case, I'll play along with her to the very end."
Theme: Learn to love and become a better version of yourself
The same goes for when I entered the current circle. At that time, I sent a long message to the CV teacher whom I had always liked very much. I wanted to give it a try, but I was really confused. Later, the teacher replied "Okay~" At that time, I also knew that it was an automatic reply, but it actually gave me a boost to move forward, and it has been till now! Really emotional!
I've been struggling lately too. . . What I do is completely different from my peers. How far can I go?
Friends are like leaves on a tree. They will fall one day. Even if you want to keep them, you can't keep them.
This article is finished, and I am going to write the next one, "Fen Mo [Entertainment Circle]", which is a story about the entertainment industry fused with Peking Opera, where it seems like a woman is chasing a man, but actually the man's secret love comes true. The character design is: [Female star of romantic fishing style]