Amber Orange

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At a banquet, a friend introduced Luo Xincheng to a powerful business rival. Staring at the man's refined, handsome face, she silently cursed him in her head:

Damn.

The poor ex-boyfriend she'd dumped before studying abroad had somehow become a candidate to inherit a wealthy family...

But she had no interest in playing the vicious supporting woman who gets humiliated in some male power fantasy about a nobody's rise to success.

So she forced a smile and held out her hand. "It's nice to meet you."

The young man glanced down at her hand. After a moment's silence, he smiled and shook it. "Miss Luo, I've heard so much about you. It's a pleasure to meet you."

His smile was warm but polite, his voice calm yet distant. For a moment, Luo Xincheng almost thought she'd gotten away with it...

Until he secretly tickled her palm with his fingertip.

-

Her act of pretending to have amnesia didn't last long. Of course, she was eventually exposed.

Her unacknowledged ex-boyfriend didn't rage or shout questions at her. He only looked at her in disbelief as his eyes slowly reddened.

"Why...?"

"Why did you lie to me like this?"

He covered his face, humiliated and helpless, unable to stop his sobs.

"Am I really so embarrassing that you won't even admit I was your ex-boyfriend?"

"What did I do wrong...? I'll change..."

"Please don't treat me like this. I'm begging you."

* 1v1, both leads are each other's first, and both are virgins. Neither lead dates anyone else during their breakup. This is a boy-girl romance.

* The heroine is not a paragon of virtue, nor is she a career-driven, powerful woman. She's willful, sharp-tongued, and ill-tempered. Readers who expect high moral standards from the heroine should take care.

* The hero isn't gloomy or yandere, just a somewhat tsundere, resentful husband: an honest man who's finally thrown caution to the wind.

* Everyday slice-of-life, with a calm plot and few twists. Everything serves the romance between the leads. No healing, substance, depth, grand themes, or deeper meaning. Please subscribe one chapter at a time. No need to announce if you drop the story. If you don't like it, feel free to criticize the author, but don't insult readers who enjoy it. Thank you.

* Comments mentioning real-world people will be deleted. Sorry.

Theme: The simple things in life are what matter most.