I Picked Up a Little Dog

[Neighboring completed novel, Devotion: The person I had a crush on died in my dream]

Other upcoming novels can be found in my author profile:

Midsummer Rain: A foxlike man’s unrequited love for a straight woman

Blurb:

[Softhearted Beauty X A Puppy Who Loves to Play the Victim] [Retired Entertainer Turned Food Blogger, Second-Generation Star X Amnesiac Young Master of a Conglomerate, Picked Up by the Roadside]

In front of the flashing cameras, a man in a tailored suit smiled as he answered questions. "You mean Jiang Li and me? Of course we're not dating. Please don't say things like that in the future. It would make things awkward when we meet in private..."

After watching the livestream, Jiang Li tightened her grip on their marriage certificate. She still remembered the promises he'd made when he got down on one knee to propose. Now they were all a joke.

Jiang Li opened her phone and sent him a message: "Let's meet at the Civil Affairs Bureau tomorrow and get divorced."

*

Jiang Li decided to take a long break and went to stay in a remote mountain village. There, she found an injured, unconscious young man outside her door.

When he woke up, he'd lost his memory, but he was well-behaved. He followed her around, calling her "Sis" over and over. Whether it was carrying groceries, cleaning, or cooking, he never complained.

Jiang Li took him all around the village, but no one claimed him. The young man gazed at her with puppy-dog eyes, looking innocent and pitiful. "Did I eat too much? I can eat less from now on. Sis, please don't make me leave, okay?"

Jiang Li had never been good with words. Unable to explain, she could only let him stay.

*

After the divorce, her ex-husband kept causing trouble, even following her to the village in an attempt to get back together. He failed.

Unwilling to accept it, her ex-husband hired paparazzi to take photos and try to frame Jiang Li as having a chaotic private life. When the video went public, the people most shocked were insiders at a top conglomerate.

The conglomerate's second young master was exceptionally gifted. To outsiders, he was refined, courteous, proud, and aloof. To those inside the company, he was capricious, antisocial, and moody.

But not one of them had ever seen him speak so gently to another person, smiling with his eyes and brows, and full of love.

They exchanged looks, trying to make sense of it... and failed.

*

Jiang Li later discovered that the young man had lied about many things. His amnesia was fake, his age was fake, and even the pitiful act was fake.

But Jiang Li should have been angry. Instead, when he crouched in front of her like a little dog, looking pitiful as he called her A Li again and again, she just couldn't get mad.

Jiang Li sighed. "Why don't you call me Sis anymore?"

The young man, who was always said to remain calm even when Mount Tai collapsed before him, blushed and said softly, "Because... I don't want you to think of me as just your little brother."

A habitual liar meets a kindhearted, awkward woman, only to have his heart stolen by her.

* They won't get back together. The next one is even more obedient!

Upcoming novel: Midsummer Rain

[Steel-Spined Straight Woman Who Mistakes a Crush for a Challenge X Man Who Flirts with the Blind]

All the memories Tao Zhiyi has of Xie Yuan are accompanied by rain.

Tao Zhiyi doesn't like rain. She thinks that might be one reason she dislikes him.

They spent all three years of high school secretly competing. Everyone knew they didn't get along. Even their graduation photo made people say they looked ready to assassinate each other.

Tao Zhiyi thought getting accepted to the same university and program was already enough of a cruel joke from fate. She had no idea things could get even more ridiculous.

When she ran into him at the door of her new rental, Tao Zhiyi had to use all her strength to keep from swearing.

Rain pattered outside. The room was dark. A boy stood on the balcony, bathed in faint moonlight. Looking relaxed and pleased with himself, he waved at her. "Good evening, roommate."

Tao Zhiyi immediately looked down at the rental contract to see how much it would cost to break the lease.

One month's rent.

Tao Zhiyi thought for ten seconds, then looked up and smiled. "Hello, roommate. I look forward to getting along with you, haha."

Only later did Tao Zhiyi learn that during the half-minute she stood there in silence, Xie Yuan had thought of ten thousand ways to make her stay.

Only then did she realize how much love she had missed in all the places she had never thought to look.

--It's raining. I'm thinking of you.

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My completed novel next door, Devotion! Come check it out!

[Actor With a Strong Offense and Weak Defense X Teacher Who Suddenly Unleashes a Killer Move]

When her family pressured her to marry until she was at her wits' end, Zhong Yu went on a blind date and met her longtime crush, her high school senior Wen Sinian, who had since become a hugely popular award-winning actor.

She took their reunion as a gift from Heaven, but he proposed without the slightest warning.

Zhong Yu looked at the ring he offered and held out her finger.

Even if it was a trick, even if he had an ulterior motive, at least in that moment, she was happy.

*

When the girl Wen Sinian had secretly loved in high school appeared before him again, the timing couldn't have been worse. He hadn't fully moved behind the scenes yet, and the paparazzi were all watching him. He was afraid his approach might end up hurting Zhong Yu.

But on the very night he hesitated, he had a dream. In it, he backed away, and Zhong Yu married someone else.

Then, a year later, she died unexpectedly.

He had to save her.

After getting drunk, in the cramped car, he asked Zhong Yu if she would marry him while his head was still spinning.

It was a terrible move, Wen Sinian thought. Zhong Yu would surely turn around and leave.

But Zhong Yu hesitated for only a second before saying,

"Okay."

Wen Sinian had always thought Zhong Yu chose him on impulse, until he found the notebook in his study, the one he hadn't had a chance to open in the future he'd seen in his dream.

Only then did he realize how long he had missed her.

*

That ten-year-long unrequited love had never been one-sided.

Theme: Growth and love.