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|Also known as "The Childhood Sweethearts' Remarriage", a companion novel to "After the Wrong Number"

|Rekindled romance, divorce before love, secret crush from the male lead, bittersweet, a realistic fairy tale

Blurb:

Back when Yu Xin and Chen Shize were dating, they kept track of their expenses together on a budgeting app.

After they broke up, the other person's avatar never lit up again, and Chen Shize began using the app as a diary.

“The doctor says my condition has been really bad lately, and wants to increase my medication. The game launched successfully and is bringing in a hundred million a day. I couldn't be happier, so how could I be doing badly? He's the one who's sick, jealous of my success!”

“I spent five million on a pink diamond today. You'd definitely scold me for wasting money if you knew. No, you wouldn't. You don't even want to see me, so why would you scold me?”

“I bought your favorite roasted chestnuts today, but they don't taste as good as the ones you used to buy.”

“Xinxin, will I ever see you again?”

…

He thought all his longing and obsession had vanished without a trace.

Then one morning, the budgeting app, whose updates had long since stopped, sent him a notification. All the haphazard “accounts” he'd entered had new replies.

They were from the other person who kept the books.

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Everyone's first love feels like an epic.

Chen Shize felt the same way.

The person he fell for as a teenager was everything to him.

“You're the only one I love.”

[Flirtatious, brash rogue who fights for what he wants X resilient, gentle, growing heroine]

[Sharp-tongued but soft-hearted X avoidant attachment]

[Rising star in gaming tech X suspense novelist]

| Happy ending, older man, secret crush from the male lead, childhood sweethearts three years apart remarry in a different kind of rekindled romance, slow burn, bittersweet. There's some workplace content, but not much.

| The male lead was a spendthrift rich kid even as a student.

| Blurb dated 25.6.14. The male lead is the cousin of the male lead in "After the Wrong Number".

| Check the author's note in chapter one for content warnings. No trolling, please. Let's all enjoy the story respectfully!

Next up: "Let Me Have This Spring [Rekindled Romance]".

#Mutual pining / Rekindled romance / Marriage before love / Seven-year age gap / Wolf and rabbit couple

Blurb:

Lin Yi's rule for having a crush was to keep her distance the more she liked someone. She'd admire him quietly, but never act on it.

During a group trip over winter break in her first year of college, she met Zhou Yuanxu. He was aloof and cold, always wearing a black hiking jacket and standing far away from the crowd. He looked difficult to approach.

On their last night in Lijiang, Lin Yi happened to see him leaning against a doorway in the hotel corridor, talking about work.

He looked focused and serious. Lin Yi couldn't help stopping to sneak a look, but he turned around and caught her. She hurried behind a pillar, thinking she'd escaped, when she heard him say with a casual, roguish smile, “Lin Yi, stop hiding. I know you're looking at me.”

Lin Yi was stunned. He actually knew her name.

That chance encounter far from home led to a two-year friends-with-benefits relationship, but in the end, it went nowhere.

They met again at a matchmaking dinner.

To everyone else, Zhou Yuanxu seemed distant and indifferent, but he took care of her at every turn and sincerely proposed marriage.

All the older relatives approved of the match. Only Lin Yi saw through his polished facade and sensed his ulterior motives.

The elders had their say, and the marriage was settled.

Just as she began to think he was punishing her for leaving without a word and betraying him, his friends, who knew their history, couldn't resist making a few sarcastic remarks on Zhou Yuanxu's behalf at a gathering.

His expression turned icy. “I'm not so bored that I'd marry an ex just to get revenge.”

Lin Yi, who had overheard every word from a short distance away, was baffled.

Then one day, during a thunderstorm, she was stranded in the wilderness while out on a job.

Zhou Yuanxu, whom she hadn't seen in half a month because they'd argued, braved the storm and searched for her with a flashlight, his expression tense with worry.

She instinctively took a step back. He came forward and pulled her into his arms.

“Lin Yi, stop backing away.”

“Stop hiding from me, too.”

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[Polished, villainous boss X cold-faced, adorable mural restorer]

| One-on-one, happy ending, older man, mutual pining. The heroine has a crush but doesn't plan to pursue him. A tart plum and lime flavor.

| The heroine has a minor hearing impairment (there's a reason for it).

Theme: Leave hardship behind and dare to love!