Summer Heart's Diary

Proud cat x gentle, devoted sheepdog

[Cat's perspective]

Jiang Rui was dazzlingly beautiful and spoiled, the apple of her family's eye since childhood.

After finishing the college entrance exams, her parents sent her to the old family home in Shuigu Village to escape the summer heat.

She never expected to find an unfamiliar boy there.

He had refined features, a solid frame beneath his white T-shirt, and skin darkened a little by the sun.

He was Shen Chuan, the top student her grandparents praised as "well-behaved, disciplined, and admitted to a prestigious university without taking the entrance exam."

He had also come to help out at the old house, cooking and doing the housework while his mother recovered from a back injury.

He did everything properly, neatly, and efficiently, and hardly ever spoke.

No matter how much she nitpicked, scowled at him, or deliberately made things difficult, he calmly took it all in stride.

At first, she thought he was so boring he was practically stiff.

But at some point,

she realized she had gotten used to hearing his footsteps in the courtyard,

and gotten used to taking her moods out on him without a second thought.

She suddenly thought of the border collie at home,

stubborn on the surface, but always quietly staying by her side.

The corner of her lips lifted as if carelessly,

her gaze falling on the watercolor sketchbook she had just finished.

On the paper was a profile sketch of a young man.

A straight nose, sharply defined lips,

and the mole beneath the outer corner of his left eye made her heart flutter,

though she stubbornly looked away.

[Sheepdog's perspective]

Shen Chuan admitted he had never met a girl like Jiang Rui.

She was spoiled and quick to turn on him at the slightest disagreement.

She was picky, and wouldn't touch a bite of anything she didn't like.

She was fussy, and her gorgeous face was always wearing a demanding expression.

Then one day, he suddenly realized

that he had gotten used to all her little quirks without even noticing.

It wasn't just that he was used to them. He indulged her.

He instinctively picked every shred of ginger out of her food.

She wouldn't eat fruit and only drank fresh juice, so he made her a glass every day without fail, and even brought it over to her himself.

Just like right now--

He sat beside her, happily fanning her with a palm-leaf fan,

while she lounged lazily in the rocking chair, eyes half-closed, like a proud cat who had gotten her way.

The hot breeze rustled through the leaves overhead, and cicadas sang in waves.

Shen Chuan suddenly realized he was done for.

*Both leads are adults.

*A light, gentle, sweet-and-sour summer romance.

*Tender first love | First love in progress | Awakened feelings | Young hearts

*One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, happy ending

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--Coming soon: The Contract Marriage We Agreed On--

*Also known as Mr. Luo, Having Another Meltdown Today and Didn't We Agree to Divorce After One Year?

*Marriage first, love later | Powerful man bows his head | He falls first | Celibate man loses his composure

*One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, happy ending

Wen Shutong never understood why Luo Zhiheng had chosen her as his contract wife.

As the youngest head of a group in Jiangcheng, he had no shortage of beautiful, well-connected society ladies around him.

She, on the other hand, was just a humanities PhD student who spent all day buried in ancient books.

Then she happened to hear him tell a friend, "She's poised and knows her boundaries. She's the best choice."

His tone carried a nonchalant certainty.

She froze in the doorway. The corridor's lights were cold and white, yet her ears suddenly burned.

So the hot milk waiting in the kitchen late at night, the car ready for her before she went out, and the way he stood up for her in front of relatives...

They were just the consideration of a powerful man, and the dignity due to her under their contract.

*

Luo Zhiheng was quite satisfied with this contract marriage.

She was calm and poised, cooperated with him completely, never approached him of her own accord, pried into his private affairs, or showed undue concern. Even when she handed him a glass of water, she maintained just the right amount of politeness.

But at some point, he began thinking of her profile as she bent over a book between meetings.

He began to care about the overly distant politeness in her voice when she called him "Mr. Luo."

The very idea of boundaries that had once reassured him had become a tiny thorn, pricking his heart day after day.

He suddenly grew tired of her composure.

He wanted to see a hairline crack in that flawless porcelain.

He wanted to see that gentle, quiet face lose control for once, because of him.

He wanted to hear her say his name in his arms, instead of "Mr. Luo."

*

He came home late on a snowy night.

The cold wind swept the falling snow inside.

"Mr. Luo."

She nodded politely and lowered her eyes, about to walk away as usual.

But the next second, she fell into a strong embrace.

The man kissed her suddenly, fiercely and urgently.

"Is our relationship just a contract to you?"

Still catching her breath, with a hint of tears at the corners of her eyes, she said, "...What else would it be?"

Snow that hadn't melted still rested on his shoulders, and his gaze was darker than the winter night.

"Fine."

He suddenly let out a low laugh and swept her into his arms.

"Tonight, you'll find out what else it can be."

The author's profile also has completed works:

A Little Fullness in the World: Coffee shop owner x son of a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners

Kissing You as Snow Falls: Gentle university professor x devoted, persistent younger man

Theme: First love in progress