Like Water Off a Duck's Back

【School romance at first, then a reunion in the city | Mutual pining, sweet romance】 Reserved yet brave / passionate and dazzling Novelist / top-tier star Tan Ling / Zhou Zhiheng Tan Ling is a top student, and everyone knows that Zhou Zhiheng, the boy who ranked first throughout her high school years, is her biggest rival. The two don’t get along. A friend who doesn’t know the truth suggests, “Why don’t you go after Zhou Zhiheng and mess with his focus? Then you’ll be number one!” Tan Ling breaks out in a cold sweat. Go after Zhou Zhiheng? She doesn’t know if his focus would be shaken, but hers has been in disarray for ages. Everyone says Zhou Zhiheng likes this person or that person, and there’s no end to the people chasing him. Tan Ling believes them. She has no intention of making a fool of herself, so she keeps her feelings in check and her mouth shut. - Zhou Zhiheng is a top student too. Everyone praises his friendliness, warmth, and good manners. He’s a blazing sun, someone everyone longs for. Everyone except Tan Ling. That delicate girl who’s always competing with him for first place sits right in front of or behind him, yet she can’t even spare him a glance. Zhou Zhiheng thinks Tan Ling dislikes him. He tries to explain several times, but she treats his words like wind in her ears. He has no idea why he’s so frantic about it. He never expected that when he was trapped in a desperate situation, Tan Ling would step forward on her own to defend him and shield him from everything. He wants to thank her, but she’s gone, somewhere far away, and all contact is lost. - Years later, when he finds himself in trouble again, an anonymous statement clearing his name is posted online, saving him from disaster. Zhou Zhiheng immediately digs out all the love songs he’s secretly written over the years and puts them out into the world. One by one, he sings them until they’re heard on every street and become known to everyone. The whole internet thinks Zhou Zhiheng is riding his success to new heights, and that his popularity is about to soar again. But Zhou Zhiheng only smiles, bright as the sun. “Someone always treats my words like wind in her ears, so I can only sing more, and louder. The wind will carry my feelings to her.” As Tan Ling gazes at him, it suddenly dawns on her. The whispers in her ear amid the cicadas on that midsummer night weren’t a dream after all. - Mutual pining, each other’s first love He’s said a hundred times they’re not dating, but his wife won’t believe him. He’s said “I love you” a hundred times, but his wife doesn’t take it seriously. No matter. Then he’ll make sure the whole world hears it. (The blurb was screenshotted on June 4, 2025.) My next book is a crossover with her aunt Tan Wu’s story, Fishing for the Moonlight, a tale about stealing someone’s wife (just kidding). The blurb is below. Please add it to your favorites~ 【Older woman/younger man romance | Male lead steals her away | Ex-husband tries to win her back but fails】 Arrogant and untouchable / gentle, devoted wife Lu Chengzhi / Tan Wu Some people scorn the moonlight, while others reach out to catch it. Tan Wu is Wen Yimo’s beloved, the moonlight he holds in the palm of his hand. Everyone in Beicheng knows it. In the fourth year of their marriage, Wen Yimo hands Tan Wu a divorce agreement and says, “I’m sorry. I’ve fallen for someone else.” Tan Wu turns and leaves, preserving Wen Yimo’s dignity and her own. But no one knows that this cool, refined Mrs. Wen, the eldest Tan daughter, heads straight to a famous club and gets roaring drunk for the entire night. The next day, Tan Wu sees the mess covering the bed and a tantalizing silhouette barely visible in the bathroom. She leaves a stack of cash on the bedside table and runs. - Lu Chengzhi, Beicheng’s young tyrant, is back. On his very first day home, a woman lures him into bed at the club, then treats him like some casual fling and leaves cash behind. The gossip spreads throughout their circle and becomes a running joke. Surprisingly, Lu Chengzhi, who’s always been short-tempered and ruthless, doesn’t intervene. He lets the story spread. When Tan Wu hears the joke at a banquet, she first laughs shyly along with everyone else, but the more she thinks about it, the more something feels off. This scenario seems… a little familiar? Wen Yimo laughs and says, “Whoever pulled that off must be a real pro.” Meanwhile, behind the curtains on the second-floor viewing balcony, Lu Chengzhi pins Tan Wu’s hands tightly in place, leans down, and brings his lips to the back of her ear. The faint scent of alcohol and cool fragrance, together with his warm breath, overwhelms Tan Wu. Lu Chengzhi says, “So, Tan Wu, are you a pro?” Tan Wu turns beet red. Her broken, breathy sounds dissolve beneath the moonlight. - Everyone in Beicheng knows that Tan Wu is Wen Yimo’s moonlight. But only Lu Chengzhi knows that Tan Wu is his moonlight too. Theme: Don’t date too young