Bitter Fruit [Rekindled Love]

Blurb

During her first week as an intern at the hospital, Chi Xue met Chen Wangshu.

In a busy corridor, he stood backlit with a patient chart in his hand. His crisp white coat outlined his tall, slender figure, giving him an indescribably aloof and elegant air.

A young woman made one excuse after another to strike up a conversation, then blushed with embarrassment.

He seemed not to notice at all. His replies were brief, his cool, handsome features making the distance between them unmistakable.

Like a cold moon hanging high above the world, looking down on the mortal realm, he made people afraid to entertain any improper thoughts.

At the time, he was already working independently under his mentor, while she was a rookie intern just starting out.

They hurried past each other in the department without even meeting each other’s eyes.

Only she knew how much of her heart was hidden in their relationship, which had begun for a reason.

But a story built on self-deception could never have a happy ending.

Four years later, Chi Xue unexpectedly ran into an old flame at a dinner gathering.

A friend who didn’t know their history deliberately tried to set them up.

Chen Wangshu leaned back in his chair. After a moment of silence, he said flatly, “There’s no need.”

But as the gathering ended, he heard her draw a firm line between them.

The corner of his mouth twitched, a faint trace of self-mockery passing through his dark eyes.

“So for you, everything back then was just going through the motions? It meant nothing?”

Chi Xue had no intention of getting involved with him again.

Until one snowy night, after seeing off her blind date, she turned and fell into a familiar embrace.

A forceful kiss made the air grow scorching hot.

She looked up and thought she saw snowflakes melting at the corners of his eyes.

The man who had always been so self-assured lowered his head, his defeated voice brushing her ear as he held back his feelings. “Choose me.”

“We’re more in sync when it comes to this sort of thing, aren’t we?”

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In the eyes of outsiders, Chen Wangshu had a privileged family, a promising career, and seemed to have everything within easy reach.

Little did they know that even his tranquil life had once spun out of control.

Once, four years ago, a twist of fate led him to ask a girl to pretend to be his girlfriend.

Then, after they met again, he bet everything and became her lawful husband.

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“Meeting her was a mistake. He watched himself fall, fully aware.”

[Reading Guide]

1. Sensitive and stubborn x calm and self-possessed. The leads are each other’s one and only, and this has a happy ending.

2. Contemporary urban romance, reunited after a breakup with a key information gap. A long, drawn-out emotional push and pull. Both leads have their flaws.

3. Medical details are based on online research and personal experience. Please don’t compare fictional characters to real people.

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Coming soon: The Sleepless Nebula

Blurb

Shen Mian, the youngest daughter of an old-money family in Beijing, had striking features, foxlike eyes, and a bold, willful nature.

Jiang Xubai, a brilliant finance student at A University, came from a poor family, was modest and reserved, and was famous for his good temper.

They were worlds apart.

Even matchmaking posts on the campus forum couldn’t link them together.

One night, in a suite at a top luxury hotel in Beijing,

Shen Mian unabashedly looked the handsome man across from her up and down, then tossed a black card onto the table. “I heard your unrequited love had an accident and you need money in a hurry. Here’s five million. You’re with me for six months.”

Jiang Xubai’s gaze shifted slightly. He looked at the gorgeous heiress, then after a long pause laid down three rules.

First, it would only happen at night.

Second, they would keep their distance at school.

Third, neither would interfere in the other’s private life.

Shen Mian nodded indifferently. She had no intention of making their relationship public either.

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At the start-of-term club welcome party,

new students who had come out of curiosity crowded around to ask about Miss Shen’s preferences.

Jiang Xubai smiled faintly. “How would I know?”

The freshmen exchanged glances.

Their relationship really was as strained as the rumors claimed.

Halfway through the party, Shen Mian went outside for some air, only to be cornered in the corridor.

After a heated kiss, she pushed him away, breathless, her eyes shimmering. “What are you doing? Don’t you know how to end things on good terms?”

Unlike his forceful, domineering kiss, Jiang Xubai lowered his eyes, his expression still calm and gentle. Only his ears were faintly red.

“The chest chain and handcuffs are here,” he paused. “You can do whatever you want...”

“Don’t look at them, Mianmian.”

/

On A University’s campus forum, Jiang Xubai was labeled a “herbivore.”

Gentle and clean-cut, with no edge to him, someone anyone could push around.

At first, Shen Mian thought so too.

Later, countless times, when she had to sit up in bed clutching her aching waist, she cursed herself for being so blind.

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“She entered my world like a sleepless pink nebula.”

Reading Guide:

1. This novel is also known as The Heiress Keeps a Poor College Heartthrob to Treat Her Unrequited Love.

2. One-on-one romance. The male lead is devoted to one person, and the unrequited love is a misunderstanding.

3. The female lead has no connection whatsoever to the other woman.

4. The heiress will never go bankrupt and will always stand above everyone else.

Theme: Hold fast to what you love, and believe that you are loved.