Name: Why Do I Like You Even More Now?
Author: Rock Candy Stars

Synopsis

[Upcoming: But I Don’t Like You Anymore. Blurb at the very bottom]

[Blurb]

A spoiled, righteous, hard-to-mess-with actress vs. a cold, abstinent CEO who is hopelessly in love but refuses to admit it

Liu Qingyao is acknowledged across the entertainment industry as a top-tier beauty, with delicate features and a flamboyant aura. She’s also famous for being someone you don’t want to mess with.

At a wrap party, she mistakenly thought an investor was trying to exploit her, and angrily slapped him.

Only later did she realize she’d misunderstood him.

The next time they met, she thought he might give her a hard time. She hesitantly apologized and quietly offered to let him slap her back.

But he wasn’t angry. In fact, he was even more attentive to her than before.

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Qu Yuzhou was handsome and aloof. He’d been single for years and had never been in a relationship.

His friends all waited to see who would manage to bring this untouchable man down from his pedestal.

At a party, a misunderstanding led to him being slapped in public by a flamboyant actress. His handsome face turned to the side, his thin lips pressed together.

A moment later, he lifted his eyes, but in the end, he said nothing.

His friends assumed he’d grown mellow over the years and let it go.

Who could have guessed that three months later, they’d see him cornering that actress in front of a car, holding her in his arms and coaxing her in the most humble voice?

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One time, while Liu Qingyao was filming, an actor from the same production kept pestering her on set.

He wanted to pair up with her for publicity and ride on her popularity.

She hadn’t even had time to get angry when the man behind him pushed the actor away.

The usually low-key film and TV CEO had come to visit his girlfriend on set, and personally called out the male flirt: "Can’t you see she has a boyfriend?"

Before they started dating, she’d never realized that her seemingly abstinent boyfriend was such a jealous man in private!

Reader Notes:

1. They’re each other’s first love. Guaranteed sweetness.

2. No real-life inspirations. Please don’t read any real people into it.

[Upcoming Novel Blurb]

[Sweet and obedient on the surface but cold-hearted little sister vs. a man who doesn’t realize he’s in love until it’s too late, then goes mad when he can’t win her back]

Jiang Tangqian was sweet and lovely, but reserved and extremely shy around people.

A well-known artist in the industry, she sometimes accidentally showed her face during livestreams, and even answering fans’ questions made her blush.

She secretly loved her childhood friend, Qin Chixiao.

Qin Chixiao had a domineering personality and liked getting into trouble, but he was always gentle with her. One phone call was enough to get him rushing over in the middle of the night.

Finally, one day, while drunk, she gathered the courage to confess.

Through her bleary, drunken eyes, she saw Qin Chixiao look at her with an expression of helplessness for the first time.

He ruffled her hair. "Be good, little one. I can’t say yes to this."

"I only think of you as my little sister."

The next day, Jiang Tangqian cried as she painted, then pulled herself together.

When she saw him again at a banquet, he seemed to avoid her gaze.

Jiang Tangqian knew she’d made things awkward, so she sensibly removed Qin Chixiao from the top of her chat list and stopped messaging him first.

But a few days later, he started messaging her more and more often, even asking who she was going out with.

"Be good, little one. Your big brother worries about you."

When she heard that his family wanted to set him up with a girl, Jiang Tangqian was afraid she’d cause trouble for him, so she stopped replying.

Half a month later, a drunk Qin Chixiao appeared at her door, begging her not to ignore him.

Jiang Tangqian put on a sweet, obedient smile. "I’m not ignoring you."