Sleepy Tonight

Childhood Friends + Older Man + Stalker Love

A slow-witted college student who toys with people without realizing it × a powerful man who acts arrogant but is actually a scheming green tea

Xu Wan suffers from severe insomnia.

But after smelling the scent of her childhood friend Jiang Huizhou, who has returned from abroad, she can finally get a good night's sleep.

After a twist of fate brings her and Jiang Huizhou together, the first thing Xu Wan asks him is:

"Can we sleep together?"

Jiang Huizhou: ?

Jiang Huizhou knows Xu Wan has an ulterior motive for getting close to him.

But he doesn't care at all.

Her affection for him is already a gift. So what if she uses him?

Later, someone tells him that Xu Wan claims Jiang Huizhou is the one clinging to her, the one who refuses to let go.

Jiang Huizhou props up his chin and says nonchalantly, "She's right. I'm the one clinging to her. I'm the one who can't live without her."

Xu Wan thinks that saying cruel things will drive Jiang Huizhou away.

But Jiang Huizhou always wraps himself around her prickles, and even thinks they make her unique.

Years later, Xu Wan sees Jiang Huizhou again. She has become a formidable head of a company, someone the whole industry fears.

At an investment conference, someone introduces Jiang Huizhou to her.

Xu Wan responds openly, "Mr. Jiang once did me a great favor. I'm deeply grateful."

"A great favor?"

In full view of everyone, Jiang Huizhou's lashes glisten with tears.

"If I did you a favor, why did you delete all my contact information? Why have you refused to see me all these years?"

"Xu Wan, even if I were a dog, you'd still pet me when you had nothing better to do."

"What am I to you, really?"

Please note:

1. There are a few stalking-love scenes. Please don't read if that bothers you.

2. The heroine is sensitive, insecure, and slow to understand her feelings, so she'll keep running away until she fully recognizes them.

3. Both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending, four-year age gap.

4. The leads are childhood friends, and the hero has a secret crush on the heroine.

5. The author is not a news or film investment professional. Details in the story are based on research and online sources, so please don't scrutinize them.

[The next book in this series is Reunited with Xia, featuring Xia Qingyu × Zhou Shiyin. Add it to your favorites if you're interested!]

Blurb:

Everyone knows A University has a rare gem:

Xia Qingyu, the city's top scorer in the college entrance exam, is dazzlingly beautiful and elegant. Astronomy, horseback archery, dance, music... there's nothing she can't do.

She has just one flaw: a sharp tongue and a bad temper.

Then one day, a second rare gem appears at A University.

The gentle, considerate, and understanding upperclassman Zhou Shiyin argues with everyone he meets, all to make one thing clear:

Xia Qingyu has a good temper.

Everyone is baffled, until one day, on the sports field under the dimming evening sky, they see the girl standing two steps above him, looking down at him with icy disdain.

"Who asked you to meddle? Why are you always like this? You were like this before, and you're still like this now. Do you remember what I told you? If you don't, then let's break up already."

"I remember." Zhou Shiyin looks up, his eyes wet like a puppy caught in the rain.

"I'll always listen to Xia Qingyu."

The onlookers are utterly stunned: Please, teach us how to train a senior like that!

The day Zhou Shiyin moved into Xia Qingyu's home at the age of twelve, he knew she hated him.

She used every method she could think of to bully him and drive him away.

But Zhou Shiyin liked her.

He liked her glaring at him and scolding him, liked her thinking she was clever as she schemed against him, and liked all her little bursts of temper that came from nowhere.

In other people's eyes, Xia Qingyu was spoiled, domineering, and shrouded in darkness.

But to Zhou Shiyin, Xia Qingyu, awkwardly trying to win back her mother's love, was full of life and color.

· Loving her is like the endless rainy season: dark clouds blanket the sky until the day she looks back. Only then does my summer begin, with clear skies stretching to the horizon.

A spoiled, sharp-tongued heiress × a man with Stockholm syndrome and an incurable love-brain

Both leads are each other's first and only; the hero has a secret crush on the heroine

Theme: Someone will always see your sensitivity as something unique