Name: An Angel in My Arms
Author: Huai Ye

Synopsis

My next book will be Good Girl, a marriage-first, love-later story. Please add it to your reading list~

A transfer student joins the second year at Chenyang High School.

Gu Ziyu has fair skin and delicate features, with an angelic face. He ranks first in the grade on his very first exam, making him a top student in his classmates' eyes and a model pupil in his teachers'. He's perfect in every way, except that he's frail.

Meng Li has a short wolf cut and a rebellious air. Her face is almost too beautiful, but she's infamous as a troublemaker at school, ranked last in her year and feared by everyone.

They shouldn't have had anything to do with each other, but they become desk mates.

Then...

Meng Li discovers Gu Ziyu's dark, obsessive side;

Gu Ziyu discovers Meng Li's kind and gentle side.

*

After the school arts festival, Gu Ziyu confesses beneath a sky full of falling snow.

Meng Li doesn't respond, but after saying goodbye to Gu Ziyu, she goes to a shooting range to let off steam for an hour, then runs home through the heavy snowfall.

After that, things go on as usual between them.

Until one day...

Meng Li finally breaks free of her shackles. Looking at Gu Ziyu, she says, "Gu Ziyu, let's get into Tsinghua."

Gu Ziyu is delighted. "Together?"

Meng Li smiles. "Yeah, together."

On the day they receive their admission letters, Gu Ziyu runs over to Meng Li to claim her promise.

Meng Li: "I thought we'd been boyfriend and girlfriend since the day the results came out."

Gu Ziyu's eyes shine like stars. "Say it again."

Meng Li hooks her pinky around Gu Ziyu's. "Boyfriend."

*

At seventeen, Meng Li is trapped in a mire.

At eighteen, Meng Li gets a new beginning.

At sixteen, Gu Ziyu has no desires.

At seventeen, all Gu Ziyu wants is Meng Li.

● A brilliant girl who's good at both brains and brawn x a gentle, calculating, obsessive boy

● Neither lead is perfect. The hero undergoes a major change, becoming somewhat unhinged and possessive later on. The heroine grows over the course of the story. The story has a lot of original worldbuilding, so don't overthink the details.

● The story concept dates back to January 5, 2024. I have a screenshot.

Coming Soon: Desolate

Xiao Ying first meets Ji Chen in a hospital. The moment she wakes up in bed, she beats up the man who saved her life, then ends up owing Ji Chen a huge sum of money because she has nothing on her.

Ji Chen demands that she stay by his side for two years.

Having just transmigrated to another world, Xiao Ying sells herself like that.

Ji Chen, the third master of the ancient Ji family, is peerlessly handsome and merciless in his methods. Wherever he goes, blood is sure to be spilled. Everyone trembles at the mention of his name.

After spending some time with Ji Chen, Xiao Ying sees that the rumors are true. She tries to expose them as lies, but everyone thinks she's an idiot. Her sympathy gets the better of her, and she gradually falls for him.

Ji Chen quietly instructs his subordinate: "You can make the rumors even more outrageous."

*

Someone notices that Ji Chen, known as the man who lives like a monk, has recently been accompanied everywhere by a stunning beauty. Long black hair and a qipao are her signature look.

Wherever Ji Chen goes, she goes too.

His enemies think they've found Ji Chen's weakness and send one assassin after another, but none return.

Ji Chen lowers his eyes and carefully wipes Xiao Ying's hands clean. "Didn't I teach you how to use a gun? Why can't you ever remember?"

Xiao Ying smiles. "I forgot."

Ji Chen looks up. "It seems I didn't teach you memorably enough. I'll do better next time."

Xiao Ying immediately gets goosebumps.

Two years later.

Xiao Ying brings the contract to Ji Chen, smiling sweetly. Ji Chen wraps an arm around her waist and whispers in her ear, "You're leaving?"

Xiao Ying doesn't struggle. "I want to be free."

"All right." Ji Chen takes Xiao Ying's pale, slender hand and tears up the contract. "You're free now. Do you still want me?"

Xiao Ying blinks and says nothing.

Ji Chen gently coaxes her. "Tell me."