No Love Songs [Second Chance at Love]

[My next book, Letters from Yesterday, is available for pre-order. Please check it out if you're interested!]

Six years after their breakup, Qiao Zhi returns to China to teach, while her ex-boyfriend, He Zhouze, has become the hottest original singer around.

They reunite on a stormy day, just like when they first met.

As soon as Qiao Zhi opens her office door, she sees him looking at her tea and the photo on her desk with an inscrutable smile. Every detail is tied to their past.

He says, "I didn't know you were such a sentimental person, Professor Qiao."

But Qiao Zhi is sentimental about things, not about people. She refuses to let love tie her down.

So even though her heart wavers, she still delivers her verdict without mercy: "He Zhouze, I've never regretted it."

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He Zhouze has been in the music business for years and has released countless hit songs, but he has hardly ever sung a love song.

In public, he's cool and restrained, but no one knows that when he was young, he was once carefree and passionate, and loved openly.

Much later, Qiao Zhi finds an unfamiliar disc in an old book.

Only then does she learn that all of He Zhouze's courage and love were hidden in the first love song he wrote for her.

Unfortunately, she heard it six years too late.

But fortunately, he's always been behind her, never having left.

And his love has never held her back from moving forward.

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*Marine biologist x top musician

*Second chance romance, 1v1, happy ending, a little bit of an ensemble cast

*The entertainment industry is mostly incidental. No real-life inspirations, so please don't associate it with anyone.

*Recommended background music: "Rainy Day" by Sun Yanzi

*For more reading notes, see the author's note in Chapter One.

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[Pre-order: Letters from Yesterday]

Song Zhao receives a love letter from ten years ago.

The person wrote: "I'm so glad I got to spend seven days with you. The truth is, this is the third year I've been in love with you."

She vaguely remembers a boy from her high school graduation trip who always kept his head down and didn't dare look at her.

But she's already starting to forget his name.

Later, she learns that the words she'd casually read were the story of Liao Sizhuo's youth, spanning several years.

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Theme: Freedom means having the choice not to love, and the courage to love.