Coconut Snow

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Fake socialite, real food-and-beverage founder × fake waiter, real hotel heir

Growth-oriented leads, the story of how a power couple came to be

1

During the years Qiao Xiangnan was mired in hardship, more than one person wondered why she insisted on getting involved with a mere waiter when she could have had a good life if she'd wanted one.

Only Qiao Xiangnan knew that all those shortcuts were traps. And her life now was wonderful. Maybe one day, when everything had settled down, she could buy the run-down apartment they lived in, renovate it properly, and open a little restaurant with him. If they worked hard together, they could at least establish themselves in Beicheng.

Then came the first snow.

She looked at the man surrounded by people, being called by a name she didn't recognize. Only then did Qiao Xiangnan realize it had all been another lie. He was just like those "shortcuts": a high branch she could never reach, no matter how hard she schemed, as people would say.

2

After Beicheng's annual hotel and food-service development conference,

Deng Yu looked at Qiao Xiangnan. "Want me to see you off?"

Her older sister asked curiously, "A friend?"

"We've met once." Before Deng Yu could speak, Qiao Xiangnan cut in. "Thanks, Mr. Deng. My car will be here any minute."

Deng Yu smiled, his expression unreadable, as he watched her lower her head and send a message to avoid his gaze.

Met once.

The nights they had spent wrapped in each other's arms in that run-down apartment in the east of the city hadn't exactly felt like a one-time encounter.

*

The heroine is not a virgin, the hero is.

All place, object, dish, and shop names in this novel are fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

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Wildlife photographer × CEO of a plush toy company

Fake siblings, actually an older man and younger woman

1

Back in high school,

everyone knew Xu Zhiheng was the Xu family's illegitimate son.

"You got it wrong." His voice was calm, revealing no emotion. "It's the zhi from 'zhi hu zhe ye,' not the zhi from 'knowledge.'"

"Oh, right," said the class representative, pretending to realize his mistake as he hastily made a couple of changes on the blackboard. "I thought you and Xu Zhiyi had the same zhi in your names, since you're siblings. Haha."

His words prompted a wave of muffled laughter around the classroom. Anyone could tell it was deliberate.

At that, Xu Zhiyi abruptly stood up, strode over, and grabbed him by the collar, knocking over a row of desks and chairs. "Looking for trouble?"

For a moment, Xu Zhiheng almost imagined she was standing up for him. But he knew better. She was just disgusted, disgusted even to hear their names mentioned together.

2

Xu Zhiyi endured life in that house until graduation, finally receiving an offer from a university overseas.

Before leaving, she cornered Xu Zhiheng and warned him coldly, "Don't even think about touching a cent of the Xu family's money." He only stared at her with those infuriatingly innocent eyes and said, "Big Sister, I'll protect your things for you. What's yours, I won't take. I won't let anyone else touch it, either."

She scoffed. Who else could there be besides you?

A few years later, Xu Zhiyi spotted the younger brother who had once seemed so innocent in a bar in Los Angeles. He had long since shed his timidity. With a devastatingly handsome face that could stop hearts, he came up to her and asked in a low voice, "Big Sister, did you miss me?"

For an instant, she thought she caught the scent of a beast in heat on the grasslands. A powerful sense of forbidden desire ignited the animal instincts buried deep in the human soul. Using the last of her self-control, Xu Zhiyi turned and walked away, gritting her teeth.

Xu Zhiheng watched her retreating back, the corner of his mouth lifting. Everyone said he was nothing but a dog raised by the Xu family. If by the Xu family they meant Xu Zhiyi, then they weren't wrong.

2

A reporter asked Xu Zhiheng what had inspired him to found the Linglong brand and create its Encyclopedia series of plush toys.

He smiled faintly. "My wife."

He turned to gaze at the lush greenery outside the window. His eyes seemed to pierce through time and space, returning to the boundless Ténéré grasslands. A dying male lion lay collapsed on the ground, its heavy body crushing the insects beneath it. In its stomach were the half-digested remains of a wildebeest. Xu Zhiyi hid nearby, holding a camera with a long lens and frantically snapping pictures. Life was only a process of moving toward its end. All splendor must fade, and the world was always vanishing. But Xu Zhiheng always wanted to fight against that. He had always longed to preserve the creatures she saw and loved, to remember every breath and every flutter of emotion she felt and witnessed. He wanted to preserve the heartbeat of the whole world in her eyes, a world that had once begun with her and then vanished in an instant.

"From the first moment I saw you, I knew I would love you, with the love of a wild beast, like a raging flame. But it mustn't happen. It would bring the mountains crashing down, and leave me torn to pieces.", Crocodile Notes

Reading guide:

1. Both leads are virgins.

2. No romantic involvement while they are related by blood.

3. All place names in this novel are fictional. Please don't associate them with real places.

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