Heartbeats in Disarray

(An utterly unobservant rural college student vs. the "perfect" heir to a reclusive, wealthy family)

Jiang Yingxi was a college student with a part-time job. She took a wedding photography gig that paid 2,000 yuan at the end of the day and included lunch. She put on a wedding dress and got to work.

After the shoot, she was exhausted and slumped in the makeup room when her assistant called. "That shoot was canceled three days ago. I heard a wedding today has booked the entire estate."

Jiang Yingxi's hand shook. Then who had she just kissed?

Oh no... Run!

The first week, she was on edge. The second week, nothing happened. The third week, she was celebrating her roommate's birthday at a hot pot restaurant.

"Honey, having hot pot?"

Jiang Yingxi looked at the overly familiar man and said coldly, "I don't know you."

"It's enough that I know you." He took off his mask, revealing an outrageously handsome face. "You're my wife."

Jiang Yingxi: ...What? He found her after all?

Zhou Ziheng was widely regarded as the most perfect heir the Zhou family had produced in centuries.

No one knew that he shared his body with a "younger brother."

The younger brother liked to stir up trouble, but he always knew where to draw the line.

He had covered up everything that happened at the wedding, blocking all information about the bride. The official story was that his wife was unwell and had gone abroad to recuperate.

"Don't contact her again. Just act like none of it happened."

His assistant paused for two seconds, pulled a small red booklet from a folder, opened it, and set it in front of him. "Mr. Zhou, I'm afraid you can't avoid contacting her."

Zhou Ziheng looked down. A marriage certificate? Under the bride's name, in clear characters, was Jiang Yingxi.

Zhou Ziheng: ...What? When did I get married?

Later, Jiang Yingxi discovered something: her bargain-bin husband was extremely unstable.

Sometimes he would smile and call her honey, clinging to her like a big dog. Other times, he'd put on a cold face and pretend not to know her, as if warning everyone to stay away.

One day, she finally couldn't take it anymore. She cornered him against a wall. "You wouldn't happen to have dissociative identity disorder, would you?"

Zhou Ziheng was silent for two seconds, then looked at her with a complicated expression. "If I said I did, would you believe me?"

Jiang Yingxi: ...What? I was just asking!

[Marriage first, love later + dual personalities + rekindled romance + happy ending] Both leads are sexually inexperienced. One-on-one romance. Estimated length: 300,000 characters.

Upcoming contemporary romance

A Never-Ending Summer Above the Clouds

Jiang Jinxia was dead, but the memory of how she died was a complete blank.

Even more absurdly, her soul was tethered to Shentu Huai, unable to get more than two meters away from him.

Shentu Huai, the oddball top student from their high school days, was now a tech tycoon and a darling of investors.

But his life was mind-numbingly monotonous! He never attended social functions or socialized, and his days followed the same route between home and work. His clothes were always black and white, and his upscale apartment was plainer than her memorial hall.

At first, she turned her back when he showered. Eventually, she knew every mole on his body by heart.

Boring. So boring.

Then came the first anniversary of her death. On TV, her former boyfriend and her manager were holding hands and announcing their relationship.

A reporter asked, "Why announce it today?"

Her boyfriend answered gently, "Because we were both once the people closest to Jinxia. She's in another world now, and I'm sure she'd wish us well."

Jiang Jinxia was silent for three seconds, then exploded.

"Wish you well, my ass! I've been gone for one year! You heartless bastard, how dare you even say my name?!"

She yelled until her throat was raw. Then a soft voice came from behind her.

"Jinxia."

She whipped around. Shentu Huai was standing there. The man who was always expressionless had tears all over his face.

He could see her?

She slowly raised her hand and touched his tear-wet eyes. The next moment, the world spun, and she was reborn in her second year of high school.

"I heard Shentu Huai was waiting for a younger girl at the school gate yesterday. Does he like her?"

Jiang Jinxia took a sip through her straw and glanced at the boy coming up the stairs. "No way. The person he likes is me." Then she turned toward the stairs, ready to recreate their first encounter after her rebirth.

But the moment she touched his sleeve, Shentu Huai jerked aside as if he'd been shocked. Her foot missed a step, and she fell straight down, in so much pain she nearly ascended to heaven on the spot. Shentu Huai had already vanished.

Seriously, what was wrong with him?!

[Bonus scene]

Jiang Jinxia was half asleep when she felt a pair of hands lightly resting on her neck. She opened her eyes, and Shentu Huai snatched his hands back.

She yawned, grabbed his hands, and put them back around her neck. In a lazy voice, she said, "Come on, come on. Let's see how much you love me today."

She knew this man had a strange "aggressive defense mechanism" when it came to her. As soon as she got close, his body went on guard before his mind could catch up. The more he liked her, the stronger his defenses.

Reader advisory: The male lead is sexually inexperienced. The heroine was not in her previous life, but is after being reborn. One-on-one romance, pure sweetness. Estimated length: 200,000 characters.

Special note: The male lead has an adorably aggressive streak toward the heroine, but has never truly hurt her. (Cute aggression is the urge to squeeze or even bite something unbearably cute. When an emotion is too intense, the brain may respond with an opposite outward behavior to regulate it and keep a person from being overwhelmed by happiness and joy.)

Theme: Take control of your own destiny.