A Guide to Wasting Your Life

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· New novel Dear Xiao Mian is complete (unrequited love from the male lead / childhood friends)

· Coming soon: Can I Come to Your House for Dinner Tonight? (marriage before love / age gap)

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In September, during a spontaneous getaway, Xu Nianzhou met someone.

He accidentally wandered into her camera frame in front of a temple with gray-tiled roofs and yellow walls. Soon after, they ran into each other again at a quiet bar on the other side of the district.

That night, with alcohol to blame, Xu Nianzhou looked at the boy in front of her, who was blushing despite not having drunk a thing, and inexplicably came up with a slightly wicked idea.

She knelt on one knee on the sofa, leaned closer, and teased him with a smile. "Why are you blushing?"

Her unguarded gesture easily flipped the switch to his heart.

On the ride back, she was still muddled from teasing him, but ended up flustered herself first. Zhou Qi smiled, raised a hand, and rubbed her reddened ear. "It's okay. If you don't know how, I'll teach you."

Later, their "trip" went on indefinitely. They visited many places together and did many things that only the two of them knew about.

One day, Zhou Qi gazed deeply at the person before him. After a long pause, he softly asked again, "You trust me this much? Aren't you afraid I'm a bad guy?"

At that, Xu Nianzhou opened her eyes sleepily, hooked both arms around his neck, and kissed him. "So what if you're bad? Your bad stuff has made me really happy these past few days."

"Mm..." He curved his lips and reached toward the pillow. "Looks like there's one left."

#Spend your time on the people and things you love#

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[Finely tuned, prickly little butterfly x gentle, clingy puppy / love at first sight / urban fairy tale]

A short, fluffy, no-brainer romance / SC / HE

The male lead is one year older than the female lead! At first, though, she thinks he's younger.

The female lead is an INFP with mild avoidant attachment.

A story written for my personal tastes. Every plot point is here to serve the leads~

A slow-paced slice-of-life story, with some original worldbuilding. Thanks for reading!

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June 2024

Coming soon: Can I Come to Your House for Dinner Tonight? Blurb:

[Age gap / unrequited love from the male lead / marriage before love / reunion after years apart]

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When Wen Shiqing first moved into her new home near Ancheng University, the sublandlord kindly advised her not to knock on the neighbor's door. The man inside was cold and aloof, and not someone to trifle with.

She agreed on the spot, then promptly forgot all about it. Every day, she went on cooking, filming videos, and attending class as usual.

Until one day, she ran into her cheating ex-boyfriend again. In a foul mood, she downed several bottles of liquor and stood outside her home, unable to find her keys. By a twist of fate, she knocked on the neighbor's door.

A moment later, the door opened. Wen Shiqing froze at the sight of the person in front of her.

The man wore black pajamas, his collar half open, with a deep red mark on his neck.

He leaned against the doorframe and looked down at her with a quiet laugh. "Can you tell who you're looking at now?"

"...?"

Wen Shiqing sobered up halfway on the spot. She got up to run, but he caught her firmly with one hand.

"Stop running." He leaned down to meet her eyes, guiding her hand to the bite mark on his Adam's apple. "This deserves some compensation tonight."

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After they married, Wen Shiqing helped Liang Zhiyan fend off his family's pressure, as they had agreed. She hadn't expected him to dote on her even more than he had when they were children, granting her every wish.

She also saw Liang Zhiyan shed his gentle, restrained facade. Whenever they were deeply intimate, he liked to hold her down and kiss her with overwhelming force.

At first, Wen Shiqing was a little shy, but gradually she realized she was becoming addicted to the feeling.

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The art exhibition in the year they graduated.

Liang Zhiyan was invited as an outstanding alumnus, and the department set aside a space just for his work.

On opening day, a group of students gathered around a painting on the first floor, whispering and gossiping.

When Wen Shiqing heard them mention a certain Liang, she walked over curiously, only to discover that the series was titled My Mrs. Liang. The model in the paintings was her, from the age of eight to twenty-two.

Fourteen paintings showed her changing and growing over fourteen years.

As Wen Shiqing stood there in astonishment, someone gently tapped her shoulder.

Liang Zhiyan slowly pulled her into his arms and kissed her forehead. "Happy graduation, Mrs. Liang."

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[Easy-to-fluster, sweet-and-cool girl x gentle, self-possessed, scheming Dom]

Student and food-content creator x freelance painter and curator

The male lead's unrequited love comes true; the female lead's story is marriage before love.

Coming soon: Soft Pomelo. Blurb:

[School to city / childhood friends / neighbors / unrequited love]

Ruan Xiangwan has a brother she was forced to accept: the neighbor across the hall.

Xie Zhiyou has a little sister he insisted on claiming: also the neighbor across the hall.

They first met in the summer of their first year of high school, when the cicadas were screaming madly.

That day, Ruan Xiangwan stood outside her new home holding the test paper from her first exam after transferring schools. After rummaging through her bag for ages, she finally remembered that she'd left her keys in the classroom.

The southern summer was humid, hot, and stifling. Ruan Xiangwan sat on the stairs, drenched in sweat, waiting for her parents to come home.

She closed her eyes and imagined an icy watermelon appearing in her hand.

The next second...

Someone tapped her back. Her imaginary watermelon vanished, and she turned around in annoyance to see a boy with a cocky, roguish grin. He held a bottle of soda, his gaze passing her to land on the test paper in her hand.

"Did you do badly in math and get kicked out by your family?" Xie Zhiyou raised an eyebrow and nodded toward his door. "Neighbor girl, want to come over and enjoy the air conditioning?"

Later, Ruan Xiangwan didn't just enjoy the air conditioning and eat a whole icy watermelon. She even started spending the night at Xie Zhiyou's house every now and then.

"Xie Zhiyou, I bet I'll finish breakfast faster than you today."

"Xie Zhiyou, I bet I'll get a better score than you this time."

"Xie Zhiyou, I bet the answer to this question is C. If I'm wrong, I'll eat my pen."

"Xie Zhiyou, I bet you definitely like that girl in the class next door."

Xie Zhiyou let Ruan Xiangwan win every bet before that one. But for the last, he told her she couldn't win.

At their high school graduation party, everyone got a little tipsy.

Afterward, Ruan Xiangwan followed Xie Zhiyou home in a daze.

On his bed, she covered Xie Zhiyou's mouth. "Shh, keep your voice down. Your parents are in the living room!"

"We're adults now." He smiled and moved her hand away. "What are you afraid of?"

Suddenly, Xie Zhiyou rolled over and pulled the blanket around her.

The boy gazed at the flushed, fluttering-eyed girl beneath him, his eyes burning with sincerity. Then he spoke up for the final bet: "Xiangwan, I bet I definitely like you."

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