[Atypical ABO | Female Alpha, Male Omega | No accessories]
Cold-hearted at first / a “devoted wife” later / too rigid to bend / female Alpha with a bird-of-paradise motif (Taohua)
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Insecure at first / a “pervert” later / male Omega with a kiwi-bird motif (Longjing)
Blurb:
Every woman will meet two men in her life,
one glass of strong liquor, one cup of light tea.
Choose the liquor, and in time it will feel too scorching, making you miss the tea's delicate fragrance. Choose the tea, and after a while it will seem too bland, leaving you craving that glass of liquor again.
But Shen Yi seems to be neither.
He isn't passionate enough or gentle enough. He doesn't dare speak of love, or even ask for half a promise. He only stands behind her like a loyal servant, silently watching her flirt with others and make promises to them.
Everyone says there's no love between them, that it's just for fun, and Xue Lianqing thinks so too.
It isn't until Shen Yi decides to leave that she finally realizes... they've been in love all along. One of them simply never spoke, while the other never understood.
Before you read:
1. Both will grow, and their feelings are mutual throughout (both are virgins).
2. The female lead is very, very, very slightly a magnet for admirers; the male lead is an ordinary person.
3. In the later pursuit-of-love arc, the male lead keeps a cold face while washing underwear and secretly enjoys it; the female lead gives in and makes concessions (a little angst for her).
4. All plot logic serves the romance between the leads.
5. Male pregnancy.
Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else
