Tan Xin'ou has long known that Li Zhi is a wealthy playboy who's been around the block. She never expected that the two of them, who had never crossed paths, would become landlord and tenant by chance, and even pretend to be an engaged couple in the throes of passion.
She thought it was just a game between adults, but before she knew it, she'd lost her heart.
Little by little, she felt that she was special to him. Perhaps their pretend relationship had become real long ago.
Then she accidentally heard him tell his friends, "There's no woman worth giving my heart to."
Of course, she was no exception.
Those words shattered the hopes she knew she shouldn't have had, and she left for another country.
Five years later, they meet again, and she hears that ever since she left, a certain playboy has sworn off women and remained faithful, silently waiting for her to return.
She's a gull, he's the sea. A seagull is destined to belong to the ocean.
(Content note:
1. Both leads are romantically inexperienced. Happy ending.
2. The male lead really is a playboy, and the female lead has an ex-boyfriend. If that bothers you, proceed with caution. Seriously!)
Coming soon: contemporary romance
[Whispering into the Heart on the Wind]
On a bitterly cold spring evening when Xuan Yan was twenty, she collapsed, dazed and covered in bruises, onto the cold concrete.
Before she lost consciousness, she saw a handsome, refined young man hurrying toward her. He was a stranger, yet there was kindness in his eyes.
She vaguely heard him call for an ambulance.
When she woke up in a private hospital, a nurse told her that Mr. Ji had brought her there, and that he would visit once he finished work.
But at the time, she was afraid of men, hated them, and couldn't bear to be around them.
She left in a hurry before he could come.
After that, Xuan Yan never saw Mr. Ji again. Yet on countless nights when she woke from nightmares, she would think of him, and the kindness in his eyes would soothe her frightened heart.
One day, two years later, as she practiced lacquer painting at her old family home, the wind chime by the door rang softly. The man from her memories suddenly appeared before her, smiling warmly. "I've come to pick up my painting."
And the heart he'd lost.
(Content note:
1. Both leads are romantically inexperienced. A slow, healing romance.
The male lead is seven years older than the female lead and has an ex-girlfriend. The female lead was set up by someone and sexually assaulted, leaving her with serious psychological trauma. She strongly resists being close to strange men, but gradually heals with the male lead's help. If that bothers you, proceed with caution!
2. The setting is fictional, with the era inspired by 2008 to 2010, when touchscreen smartphones were just becoming common and video chat apps had not yet appeared.
3. The female lead eventually becomes an inheritor of the traditional craft of lacquer painting. The plot, characters, and place names are all fictional, with no real-life counterparts. Please don't overanalyze them. Thank you!)
Other completed contemporary romances in my author page:
1. [Young Master Lu Spares No Effort to Spoil His Wife] The male lead asks the female lead to be his decoy; love at first sight; a contract relationship.
2. [Deep Devotion] The male lead tries to win his wife back. Happy ending.
3. [Crimson Flames of the Heart] A bickering couple go from trading barbs to falling in love, with affection growing over time.
Theme: Hold fast to your convictions and stay true to your dreams and love.
