A Secret Crush Comes True

[My next novel, After the Heart Flutters, is coming soon. You can pre-save it in my collection.]

Zhong Xia never dreamed that one day she'd register her marriage with the person she'd had a crush on in college.

They met through a matchmaking arrangement, but they came from very different backgrounds.

From their first matchmaking meeting to deciding to get married, they had known each other for less than three days.

Even after receiving their marriage certificate, Zhong Xia still couldn't figure out how she'd managed to meet Meng Tingyu through matchmaking.

After the wedding, as expected, they got along in a lukewarm way, so she was always preparing to get a divorce.

Even her rich best friend asked cautiously, "Are things okay between you two?"

Zhong Xia had no answer. She could easily imagine what everyone else was saying behind her back.

After all, Meng Tingyu was one of the most outstanding members of the powerful Meng family, with looks and abilities that were one in a million.

Much later, the people waiting for gossip and a laugh never got to see the two of them divorce. Instead, they witnessed Meng Tingyu's citywide, once-in-a-century proposal.

Afterward, the usually proud man posted his own "secret-crush journal" on social media.

He said: "I planned it for a long time, and finally got what I wanted."

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Collection: Years in Passing

Weibo: Mo Mo Who Loves Orange Juice.

~*~*~*~ [New Novel in Progress: After the Heart Flutters by Cheng Mo Mo] ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

[Blurb]:

Chi Sui'an comes from a prominent family. As soon as she graduates, her family arranges her life for her. Fed up, she grabs her best friend and sets off on an impulsive trip.

In a seaside town, she meets a very special man.

He's incredibly handsome and aloof, but exceptionally gentle with her. He helps her several times, and they keep running into each other.

After testing the waters a few times, Chi Sui'an has a late-night chat with her best friend: "Do you think he likes me?"

Her best friend thinks it's quite possible.

She tosses and turns all night, then decides to go find him and lay her cards on the table.

But he leaves without a word, vanishing without a trace.

Only then does she realize that apart from his name, she knows nothing about him.

After returning home, Chi Sui'an insists on joining the company her elders have explicitly forbidden her to work for.

Her colleague warns her repeatedly that the big boss is not only aloof and hard to approach, but also so heartless he's practically a devil. If she runs into him, she should stay as far away as possible.

She doesn't take the warning seriously.

Until she meets the man who left without a word outside the elevator.

He's dressed in a dark, bespoke suit, with an air of aristocratic elegance and restraint.

Before she can greet him, the people around her call out in unison: "Mr. Mu."

What? The heartless devil of a boss?

How can it be him?

How could he be the person her elders speak of in hushed tones?

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After an accident, Mu Cinian loses all color from his world.

Until he meets her, and the black-and-white world brightens once more.

~*~*~*~ [Friend's New Novel: April's Clear Skies by Meng Xiao Er] ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

[Blurb]:

That day, Xu Qinghe finished surgery very late. To her surprise, the department chief was waiting outside the operating room.

The chief spoke first: "Your dad insists you're still single because I've worked you so hard you haven't had time to date. I'm setting you up with someone tonight!"

Xu Qinghe: "..."

She already had someone she liked, so she always used work as an excuse to fob off her parents.

Before she could come up with an excuse to refuse, the chief continued: "I'm introducing you to Shi Wenli from neurosurgery."

At the sound of that name, Xu Qinghe's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Shi Wenli had always had impossibly high standards. He'd even turned down a match arranged by the hospital director.

Countless women he'd politely rejected had pursued him.

For years, she'd hidden all her feelings just to stay close to him.

"Chief, Dr. Shi and I see each other every day at work. If you force us together and he turns me down, won't it be awkward when we see each other afterward?"

The chief said, "Don't worry, Shi Wenli has already agreed to go on a blind date with you."

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Shi Wenli never imagined that one day he'd go on a blind date with one of his colleagues.

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A novel about Shi Wenli's older brother, slow-burn romance, marriage and relationships.

Theme: Strive to become the best version of yourself.