He Kneels Beneath Her Skirt [Young Master X Maid's Daughter]

Coming soon: Newlywed Ambiguity [A reserved, devoted business tycoon x a pampered, radiant heiress]

The Stars Don't Lie [A roguishly handsome, restrained older brother x a sweet, dazzling little sister]. Mom, Uncle, I'm here!

Blurb:

[A gentle, flirtatious beauty with touch starvation x a mean, clingy, love-struck young master]

Jiang Cheng is the eldest son of the Jiang family, the richest family in the capital.

Ruan Qingyao is the daughter of the Jiang family's housekeeper.

They were two parallel lines that would never cross.

Until that night...

Ruan Qingyao's touch starvation flared up. As she hid in the storage room to soothe herself,

Jiang Cheng caught her.

As if in a trance, he reached out and stroked her trembling back.

From then on, touch became her medicine, but his addiction.

At school during the day, he pulled her into an empty restroom,

left a hickey on her collarbone, and said hoarsely, "Only I can touch you here."

At night in the Jiang home, she would sneak into his room,

trace the ridges of his abs with greedy fingertips, and fall asleep to the sound of his heartbeat gradually losing control.

This secret, twisted relationship lasted throughout their school years.

Then, on graduation day, Jiang Cheng gripped her chin and suddenly asked,

"When are we getting married?"

Ruan Qingyao froze. "Married? Who's marrying whom?"

The man narrowed his eyes dangerously and pinned her against the wall.

"You've been touching me for six years. Now you don't want to take responsibility?"

[Please note]

◆ One couple / happy ending / both leads are virgins / mutual healing

◆ The male lead acts mean but is actually hopelessly in love; the female lead is gentle but has a backbone

◆ From school days to the wedding altar / secret love comes true / long-planned romance

(Jiang Cheng: Every inch of skin you've touched, you'll be responsible for for the rest of your life.)

Coming soon: Newlywed Ambiguity. Please add it to your reading list from the author's page in the upper-right corner.

[A reserved, devoted business tycoon x a pampered, radiant heiress]

Everyone said Lin Zhiyi must have saved the galaxy in her past life to be reborn as the Lin family's heiress and marry Zhou Shiyu, a man at the very top of the social pyramid.

Only Lin Zhiyi knew how suffocating this "incredible fortune" was.

When she was eight, the elders led her with cheerful smiles to stand before a cool, distant boy. From then on, her life was branded with the label "Zhou Shiyu's fiancée." He was dour, dull, and strict, a perfect statue sculpted from the heir's blueprint. She, on the other hand, was free-spirited, carefree, and wild as a fire burning out of place.

She hated him. She had hated him for fourteen whole years.

At twenty-two, just after receiving her diploma, she was forced to trade in her marriage certificate. She thought this was the climax of her "puppet life," but she didn't know it was only the beginning of its collapse.

One paternity test shattered the dream she had lived for twenty-two years as the "Lin family heiress." It turned out that everything she had enjoyed, from her surname to the affection she received, was the result of a farcical mistake that began in a hospital.

The true heiress, the one with Lin blood, was found and brought home. Her features bore a striking resemblance to Mrs. Lin's, and she also had a quiet resilience tempered by hardship. She was graceful and generous with everyone, diligent in her studies and work, and won everyone's approval and sympathy with barely any effort.

Overnight, Lin Zhiyi fell from the clouds and became a laughingstock accused of usurping someone else's place.

She packed her things and stood in the luxurious marital home, waiting for Zhou Shiyu to speak and end this marriage that had always been ridiculous.

The man who was always impeccably dressed in a suit and never let his emotions show merely raised a hand, loosened his tie, and calmly took her suitcase.

"Mrs. Zhou, this is your home. It is the only one you have."

Male lead: To outsiders, he is the Zhou family's cold, disciplined head, a man who keeps his distance from women. Only he knows that ever since the eight-year-old girl angrily smeared cake across his face, he has never looked at anyone else. He spent years suppressing his feelings, all to wait for her to grow up so he could claim her openly and draw her into his territory.

Female lead: The Lin family's "fake" heiress, who disguises her loneliness with a bold, rebellious attitude. She hates being controlled, and hates even more that the male lead is part of the arrangement. Only when her world collapses does she realize that the silent "big tree" she always wanted to escape has already put down roots and become her strongest refuge.

Coming soon: The Stars Don't Lie. Please add it to the author's reading list from the upper-right corner.

[A roguishly handsome, restrained older brother x a sweet, dazzling little sister]

Faux siblings / reunion after years apart / long-planned romance / mutual secret crushes

When You Xingna was five, she moved into the Chen home and met Chen Xi, her brother in name only, for the first time.

The seven-year-old tugged on her thin pigtails and said with disdain, "Crybaby. You're such a nuisance."

But this was also the brother who,

on every stormy night, would climb into her bed with a pillow, cover her ears with warm hands, and say in a childish but earnest voice, "If you're scared, hold on tight."

He would also carry her through every muddy alley and save his breakfast money to slip her a piece of candy he had warmed until it melted in his palm.

Later, a family upheaval forced them apart, with the north and south between them. Before they parted, he gave her a glass jar filled with stars folded by hand.

"I'll come see you every year," he promised.

But he never came back.

Not once.

Until she took her college entrance exam acceptance letter, rode a green train for two days and one night, and found him amid Haicheng's damp twilight.

The cool, proud boy from back then had become a man, sharp-edged and unfamiliar.

He bent over, fiddling with parts. His black work tank top was soaked with sweat and clung tightly to his body, outlining his broad back and tense shoulders and arms. His movements revealed smooth, defined muscles, smeared with grease and dust. His skin was a deep wheat-brown from years spent outdoors. Sweat trickled down his neck, past the clear line of his Adam's apple.

He looked at her, his Adam's apple bobbing. His voice was hoarse, as if soaked in grease and dust. "This isn't a place you should be. Go home."

Before he could finish, she was already rushing toward him.

She didn't care about the grease and sweat covering him, or his rigid back. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and buried her face in the scorching hollow of his shoulder.

"I'm not leaving." Her voice was muffled against his skin, trembling but fierce.

He froze as if burned. After a long moment, his hand finally settled on her slender waist. It was gentle, yet firm, like catching a world that had been lost and found again, tottering on the brink of collapse.

Later, in countless intimate moments, he would kiss her sweat-damp shoulder blade, lightly graze that delicate skin with his teeth, and murmur hoarsely,

"Why did you throw away the jar of stars I gave you?"

Her mind clouded, she answered with a sob, "You broke your promise..."

He fell silent for a moment, then pressed a deeper kiss to her, swallowing all her sobs. Before she was completely lost, amid the endless darkness and scorching desire, he finally gave her the answer he'd kept for years:

"I didn't dare tell you back then."

"There were 426 hand-folded stars in that jar, and every note..."

"said, 'Wait for me.'"

--- The secret those silent stars guarded was the loudest love of my entire youth.

A completed sweet romance: The Right Way to Cheat During a Kissing Scene

Cool, abstinent movie emperor x pure, alluring newcomer

Old flame rekindled | Nine-year age gap | Fiction turns real

On the day Jiang Wanzhi graduated from film school, the hashtag #MostBeautifulGraduate topped the trending list on Weibo.

Thanks to her face, which was practically "a beauty that could topple kingdoms," she unexpectedly landed the role of the fourth female lead in renowned director's new film, Palace, playing Princess Yueli, the most beautiful woman in Beicheng.

In the script, Princess Yueli is madly in love with the great general Pei Linzhi and uses every trick she can think of to win his favor, her eyes full of beguiling charm. The actor playing Pei Linzhi is none other than Xie Jinchuan, a three-time award-winning movie emperor and Jiang Wanzhi's idol since her teenage years.

She was so nervous to act alongside her idol that her whole body trembled.

But Xie Jinchuan was a perfect gentleman and endlessly patient. He patiently filmed the kissing scene over and over with her whenever she messed up, and even thoughtfully draped an outer robe over her after their intimate scenes to keep her from being exposed.

Jiang Wanzhi was deeply grateful. She praised Xie Jinchuan to everyone, saying that a three-time award-winning actor with both talent and virtue really did look after even a newcomer like her.

The renowned director nearly spat blood. Was this girl an idiot? Xie Jinchuan's intentions were obvious, yet she still couldn't see them? The kissing scene was a distant shot, so they could have faked it, but he kissed her for real every time, and deeply at that! The director had already called cut, but his hand still lingered at her waist. When he draped the outer robe over her, his fingertips casually brushed her bare shoulder and neck...

In the past, Xie Jinchuan had always kept his distance from every actress he worked with, refusing intimate scenes whenever he could. He had never acted this clingy and affectionate.

Still, considering he was thirty and this was his first time having an old flame reignite, the director decided to turn a blind eye.

After filming wrapped, Jiang Wanzhi packed her things and prepared to leave. Xie Jinchuan cornered her against the wall and said in a husky voice, "You seduced me eight hundred times in the movie. Why are you giving up now?"

Jiang Wanzhi admired him even more. "You really are worthy of being an award-winning actor. You're so immersed in your role that you still haven't gotten out of character, even after filming wrapped!"

Xie Jinchuan fell silent for a long moment, then gave a helpless smile. "Zhizhi, I'm pursuing you. Can't you tell?"

Theme: Love and peace