Heart Restart

[The main story is complete. Bonus chapters will resume after a few days' rest!]

Reunion from the start / mending a broken relationship / exes reality show / male lead humbly pursues his wife

1.

After being blacklisted for three years, Ying Zhao was invited to appear on a relationship reality show called The Exes' Observation Room, where she was forced to live under the same roof as her ex-boyfriend, whom she had broken up with three years earlier.

On the first day of filming, they were cold to each other and didn't exchange a word. Their mutual dislike practically spilled off the screen.

Netizens exclaimed, "As expected of a pure-hatred couple. This is exactly my thing!"

During one recording, Ying Zhao received the lowest score and had to answer the corresponding punishment question:

[What was it like the first time you kissed your ex?]

Ying Zhao, expressionless: No feeling.

That night, after filming ended, someone dragged Ying Zhao into a camera blind spot. When the kiss was over, she straightened her clothes and frowned. "Your kissing is still terrible."

Yan Jing gave her a faintly amused look, his thumb brushing the trace of blood at the corner of his lips. "Do you feel something now?"

2.

Yan Jing, president of Shenghua Group, wielded immense power and was ruthless in his dealings. In private, he was even more aloof, distant, and unapproachable.

Everyone speculated that Yan Jing had deigned to join the show to get revenge for the scandal that had rocked the city three years ago, when he was supposedly cheated on.

Halfway through the show, opinions online about Ying Zhao and Yan Jing were sharply divided.

Some shippers desperately searched for crumbs of sweetness amid the angst, while the breakup faction flooded the internet every day with, "Even dogs wouldn't ship them."

Then, in the latest episode, during a livestreamed "eye-contact heart-rate test," the whole internet watched as the usually cool and elegant man locked eyes with Ying Zhao. In less than three seconds, his heart rate shot up to nearly 180.

Netizens: "Wait, something isn't right here. What if it's not pure hatred, but pure love?"

3.

After the show aired, Ying Zhao's Weibo was swamped with shippers, and many people left comments asking how she felt about their past relationship.

One day, on a whim, Ying Zhao replied: "We were young and reckless. It's not worth mentioning."

That night, an official account with a verified V badge replied. Yan Jing V: "Let's be reckless one more time. With me."

- Second chance romance / gentle and resilient heroine x devoted, scheming hero

- Both leads are each other's first and only love. The variety show sections include plenty of live comments.

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This year, Christmas fell on the day of Shang Yao's birthday party. Ji Weizhao, Shang Yao's childhood sweetheart in everyone's eyes, arrived late.

When the guests started teasing him and demanding he drink as punishment, Shang Yao, who never touched alcohol, suddenly spoke up. "I'll drink for her."

Ji Weizhao and Shang Yao had grown up together and were very close, so nobody would think much of it. But only Ji Weizhao knew that their pure, innocent friendship had quietly crossed the line long ago.

After several rounds of drinks, the villa lost power. When the lights came back on, both of the guests of honor had disappeared.

Meanwhile, in the bedroom just beyond the wall, the two were kissing as if they could never get enough of each other.

Ji Weizhao lifted her head, holding her racing heart in check. "What do you mean?"

Shang Yao lowered his head and smiled. "Do you like your Christmas present?"

In the dim light, the girl looked up at him without moving a muscle. "Have you made up your mind? Once we cross this line, there's no going back."

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They tangled together in silence, then parted just as quietly.

When they met again after a long separation, Ji Weizhao assumed that, given Shang Yao's personality, they would never cross paths again.

Until one late night, Shang Yao stepped out of a black Maybach and fixed his gaze on her, advancing step by step.

"Ji Weizhao, you were the one who seduced me first. You have to take responsibility."

Flirtatious schemer x aloof beauty

Second chance romance / foster-family story / reunion with a hint of coercion

A story about someone dragging an untouchable flower down from its pedestal and then dumping him, only for the untouchable flower to break down and go mad with possessiveness

Theme: Don't let love hold you back. Keep moving forward for yourself.