North of the Equator [Rekindled Romance]

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[Showbiz | Reunion After Years Apart | Rekindled Romance]

Roguishly handsome x cool and aloof

1.

A month before filming is set to begin on her new drama, the investor parachutes in a new starlet to replace Liang Kongxiang as the female lead.

The entire internet is waiting to watch the once-rising star Liang Kongxiang get dropped. Under pressure from every direction, Liang Kongxiang drives to Jiang Jiaoming's company.

At the end of her rope, she has no choice but to ask her ex for help.

As expected, he turns her down without mercy, his voice icy.

"I really don't like bringing exes into work."

The man's cool gaze passes over her, while Liang Kongxiang drifts back to memories of their once-loving relationship.

Liang Kongxiang knows he hates her.

2.

Without Jiang Jiaoming as her backing, everyone in showbiz knows Liang Kongxiang is nobody.

The media reports the news one after another, and her manager is frantic.

An ex. An ex she still can't quite let go of. Liang Kongxiang turns the phrase over in her mind.

Exhausted, she closes her social media accounts, puts on her sunglasses, and shuts out the world.

3.

A few months later, on the day of the Golden Paulownia Awards, the Liang Kongxiang everyone sees isn't the one who fell apart after being replaced and never recovered.

Instead, she's soaring to new heights, handling everything with ease.

Holding up her luxurious evening gown, she slowly walks toward a dim corner as the ceremony draws to a close. From the corner of her eye, she catches sight of a silent man with his head bowed.

"I'll take the step you offered me." He grips her wrist tightly and pulls her into his embrace in the darkness.

"Please come back to me." His tears fall as he speaks.

Liang Kongxiang wants to ask him:

After all these years, why is he still crying over an ex?

But she already knows the answer.

Everything in Xisa Harbor feels like a dream tucked away from the noise of the world.

And if you get to have one wonderful dream in your life, that's enough.

Reader's Guide: 1. They are each other's only sexual and romantic partner.

Coming Next

My next novel will be The Confession I Made to a Cold-Faced Doctor After Anesthesia, featuring a bubbly sunshine girl x an icy mountain of a man. Here's the blurb:

1.

The thing Ai Xijia feared most has finally happened.

After anesthesia, she actually got all starry-eyed over her doctor and confessed to him!

When she woke up, everyone around her looked like they were thinking, "You're in trouble."

Ai Xijia: ?

Friend A: You were still under anesthesia, grinning like an idiot and calling the handsome doctor "honey." You grabbed his hand and asked him to draw your mahjong tiles, then asked if his abs could squeeze a mahjong tile.

Friend B: He looks like someone you shouldn't mess with. Good luck.

Friend C (leaning aside): Oh, look at the door. "Your husband" is here.

Ai Xijia silently pulls the blanket over half her face, nervously staring at the man in the white coat in front of her.

He acts as if nothing happened, solemnly going over her medical instructions, his gaze cool and distant.

At last, he asks, "Are you feeling more clear-headed now?"

Ai Xijia stares at his face, dumbfounded.

He turns to the nurse and says, "Please contact the head of psychiatry."

Ai Xijia: ?

2.

Her confession under anesthesia was absurd, but Ai Xijia really has fallen for the handsome doctor.

On the night she is discharged, Ai Xijia logs into her private Weibo account to confess to what she did: If marrying him could make peace between us, I'd even be willing to win ten million without any pain.

She thinks she's just making a casual joke, but a month later, one of the handsome doctor's colleagues sends her his contact information.

Ai Xijia peeks around the department doorway and calls softly, "Dr. Luan, I like you."

Luan Xu doesn't even look up. His voice is completely flat. "I don't like you."

Ai Xijia: "How boring. It's pouring over here. What about where you are...?"

Luan Xu: "The morgue needs someone to push the freezer."

"..."

Ai Xijia: "Dr. Luan, you drank the soy milk I brought you. Does that mean you like me just a tiny bit?"

Luan Xu frowns. "I don't. It's high in cholesterol. You shouldn't drink it."

"..."

3.

Ai Xijia decides to give up on her unrequited love.

She wipes away her tears, agrees to go clubbing with her best friend to pick up guys, and posts on her social media that from now on she'll have booze, good food, and men.

"Ai Xijia."

Ai Xijia freezes, looking at Luan Xu, his expression cool in the night.

The next second, Luan Xu takes her by the hand and opens her front door. Before she can even change her shoes, he pins her against the doorway and kisses her until she can barely breathe.

"You really are so naughty."

Theme: Let nature take its course.