Openly in Love with You

[My next novel will be A New Snowfall in the Capital at Night. Please add it to your collection!] - The female lead has an unrequited crush, while the male lead is openly in love. - Jealous, cocky Master & Gentle, resilient sweetheart On her first day living at the Zhuang family estate, Ye Wan met the eldest son, Zhuang Yan. The eighteen-year-old was tall and elegant, with a striking presence. He lounged over the second-floor railing as if boneless, looking down at her as she climbed the steps. After a long moment, he raised a lazy eyebrow. "You're Ye Wan, right? Now that you're in this house, you do as I say. Understand?" Ye Wan stared at him blankly for a few seconds, then nodded as if she understood. Her fair little face was full of meek obedience. She knew Zhuang Yan had definitely forgotten her. But she still wrote him a love letter and secretly tucked it into the classic novel he loved to reread. Later, the contents of that letter spread through the class group chat. As people speculated, Ye Wan's heart slowly turned cold. That very night, she packed her bags and moved out of the Zhuang family estate. She thought she would never like Zhuang Yan again. - No one knew that Zhuang Yan had beaten up the person who spread the letter that night, then searched all over Jin Hai City in the pouring rain just to find her. No one knew how fiercely Zhuang Yan kissed her in the stormy darkness of that night. After five long minutes, the boy pressed his heavy-breathing forehead to hers, his dark eyes smoldering with desire as he gazed at her. "You've gotten bold, running away from home in the middle of the night?" Ye Wan's lips hurt from his biting kiss, and she felt even more wronged. Her lashes trembled, and tears threatened to fall. Zhuang Yan couldn't stand to see her cry. Thinking it was because of the kiss he'd given her without permission, he said, "Why are you crying? Didn't you say you liked me? Is one kiss really too much?" Ye Wan stopped crying and looked at him, a little dazed. The boy flushed under her gaze, looking uncomfortable. "...That was my first kiss." "Fairy tales may be lies, but my love for you isn't. - Zhuang Yan" - A hint of an ensemble cast, devoted first love for both leads, a sweet summer romance. Their relationship becomes clear after they come of age and finish the college entrance exams. - Ye Wan (Wan, first tone), Zhuang Yan (Yan, third tone). - The story contains many author-invented details. Please don't overanalyze it. Neither lead is perfect. - The premise and blurb were written on October 12, 2023, and revised on March 25, 2024. Screenshots have been saved as proof. My next novel will be Take the Loss. Please add it to your collection. - Heir who seems like a playboy but is secretly sincere vs. sweet, innocent girl who doesn't know she's flirting - Love and lust / Unrequited love comes true / He chases his wife after losing her / Reconciliation During graduation season, Xie Yao accepted a friend's invitation to join their house-sharing plan. She didn't expect Gu Chen, the man she'd secretly loved for four years, to be there too. Xie Yao thought that even if they lived under the same roof, they wouldn't get too close. Until one stormy night, tipsy, she cornered the man fresh out of the shower in the bathroom and gazed at him with drunken, pleading eyes. "Could you let me kiss you...? I can pay you." Gu Chen: "..." After that night, they were in an ambiguous relationship for a while. Later, they parted ways, and their relationship remained undefined. Neither belonged to the other. When they met again, they became colleagues and tacitly pretended to be strangers. Neither mentioned that painful past. Until a work dinner. Slightly drunk, Xie Yao lost a game and stopped Gu Chen as he returned from the restroom. Before she could speak, the man said in front of everyone, "What, drunk again and want me to let you kiss me?" "Xie Yao, what makes you think I'll do the same stupid thing with you twice?" Their coworkers were stunned. Xie Yao was too, and wanted to find a hole to crawl into. Later that night, the doorbell rang. Still half-asleep, Xie Yao opened the door and saw Gu Chen standing there, his expression dark. She stared at him for a moment. "What are you doing here?" The man looked at her crooked nightdress and swallowed, then deftly took hold of the back of her head. "I can't sleep. I want to kiss you." No one knew that the moment Gu Chen saw Xie Yao again, she only had to look at him once. And he was utterly defeated. [Meeting you was the calamity written in my fate] - Devoted first love for both leads, a beloved darling vs. the star around whom the moon revolves. Theme: A sun-facing flower that grows through adversity