Our Third Year of Mutual Respect

■ The bonus chapters are complete. My new novel, Living on Your Planet, is now underway. [Story blurb] [10-year age gap / size difference / skin tone difference / uptight older man loses control] Before Qiao Baobei married Fu Yanqing, she was a shampoo girl at a hair salon. Marrying a thirty-year-old man at twenty wasn't ideal, but Fu Yanqing was tall, handsome, and alluring, his honey-colored muscles hidden beneath his suit. He was practically a violent thug in a business suit. She couldn't resist him, and was a little attracted to him, after all, he was rich and generous with his money, the heir to a top-tier wealthy family in Licheng, someone most could only dream of reaching. After the wedding, Qiao Baobei's petite frame filled out, and she became the most lavishly adorned, dazzling, and beautiful rich man's wife in high society. - In the third year of their polite, companionable marriage, Qiao Baobei couldn't say she liked Fu Yanqing, but she was deeply dependent on him. Even though he often wore a stern expression, was disciplined and taciturn, and always insisted she go to bed before nine at night, get up at seven in the morning, and have sex no more than five times a week... Qiao Baobei thought life would carry on quietly like this, until she ran into another man: her first love. Her first love had shed his boyishness. He wore glasses and was still refined, elegant, and well-mannered. She lamented that their youth was gone, while he had barely changed. They exchanged a few cheerful pleasantries. She didn't notice the man's inscrutable, chilling gaze from a Bentley nearby. - That night, Qiao Baobei went to bed at nine as usual. When she woke groggily in the middle of the night, she saw a massive figure looming over her and let out a cry. Fu Yanqing's honey-colored back was strong and muscular. His chiseled face was more severe than usual, and his eyes and lips were damp with heat. He rose and bent down, cupping her face. His voice was low and hoarse, still gentle, but his movements were especially rough: "You can handle everything I give you, right?" "I'm not old. I can still perform. You can't leave me, sweetheart." Qiao Baobei x Fu Yanqing A blissfully oblivious beauty x an uptight, insecure older man Screenshots taken on October 6, 2024. [Reader advisory] * The female lead has had previous partners, while the male lead is a virgin in his thirties. Before meeting the female lead, he is assumed to have worn a chastity device and been impotent. The female lead has dated before, and is an airheaded, universally adored beauty. There are lots of men competing for her. * The female lead used to be a nurse and helped out at her family's salon, which is why she was a shampoo girl ^ ^ If you can't handle the military training instructor falling for a recruit or the hairdresser falling for a client trope just because the genders are swapped, don't read. And please don't discriminate against any profession. For detailed warnings, see the first chapter. Thanks for adding the story to your collection. See the character cards for the skin tone difference and character appearances. My older novels, Top-Tier Newlywed and The Rose Crosses the Line, are also available. Please add my author page to your collection / Sui Zhu Ye Childhood-friends serial novel Living on Your Planet is now underway She got caught flirting with her crush. Lu Manyue never imagined her crush's roommate would be Xie Xingyin, the guy who had lived at her house since childhood and stuck to her like glue. "You have to keep this a secret." "I will." "You can't contradict me or make things up." "Okay." Xie Xingyin agreed readily, his smile fading. "It's your first time liking someone. Want me to help you practice in advance?" They had been inseparable for as long as they could remember. They used the same body wash and slept in the same bed. He should have been her first love. - Lu Manyue often thought there was something wrong with Xie Xingyin's head. He was only three months younger than her, yet never called her big sister. He had no money, but still worked part-time to give her spending money. They weren't even in the same class, yet he would inexplicably appear at her classroom door and smile at her. Even after moving out and returning to his life as a rich young master, he still made her all sorts of promises. The strangest thing was that after she broke up with her ex-boyfriend, he asked her: "Could I be the next one?" Before you turned eighteen, you never felt anything for me. When you kissed him, did you ever think about me during our practice dates? - A stranger from above versus the childhood friend, but the pairing is set: A brooding cat who smiles sweetly on the surface but secretly schemes in the shadows x a somewhat short-tempered, carefree puppy Also: A devoted admirer of everything Manyue does x the generator of all his emotions Childhood friends / male unrequited love / stealing her from her boyfriend Click here for the pseudo-incest story Molting Jiang Zhiqi had no idea when she first became obsessed with Song Yanxiao. As far back as she could remember, her older brother had always been hers. Song Yanxiao bought her first sanitary pad, gave her her first new phone, taught her to ride a bicycle, and was there for her birthdays, school advancement ceremonies, and singing competitions. No younger sister could help loving her older brother. He cared for her, so it was only natural that she loved him in return. She loved his pleasant scent, so she wore his old clothes he no longer wanted. She loved his clean, slender hands, so she collected his empty pen refills. She loved the way his eyes curved and his lips lifted when he looked at her. She wanted her brother to look at her every day, and she wanted to kiss his soft lips. - Song Yanxiao was the school's star, the dream boy many girls had crushes on. He was popular, and girls confessed to him every few days. But Jiang Zhiqi knew he never got caught up in romance and always kept himself in check. Until a famous senior started walking around with him, laughing and talking. For the first time, Jiang Zhiqi felt a powerful sense of crisis. Why was he smiling at her? He never used to act like that. - "Mom and Dad can kiss and sleep together. Why can't we?" Jiang Zhiqi's lips were red, her eyes were red too, and she was gasping for breath, looking pitiful. Song Yanxiao looked at her calmly and explained patiently, word by word: "I'm your brother, not your husband or boyfriend, and I'm not someone you can use for fun. We can't." "Did our parents give you this idea, or did someone teach you to do this? That idiot boyfriend of yours?" Jiang Zhiqi had always been a good girl. She couldn't have gone bad. A possessive, sweet-faced but secretly naughty younger sister with a "Gao Shanshan" personality x a taciturn, indulgent older brother The woman forces herself on the man; the man indulges the woman / 7-year age gap / pseudo-incest / they are not registered in the same household. Theme: Women's growth