[The blurb for the new story, "My Online Dating Partner Is My Ex's Cousin," is at the very end!]
·Sweet romance / childhood friends / mutual pining / slice of life / two-year age gap / toy designer x CEO
·Tsundere x gentle
"I had a crush on the girl next door for years, and then she confessed to me."
When Qiao Shiwei was eight, she climbed a tree in front of a group of friends. Getting up was easy, but getting down was hard.
She looked down from the tree, nearly cried from fright, and didn't dare climb down.
Her friends didn't know what to do, either.
Su Chunyu happened to pass by. After hesitating for a moment, she sighed softly, looked up, and said, "Qiao Shiwei, don't be scared. I'll catch you."
When Qiao Shiwei was thirteen, she couldn't stand watching a classmate bully others. She stepped in to defend them and got herself into trouble.
On her way home from school, someone whistling blocked Qiao Shiwei's path.
"Are you Qiao Shiwei?"
Qiao Shiwei chuckled, then turned and ran.
She crashed into someone's arms. When she looked up, she saw Su Chunyu.
But Su Chunyu didn't look at her. She stared coldly at the group in front of them and said:
"If you know what's good for you, get lost."
When Qiao Shiwei was eighteen, she was leaving home to attend university far away. As she packed, she came across a photo of herself and Su Chunyu.
She carefully held it to her chest and put it in her suitcase.
It was as if she were hiding her unspoken crush away in her heart.
She thought she might never see Su Chunyu again.
But when Qiao Shiwei was twenty-three and facing a blind date, Su Chunyu, the woman she'd loved in secret for years, appeared out of nowhere.
"Qiao Shiwei, don't go."
Qiao Shiwei smiled helplessly. "Why not? What if I meet my true love?"
Su Chunyu gripped Qiao Shiwei's arm, her hold tightening.
"I met you first, and I fell in love with you first."
[Reading guide]
1. There is no romance before the characters are adults.
2. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's only partners, happy ending, very sweet.
3. The blurb was revised once in February, then changed back again.
[Blurb for "My Online Dating Partner Is My Ex's Cousin"]
The summer she was twenty-three, Qin Zhou received a breakup message from her girlfriend, Meng Wu.
That same day, a well-dressed woman came into the convenience store.
Holding a bottle of mineral water, the woman had sharp features and got straight to the point. "You broke up?"
Qin Zhou smiled brightly, but wondered if the woman across from her was crazy.
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Qin Zhou worked at the convenience store during the day and played games at night.
One day, someone with the ID "I'm a Cute Girl" inexplicably invited her to be their in-game couple.
[I'm a Cute Girl: Want to play together? QAQ I'm really good!]
Qin Zhou stared at her own ID, "Cute Girls Save the World," in silence. She made sure the other person was an adult before continuing the conversation.
After months of online dating, on the day they met in person, Qin Zhou finally discovered that she'd already met her online partner before. The other woman was a tall, distant CEO.
Later, she discovered that her online partner was also her ex-girlfriend's cousin.
Qin Zhou: "...Is it too late to run away?"
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Some time after the breakup, Meng Wu came to her senses and decided to win Qin Zhou back, sending her expensive gifts without a second thought.
She thought Qin Zhou would still be waiting for her, but accidentally caught her cousin holding Qin Zhou close and kissing her.
Because of the angle, Qin Zhou didn't see the person behind her. But Wen Songyue met Meng Wu's eyes, then looked down affectionately at the woman in her arms. "Xiao Zhou, I can give you everything anyone else can. Some people want to buy your heart with money, but I'd give you my life."
Later, Wen Songyue really did just that.
But Qin Zhou ran away.
[Reading guide]
1. Eight-year age gap, both leads are each other's only partners. Convenience store owner x CEO, older woman pursues younger woman.
2. Happy ending. Later on, Wen Songyue and Qin Zhou will get back together after a breakup.
Theme: Don't give up.
