Don't Elope When the Storm Comes

Next contemporary romance: Amnesiac male lead, reconciliation after heartbreak, The Ex I Can't Stop Wanting

Mischievous beagle-like girl pretending to be sweet × refined, wicked older-brother type

#She leaves him so smitten he forgets which way is up#

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After Jiang Yutang caught her scumbag boyfriend cheating, she dumped him without hesitation and spent night after night drinking herself senseless.

On the way home, she stopped at a convenience store to buy honey for her hangover. Looking up, she spotted a man so handsome she couldn't take her eyes off him. He wore a white shirt with the sleeves casually rolled up and silver-rimmed glasses, giving him a rather chaste air.

He stood alone at the register with a suitcase, apparently choosing among the dazzling array of colorful contraceptives on the shelves.

Suddenly, a slender, pale hand picked up a box and offered it to him.

"Hey, handsome~ Try this. Your girlfriend will love it!" Her voice was sickeningly sweet.

He lowered his head slightly and looked at the radiant, striking woman, her gaze hazy with drink.

Then he saw the square box in her hand. His temple twitched.

His expression darkened, something churning in his black eyes.

After she left, Song Shichuan picked up the box and raised an eyebrow, thinking:

So you've been having quite a wild time while I was away.

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"Recommending this sort of thing to strange men when you're drunk?" Song Shichuan held up the box, put an arm around her waist, and gave her an unreadable look. "Do you do this often?"

Jiang Yutang's ears turned red. Her amber eyes were alluring. "Who are you to ask? Your unrelated older brother, or... your ex-boyfriend?"

Song Shichuan lowered his eyes to look at her, ignoring the question. He deliberately unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt, revealing his pretty collarbones, then casually tossed the box onto the bed.

"Do you use it with him often?"

Jiang Yutang said nothing. She only looked at him, a mischievous glint in her eyes.

Song Shichuan gave a self-mocking smile, let go of her, and took a step back. Suddenly, Jiang Yutang hooked a finger around his necklace and pulled him closer.

"That's all it takes for you to get jealous?" Mischief gleamed in her beautiful eyes. "There's a lot more to tell about me and him. Want to hear it?"

Song Shichuan raised an eyebrow. The light cast a shadow beneath his striking brow as he pinned Jiang Yutang against the wall and leaned close to her ear.

"I was just going to say that this one is just as lousy as that man..."

Jiang Yutang froze, then lightly slapped him. "You acted so gentle and refined in front of my parents. Song Shichuan, after all these years, you're still the same refined scoundrel."

Song Shichuan ran his tongue along the inside of his mouth, then straightened and tidied his clothes. Satisfaction lingered at the corners of his eyes. "Nice perfume. Smells good."

Jiang Yutang was speechless. That had only made him feel good.

[Faux siblings | Rekindled love | Long-planned romance | Falling hard while keeping a clear head]

Important | Content warnings | Reader's guide:

1. Both leads have only ever been with each other; second-chance romance.

2. They are not blood-related. After a major upheaval in the male lead's family, he has lived with the female lead's family since he was ten. They have a five-year age gap.

3. Entirely fictional. Do not associate the names, events, or places with reality!

4. A mix of bitterness and sweetness, not a traditionally fluffy romance!

New blurb posted on February 1, 2026. Screenshots archived. Plagiarism and idea-lifting will be pursued.

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[Amnesiac male lead | Regretful pursuit | Fleeing while pregnant | Older woman and younger man]

[Once-glamorous, fallen but clear-headed strong heroine × possessive, brooding, love-struck man]

"How did I wake up to find my darling wife belonging to someone else?"

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Jin Yubei thought An Zhi's breakup back then was just something she'd said in anger.

After all, An Zhi couldn't live without him, or without the Jin family.

He kept waiting for her to come and soothe him, to give him a way to back down.

But what came was six years of An Zhi vanishing as if she had disappeared from the face of the earth.

Six years later, she appeared again in the parking lot of Jingzhou Airport.

Her slender figure slipped into an Alphard. Time seemed to have left no trace on her; she was still serene, radiant, and beautiful.

Only now she was holding a lovely little boy who looked just like her, calling out in a babyish voice, "Mommy~"

Jin Yubei forced down the anger in his eyes and sent his flashy Koenigsegg sweeping around in a graceful arc to block the minivan.

An Zhi only glanced at the license plate.

In an instant, all the blood in her body turned to ice. Her lashes trembled, and her neat, pretty brows drew together.

She knew she might run into Jin Yubei when she returned to the country, but she never thought it would happen so soon.

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"Zhi, why don't you want me anymore?" Jin Yubei clung to An Zhi like a puppy, even more clingy when he was acting cute than her son.

"Mr. Jin, we broke up six years ago. I've had a husband and a child during those six years. Please stop interfering in my life." An Zhi pushed him away without mercy.

"But in my memory, I'm clearly only twenty, and you were clearly still unable to get enough of me last night..."

An Zhi looked at him coldly. "Mr. Jin, please show some respect."

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Jin Yubei rubbed her wrist bone, their breaths slowly mingling in an intimate, lingering tangle. "Could your husband be as young and strong as me? You choose him over me?"

An Zhi turned her head, forcing down the feelings roiling in her eyes, and slapped him.

Jin Yubei chuckled, satisfaction spilling from the corners of his eyes. He caught her hand and kissed it. "What perfume are you wearing today, Sis? I love it."

An Zhi: "Go get treated."

He glanced at the sleeping little boy in the back seat and raised an eyebrow. "If that were our son, he'd be even more handsome. Tsk, his dad's genes are terrible!"

An Zhi: "..."

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"Babe, has he touched you here?" Jin Yubei breathed unevenly.

"We were both married to him. Do you think we were practicing Platonic love?" An Zhi laughed softly.

Jin Yubei froze and leaned close to her ear. "Just tell me if you want me dead."

Theme: Growth and redemption