Rain on a Sunny Day

[Stubborn and devoted, deeply loving and steadfast] [Pre-release: Lemon Soda, blurb below]

Liang Xiaoqing and Shi Yuzhou met again in the height of summer in June, at a noisy late-night food stall in Jiangcheng. A few drunks were harassing her and her friends when a tall, handsome man strolled over and shielded her.

Later, when she asked why he had gotten involved, Shi Yuzhou's handsome features turned cool, and he said in a cold voice, "Because I'm your big brother."

Liang Xiaoqing was immediately stunned. "You were only my brother for two years."

Shi Yuzhou crossed his arms. "Even if it was only for two years, a brother is still a brother."

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After they met again, Liang Xiaoqing noticed that Shi Yuzhou was appearing in her life more and more often. One day, she finally couldn't hold back as he showed up in the middle of the night to bring her a late-night snack.

"Shi Yuzhou, don't you have a job? Why are you always hovering around me? And don't say it's because you're my brother and have to look out for me. Even if you are my brother, you can't keep interfering in my private life. Because of you, I've had three relationships fall apart, and none of them lasted a week!"

Shi Yuzhou put a piece of meat in her mouth. His deep-set eyes were fixed on her, his gaze unfathomable. "You still can't tell?"

Liang Xiaoqing: O_o?

"Just come clean already! Are you getting revenge on me for bullying your mom back then?"

Shi Yuzhou: "..."

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Later, the two went to the marriage registration office to get their marriage certificate. Liang Xiaoqing teased him, "Weren't you going to be my good big brother for the rest of your life? Changed your mind?"

Shi Yuzhou kissed her, then kissed the red marriage certificate, his eyes shining with laughter.

"Once your brother, your husband for life," he said.

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Shi Yuzhou would never let anyone know that during those gloomy, joyless years of his youth, when he was both arrogant and insecure, he had longed for Liang Xiaoqing so desperately.

From the shadows where nobody could see him, he watched her shine in the sunlight, envying the person who stood beside her back then.

He tried with all his might to get closer to his moon. She was a moon he could see but never touch.

He never dared to dream that one day he would truly claim that moon as his own.

1. They are not biologically related. The hero's mother once remarried the heroine's father, but they later divorced.

2. The hero has a secret crush on the heroine.

3. A straightforward, optimistic heiress whose business went bankrupt x a calculating, taciturn, tsundere former stepbrother with a stuffy, flirtatious side.

4. "Stubborn and devoted" comes from singer Li Ronghao's song No Compromises.

Pre-release. Please add it to your collection. The novel's page is up.

Lemon Soda

Ning Ning's HR department hired a new intern assistant.

The handsome young man hadn't even graduated from college yet. He had striking dark red hair, a brooding expression, and the air of someone cold, aloof, arrogant, and impossible to manage.

After working with him for a week, Ning Ning realized he only ate five-yuan bowls of plain rice noodles twice a day.

She couldn't stand it. Thinking he was a poor kid, she took him along to eat a ridiculously fancy 25-yuan beef noodle soup without giving him a chance to refuse.

The red-haired hunk wolfed it down as if he hadn't eaten his fill in decades.

Thinking he was struggling financially, Ning Ning started bringing him along to meals whenever she could.

The handsome young man was deeply touched. "You came through for me in my darkest hour. One day, I'll pick you up in a Ferrari and take you out for a French feast."

Ning Ning nodded to spare his pride, but didn't take him seriously.

Then one day, the young man suddenly quit. When he came back to the office, he really was driving a Ferrari to pick her up. "Get in, Ning Ning."

Ning Ning sighed. "I'm happy you mean well, but you really didn't need to rent a car. That's such a waste of money."

Meng Jiayao was baffled. "This is my car. I have several, in different colors."

"Whatever color clothes I'm wearing, that's the color car I'll drive."

Only then did Ning Ning find out that the handsome young man who'd been so hungry he ate plain rice noodles every day was the only son of one of the company's directors, her future boss...

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Later, Ning Ning asked him why he had looked so wretched back then.

Meng Jiayao said awkwardly, "My dad thought I was too extravagant, so he canceled all my cards and sent me to the most remote subsidiary to take part in a survival show..."

Ning Ning: ...

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You might not believe it, but I once rescued my future boss from dire straits.

1. A fluffy, brainless sweet romance.

2. Older woman and younger man, five-year age gap.

3. A soft, sweet little bunny x a cocky, flashy young heir.

Theme: May everyone in love get the ending they wish for.