The Cooling-Off Period After a Breakup

Blurb

1.

After six years of studying in the United States, Zhou Xuxu suddenly returned to China to start a business. Everyone knew Jiang Zeyang was the lingering homesickness in her heart.

The once-unremarkable girl had transformed. After dating so many handsome men abroad and gaining plenty of experience in love, Zhou Xuxu was sure she could win him over.

The typhoon had just passed. Rain poured outside the window. Zhou Xuxu posted a moment showing off her 39.5-degree fever. Jiang Zeyang visited late that night. "Xuxu, I came to bring you some medicine."

Xie Yuting opened the door.

Putting on the airs of the man of the house, he looked Jiang Zeyang in the eye and chuckled. "You doctors really have no boundaries, do you? Making house calls like this?"

Pale-faced, Zhou Xuxu came out of the bedroom. When she drove Xie Yuting away, her eyes seemed ready to dismember him. "Don't ruin this for me."

Xie Yuting scoffed. "You use people and toss them aside. What a heartless woman!"

The rain lasted a week. Once the sky cleared, Jiang Zeyang moved into Zhou Xuxu's spacious apartment.

After that, the heartless woman mended her ways and started cooking for him.

2.

Zhou Xuxu accompanied Jiang Zeyang to a class reunion.

After a few rounds of drinks, Zhou Xuxu returned from the restroom to find Jiang Zeyang kissing his ex-girlfriend. She marched over and splashed a glass of red wine in each of their faces.

Furious, she stormed out, but Xie Yuting, who had accidentally witnessed the whole thing, caught her by the arm.

The man was smug, and he leaned close to her lips, speaking softly. "Since he upset you tonight, when we get home... I'll make sure you feel good."

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Zhou Xuxu never knew Jiang Zeyang was a procrastinator.

He only learned to turn when the car had already hit the wall. He only wiped away the snot when it was already running into his mouth. And he only realized she was the one after she'd fallen for someone else.

The next day, after moving house, the man who usually never posted on social media shared a question:

Divorce has a one-month cooling-off period. Why doesn't breaking up?

Xie Yuting commented: There is one. I spent an hour on foreplay waiting for you, and you didn't seize your chance. Who can you blame?

[Reader's Guide]

*A story about SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs.

*The second male lead takes center stage. Xie Yuting is the real male lead, and he's the female lead's neighbor.

*The female lead is open about her feelings. She dated countless men while in the United States, and Xie was once one of the fish in her pond.

*Xie has always been devoted to the female lead, in both body and heart. He seems like a playboy but is sincere in love.

*The story is divided into separate 1v1 relationships. While the female lead is with Jiang, she and Xie are just neighbors; by the time she sleeps with Xie, she's already broken up with Jiang.

*The queen bee never settles down. The male and female leads get a happy ending, but they won't marry or have children. They'll always be evenly matched, and always in love.

Blurb set on 2024.3.12, edited on 2024.4.1, and edited again on 2024.7.10. The title was changed to Breaking Up's Cooling-Off Period on 2024.4.1. Do not take it.

Theme: Dawn will break one day, and the one destined to come will arrive