Waiting for the Clouds

[I'm waiting, waiting for the clouds to come.]

Yun Li first met Li Bingchu in her freshman year of college. She was staying over at a friend's house when the power went out in the middle of the night. A man's cool voice came from the doorway.

"You're old enough to know better."

"Get up on your own, and stop making me angry."

His stern, reserved voice left Yun Li frozen in place.

Her friend had told her that her uncle had just returned from abroad. He was strict and never smiled, and his scolding was terrifying.

When the lights came back on, the man paused.

"I'm sorry."

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After that, Yun Li always took a detour whenever she ran into Li Bingchu.

He had a natural air of intimidation, a suffocating presence that made it hard to breathe.

On the eve of the engagement her father had arranged for her, on a rainy spring night, Yun Li stood on the balcony and saw the sternly dressed man in his car, shadows in his eyes. The next moment, a message from him appeared on her phone

"You could make a better choice."

"Marry me."

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Yun Li had never dared imagine that one day she would sit on Li Bingchu's lap and kiss him.

He held her in place and asked if she was comfortable.

"We can try again. I think you'll like it more."

*My old-fashioned, stern, abstinent husband

Coming soon: "Hard to Make Peace with Her"

The year Nian Hongsi returned from the military, his father entrusted Wen Xi to him.

His father said he had to protect her and keep her safe for the rest of her life.

When Wen Xi was at her most rebellious, she stood on his sofa and confronted him. "Is it shameless of me to love you?"

Nian Hongsi looked at her calmly, trying only to correct a rebellious girl's mistaken ideas about love.

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Wen Xi left the Nian family for three years. The day she returned to the country was the summer solstice, beneath a blazing sun. She leaned against her boyfriend as they shared an ice cream.

Nian Hongsi looked at her coolly. "I taught you for over a decade, and you still haven't learned to be grateful?"

[What a little ingrate.]

That night, someone covered her mouth from behind, gripped her wrist tightly, and dragged her into a room.

"Break up with him." He tipped up her chin and kissed her. "I'll let you have your fun."

*Reserved and self-controlled vs. carefree and flirtatious, steamy romance

*They argue in the early chapters and fight in the later ones. The male lead breaks his own rules and goes crazy for love.

*Eight-year age gap

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Theme: Love grows grand in silence.