Dreams of a Rainbow Boat

When Shen Youlian first became Pei Shizhou's wife through an arranged marriage, the two of them couldn't stand each other.

They drew a clear line between them and swore that whoever crossed it would be the other one's grandson.

Shen Youlian spent months alone in their marital home, enjoying her freedom and turning a blind eye to her husband, with whom she had a marriage in name only.

She never expected that one day Pei Shizhou would stand before her with a smile and admit, "I'm your grandson."

*

As a newcomer who had only just set one foot into the entertainment industry, Shen Youlian gained a little online attention through a dating reality show and landed a role, making her debut.

The more direct reason for the show's popularity was that it had invited Pei Shizhou, a sensationally popular genius musician in the industry, to be a guest commentator.

But as people watched, they began to realize that something was off...

A certain big star was calm throughout and never took anything seriously. But whenever the show aired footage of Shen Youlian interacting with a male guest, his sharp tongue came out in full force.

"None of them are any good."

"Shen Youlian likes him? I don't think so."

"...Why is this guy getting handsy with her???"

The audience: I think I'm starting to ship them (gossip.jpg)

*

One day after they stopped sleeping in separate rooms,

Shen Youlian had been teased so mercilessly that she thought she'd been too kind to him before. She should have taken more advantage of him.

She hooked a leg around him and roused the sleeping man. Even with a hoarse voice, she still asked with absolute confidence, "Why don't you say that again? What did you say you were?"

Pei Shizhou's eyes were half-closed, but his arms instinctively tightened around her. Hearing her question, he gave a lazy, indistinct laugh and lowered his head to kiss her thin eyelids.

"I'm yours."

*

Sharp-tongued, jealous young master x sweet-acting flirt whose tongue is even sharper than his

Two childish people, constantly trying to outwit each other.

"In a rainbow-colored dream, I shape a little boat and let it drift into your heart."

[Reading guide]

1. Neither the heroine nor the hero is an idol, so there's no question of them betraying their fans.

2. The hero is sharp-tongued and unconventional. People online criticize him too, and opinions about him are divided, but he doesn't care at all.

3. There are no real-life inspirations. The entertainment industry setting is entirely fictional, so don't read too much into it. 1v1, both virgins, HE.

My next upcoming novel will be Snowtide Poem. Here's the blurb:

One time, Jiang Xuefu went to a bar with a friend and laid eyes on a male model with an unbelievably gorgeous face.

He knew how to flirt and how to sweet-talk her, so she paid him to drink with her for several days in a row.

The handsome guy was always happy to oblige. Jiang Xuefu fell for him quickly, flirting with him openly and in subtle ways, planning to develop a relationship and have some fun with him for a while.

One day, she went back to the bar.

As usual, Jiang Xuefu casually put her hand on his thigh, only for someone to slap it away.

The incredibly attentive handsome guy wiped his hands with a wet wipe. His manner changed completely, and he said coldly, "Don't touch me."

Jiang Xuefu's heart shattered. She turned and left, then put him on her blacklist for the entire night.

*

The next day, she arrived late to an elective class shared with students from other departments.

She found a seat in the corner. Just as the teacher called on someone to answer a question, she turned toward the voice...

Then she stared at that face, stunned.

The guy who had harshly rejected her the previous night was now neatly dressed, with a refined and gentle air.

After giving the correct answer, the teacher asked his name. He smiled warmly and said, "My name is Yu Zeli."

Jiang Xuefu was still reeling from the fact that this model guy, who had been a good student by day, secretly worked as a male model at a bar and had deceived her about his feelings, when her phone lit up.

The person she'd taken off her blacklist that morning had sent her a message.

"Why didn't you say good morning to me today, big sister?"

Jiang Xuefu: ???

It wasn't until Yu Zeli pinned her in a dim alley and kissed her in front of his own younger brother that she understood.

The refined, well-mannered top student panted softly against her ear, but his hand forcefully turned her chin, making her look at him. "Can you tell the difference?"

Jiang Xuefu grabbed his collar and licked the bead of blood bitten from the corner of his mouth. "Yu Zeli, you..."

"I'm here."

The next moment, he leaned in again, his presence impossible to resist.

"Let him watch. I'm the one kissing you now."

[Reading notes]

1. University setting, twins, and a brothers-on-either-side situation, but it's 1v1. The hero is Yu Zeli. The guy working as a male model at the bar is his younger brother. The heroine doesn't know at first that they're two different people, and the truth eventually comes out.

2. The heroine sleeps with both men and has an ex. The hero is a virgin.

3. This is a story written for personal tastes. It probably won't be very long, so I'm letting myself go wild. It's probably about a naughty woman who loves to play around x a gloomy man who puts on a very convincing act.

Theme: Embrace what's beautiful and bravely pursue your dreams.