Blurb:
You Anfu once rose to fame thanks to art-house films, but now she can only get exposure by going on a dating show. Looking at her pipa, which has gathered dust, she made up her mind: No, I have to do something.
Lu Wangyu. Why does that name sound so familiar?
Never mind. Why worry about that? Making money is what matters.
The push and pull, the tangled feelings.
Isn't that exactly what a dating show wants? She can give them all of it.
Gradually, You Anfu realized that the rapid beating of her heart whenever she saw him wasn't nerves. It was love.
Oh no, this is what falling in love feels like.
She wants both a career and love.
"Lu Wangyu, on the show, you... were you being serious?"
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She thought people from their two circles would never cross paths again, but she never expected them to end up on the same dating show.
Go? Why wouldn't she!
The woman held a pipa, her hair swept to one side over her shoulder. Her slender, pale fingers moved over the strings, as if an ancient figure had stepped out of a painting.
"After a thousand calls, she finally appears, still half hiding her face behind her pipa."
Lu Wangyu felt that the line was probably written about her.
Someone asked him, "If you like her so much, why haven't you confessed?"
He gazed at the woman playing the pipa in the video, smiling as he slowly replied, "She's slow to catch on. I want to wait until she figures it out."
He'd already waited so long. He'd be willing to wait another ten years.
*
One day, a famous race car driver's Weibo account posted an unusual update.
Caption: I wonder if the sound of a pipa and the roar of a race car engine can harmonize perfectly?
Coming soon:
Little Pond
Li Chi is ordinary, hardworking, and quiet. The least ordinary thing in her uneventful life is meeting Xi Qiyan.
Countless people like him, and Li Chi is one of them.
That year, they studied together, got caught in the rain, climbed mountains, and watched the sunrise. Li Chi's affection grew day by day.
She assumed they liked each other, until she heard him call her an "ordinary friend." She understood that it had all been a dream, and now that she had woken up, it was time to leave.
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Xi Qiyan is a born winner, surrounded by admirers. Li Chi came into his life when he didn't know how to love.
He gave her all his patience, tenderness, and consideration. In the end, all he got in return was her leaving without a word.
Years later, he saw her familiar face at an event, and the words he'd wanted to say finally spilled out.
But she coldly rejected him: "Back then, I didn't know my own mind. From now on, we're just ordinary friends."
In the cramped space, Xi Qiyan unbuckled her seat belt and pulled her onto his lap. He buried his face against her pale neck and shoulder, his teeth grazing her collarbone. "Whether we're lovers or friends isn't up to you."
Theme: Love is waiting.
