Dusk Ablaze

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[Willful Sweetheart Childhood Friend x Cool, Aloof Childhood Friend]

1.

The first time Ji Nanxun met Ye Ruanxi, he saw right through her: a willful, troublesome little green tea.

At the time, Ye Ruanxi was almost a head shorter than him.

She struggled to rise onto her tiptoes, lifting her round, almond-shaped eyes to stare at him without blinking.

No, she was staring at the jar of candy on his cabinet.

She rubbed her reddened eyes and squeezed out a few glistening tears. "Brother Nanxun, I want some candy."

Ji Nanxun looked down at her and raised an eyebrow, lazy and unconcerned.

He took a piece of fruit candy from the jar up high, then leisurely popped it into his own mouth.

"You ungrateful little thing."

"Candy is bad for children's teeth."

Ye Ruanxi stared at his puffed-out cheek. After a moment of stunned silence, she sat on the floor and sobbed for a good while.

How dare he...

Have thicker skin than her.

2.

She swore she would avenge the fruit candy.

With that principle in mind, she pursued Ji Nanxun for eight years.

One winter during her first year of college, she bounced into his view wearing a fluffy coat and a pair of bunny ears.

Ji Nanxun lowered the brim of his hat and turned away to avoid her.

She heard his friend tease him. "That girl is so cute... She looks pretty young too. You wouldn't be trying to rob the cradle, would you..."

"As if I'd dare. She's just the mischievous girl next door, willful and troublesome."

Actually, her hearing was even better than her 20/20 vision.

So he found her annoying.

3.

Later,

he got what he wanted and became a hugely popular singer with a dazzling career,

but he lost the little girl in the audience who had only ever had eyes for him.

After she returned from abroad, she never gave him a second glance.

Then a variety show brought them together again.

They crossed paths in a rather unusual way...

That day, jealous of her closeness with another man,

he cornered her in a dim stairwell backstage, pinned down the arm she was trying to pull free, and said with red eyes, "You've moved on already? You think your big brother doesn't get jealous?"

She smiled, then turned her face away evasively.

"You know how I am. I never stick with anything for long."

Ji Nanxun: "You're lying."

"You could love me just like you love your drawings."

"?"

"Love me one more time."

This time,

he would fill her jar with all the honey in the world.

#He loves everything about her because he loves her.

#The interest on the candy he owed her as a child is a lifetime.

Reader's guide:

*The leads are five years apart in age.

*The leads span a wide age range over the course of the story, and their romance begins when they are adults!

*The heroine is not the hero's first love.

*Neither lead is perfect, but they are both trying to become better people.

*The heroine takes the initiative early on, pursuing the hero; later, the hero takes the lead.

My profile has the completed sweet romance "The Moonlight Falls Like Hail."

My profile also has a story coming soon that is connected to this one, with Ye Wenchen as the male lead.

[Rebellious Young Master x Cool Beauty]

1.

In the year Shi Nianqing turned 23, the Lu family of the capital brought her back and welcomed her into the family.

Unlike the other young ladies of the great families, she was neither pampered nor spoiled. Like wild field reeds, she was cool and resilient.

At the Lu family's arrangement, she was forced into a marriage alliance with Ye Wenchen, the young master who held power in the Ye family.

Before their wedding, she had met him only twice.

The first time was at a bar, where she saw him surrounded by women, living it up.

The young master held a glass of whiskey and smiled lazily and roguishly. "Beautiful, care to join me for a drink?"

Her expression didn't change as she calmly corrected him. "It's a summer night. It won't snow."

She had never had any expectations for this contractual marriage.

2.

After the wedding, Ye Wenchen, usually so carefree and uninhibited, seemed to reform. He never set foot in those pleasure houses again.

His friends teased him about changing his ways. He lazily turned his wedding ring and said casually, "Your sister-in-law would get mad if she found out."

Shi Nianqing, however, didn't think much of it.

Instead, she felt she was being inconsiderate, keeping the young master from finding someone new.

"It's fine. We're only married by contract. If there's a girl you like, you can..."

Before she could finish, the man pulled her into his arms. His chin rested in the hollow of her shoulder, his scorching lips brushed her ear, and his voice was low and husky. "Baby, your reflexes are slow."

//Reader's guide:

1. Both are virgins, marriage before love, intense push and pull, equally strong leads.

2. The male lead falls first.

3. Set in a fictional world.

4. Slightly connected to another story on my profile, "Shen Xi Like Flame."

Theme: Grow toward the sun, and the world will shine for you too