Cold Daylight

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Rekindled romance | Pretending to be sweet x unhinged | Playboy falls hard and gets played | From campus to the city

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From beginning to end, Yu Anran never thought she'd get involved with Jing Xian.

Jing Xian, the finance department's top student at Jiang University, a favored son of heaven with an unyielding pride admired by all. He's also a cynical playboy who doesn't believe in love returned in kind.

They were worlds apart, with nothing in common.

Until one day, Jing Xian dragged her into an elevator and cornered her.

Yu Anran struggled and called him crazy.

He lowered his eyes, a shameless, wicked look rising in them. "Yeah. You just figured that out?"

"..."

Three minutes later, the elevator doors opened. Yu Anran covered her lips and fled, her cheeks flushed.

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Everyone said Jing Xian was cold and heartless, and that being with Yu Anran was just a passing whim. They wouldn't last.

And sure enough, he left Yu Anran behind and went abroad to study, just as planned.

People sighed that a playboy never changes his ways.

Even the prettiest girls were just playthings in his hands.

No one knew that on the eve of his departure, Jing Xian had set aside all his pride and clung to her, begging her to stay.

One sentence from Yu Anran was all it took to make everything crumble.

"Jing Xian, you know I don't like you."

She said, "I'm only grateful to you."

Her voice was so calm it was cold. Jing Xian's eyes reddened.

His dignity had been trampled into the dirt.

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Four years after graduating from college, Yu Anran became a journalist.

One day, after returning from an assignment, she ran into an important guest at the station.

In the corridor, a tall man stood with a lean waist outlined beneath a dark gray shirt.

Sharp brows, cold eyes.

Jing Xian glanced at her once and turned away indifferently.

As if he didn't remember her.

Until three days later.

In a meeting room separated from the outside world by nothing but a set of blinds.

Jing Xian leaned over her shoulder and gently bit her earlobe. "Yu Anran, come keep me company."

Their breaths tangled, unsteady.

Yu Anran moved away. "I don't want to."

She wiped at her smeared lipstick and tried to leave, but someone suddenly shoved her against the wall. Jing Xian gripped her chin and forced her to face him.

"You got together with me for the breakup money back then."

His voice was low, his eyes dark and gloomy. "What's changed after six years apart?"

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Reader's guide:

1. Fake siblings, size difference, bittersweet romance

2. One-on-one, both virgins, happy ending. They aren't on the same household register. Their family connection remains, but there's no romance between relatives.

3. I'm terrible at blurbs. Please go read the story, babies. (wink wink)

Blurb dated March 11, 2024

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Upcoming novel: Longing

Girl secretly in love | From campus to the city

Deaf girl x top student

Warm-hearted girl x scumbag

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Xie Mian and Zhuang Yiheng first crossed paths at a basketball game.

As she passed the court, Zhuang Yiheng made a beautiful dunk and won a chorus of cheers.

The boy was carefree and dazzling, captivating everyone's heart.

By the court, a beautiful, sexy girl handed him a drink. Xie Mian turned and walked away, refusing to look or think about it.

Ten minutes later, in the school infirmary.

Under the pale light, she held his cool, slender hand and gently dabbed it with a cotton swab.

"Does it hurt?"

"No."

Zhuang Yiheng stared at her with a smile. "Little doctor, why are you blushing?"

"..."

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Xie Mian had known about Zhuang Yiheng for a long time.

Later, she was the one who confessed.

Her daydream had come true.

But Xie Mian never expected that the name Zhuang Yiheng would later become her nightmare.

That Christmas night, the girl lost her temper for the first time.

She took off her hearing aids and shut him out of her world.

Zhuang Yiheng knew she had a good temper and was sure she wouldn't leave him. He tried to soothe her with a few words, then waited for her to cool down on her own.

He never expected Xie Mian to leave so decisively.

In the end, she wouldn't even let him see her.

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Years later, Xie Mian became a veterinarian.

In the examination room, she was carefully treating the wounds of an injured golden retriever when someone knocked on the door.

Xie Mian looked up and saw a familiar face.

Zhuang Yiheng smiled shamelessly. "Doctor, a dog bit me."

Xie Mian said indifferently, "For a rabies shot, go to the vaccination clinic."

"Doctor, my chest hurts."

"We only treat animals here."

"Doctor, I, "

Unable to bear the harassment, Xie Mian took off her hearing aids again.

The next morning, Zhuang Yiheng led a beagle to the glass window of her office.

He signed to her, "Doctor, the puppy really is sick."

A true groveling reunion

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