Soft Cherry

[New story, No Dating in High School, now available! Upcoming story, Infatuation [Marriage Before Love]]

Shen Ruan and Xie Rongyu come from two different worlds.

Xie Rongyu is the aloof, refined head of the powerful Xie family, while she's just an orphan living under their roof.

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Shen Ruan still remembers how nervous she was when the Xie family gave her a gift after she first arrived.

The first time, she refused it.

The second time, she refused again.

The third time, Xie Rongyu stood in front of her, his pale fingers holding a dark red gift box. His voice was quiet, but carried an oppressive weight.

"Refuse me a third time, and there won't be another."

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People who know Shen Ruan have always thought she gets great grades and is beautiful.

Most of all, she's too well-behaved.

Somehow, those words reached Xie Rongyu. A hint of warmth entered his cool eyes as he asked, "She's well-behaved?"

Who was it, then, who knocked on his door the night before his engagement?

Wearing nothing but a thin nightgown.

*1v1 / sweet romance / HE

*Calm, restrained older man x sweet girl who's well-behaved with a mischievous streak / 10-year age gap

Upcoming story, Roses at the Summer Solstice

The night before her wedding, Xu Baixia catches her fiance cheating.

She turns around decisively and calls off the engagement, never expecting to run into He Sui, who's just returned from abroad, at a bar.

His features are exquisite, and he carries the mature air of a grown man. The black lacquer prayer beads on his pale wrist look both restrained and understated.

"Xu Baixia."

He Sui gazes at her intently. "If you don't mind, let me be your groom."

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He Sui, CEO of Huayang Tech, is handsome, wealthy, and devoted to his work. The first thing he does after returning to China is attend a university exchange event at Nanda.

No one expects him to suddenly marry Xu Baixia.

After all, though they were classmates, they had no connection. How could a well-behaved girl like Xu Baixia catch He Sui's eye?

It isn't until the donation ceremony marking the return of half of a dragon-patterned jade pendant to the Nancheng Provincial Museum that He Sui and Xu Baixia face the press as donors. He wraps an arm around her shoulders, his eyes tender. "My wife liked it, so I pursued her."

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Xu Baixia has always thought He Sui chose her because he needed to get married.

That anyone would have done.

Until she accidentally enters a room she's never been in before and finds her photos covering the walls and tabletops. She's smiling or frowning, in pictures from high school to the present.

It's like glimpsing something dark.

Xu Baixia is so frightened she doesn't know what to do. As she backs out, she bumps into a solid chest.

An arm reaches around her waist and holds her fast. A warm kiss falls on the side of her neck, where a faint mark still remains.

"What am I going to do? A Zhi found out my secret."

*1v1 / SC / sweet romance

*Devoted and restrained x gentle and sensitive

*Marriage Before Love / Reunion after years apart / Secret love becomes reality / A Zhi is the heroine's nickname

Core idea: Love and growth