My Canary

Officially completed on October 5

My next book will be "After I Dumped My Ex-Husband, He Became My Boss." If you're interested, you can add it to your collection ^^

[Upcoming Story]

Wen Qingrang felt he'd only ever done one truly awful thing in his life:

Dumping Gu Cheng.

He thought Gu Cheng was poor and ended things cleanly, without a shred of hesitation.

Then, three years later, Wen's family went bankrupt.

And Gu Cheng took the top office at his company.

On his first day at work, Wen Qingrang stared at the words "Direct Supervisor: Gu Cheng" on his employee badge and fell silent for three seconds.

Then he took a deep breath.

Give me the cold shoulder, dock my performance pay, humiliate me in public.

Go ahead. I deserve it.

But after waiting a week...

All he got was a cup of warm milk that appeared at the corner of his desk like clockwork.

All he got was an inexplicably light workload. The moment a task was assigned, someone else snatched it away, leaving his desk so quiet it felt like a retirement home.

All he got was Gu Cheng's Porsche, which “just happened” to block the parking garage exit every evening after work. The window was always half open, but Gu Cheng neither urged him nor even looked his way.

Staring at the cup of milk, Wen Qingrang finally couldn't take it anymore.

Was this workplace bullying or workplace flirting?

He was starting to think he wanted to get back together.

But how was he supposed to make a move?

Just as he was trying to figure that out, his own father delivered a “lifesaving” gift: a fiance he'd never met.

His father said earnestly, "Son, for the sake of this family, just marry him."

Wen Qingrang: "..."

*

On the day of the engagement party, Wen Qingrang took the day off specifically to avoid Gu Cheng.

He had his speech ready, his attitude prepared, and planned to turn down this unexpected fiance with grace and style.

Then he looked up.

The man seated in the place of honor was all too familiar.

His father eagerly ushered him over. "Qingrang, come meet your fiance, Mr. Gu."

Wen Qingrang: "...?"

After going around in one big circle...

He'd managed to marry himself right back to his ex-husband.

[Story Blurb]

A stubborn, silly pretty boy who is gentle on the outside but tough within, gong x a cool and aloof to others but warm, possessive, and biased shou

When they first met, he was a pitiful little boy abandoned by his parents in a hospital, clutching a photograph as he cried until the tip of his nose turned red, like a kitten with no home.

Qiao Jin stopped in his tracks for him. The boy's silent tears touched his heart.

When they met again years later, the frail, helpless child of the past had grown into a bright-eyed young man, his pure smile capable of dispelling every shadow. It made Qiao Jin want to hide him away and keep him all to himself.

"Big Brother, I finally found you." Tian Ye's eyes sparkled, and he spoke so sweetly, as if asking for candy.

Only Qiao Jin knew how stubborn he was beneath that sweet, adorable exterior.

Others teased, "Mr. Qiao, have you taken in a clingy little canary?"

Qiao Jin lowered his eyes to Tian Ye, who sat obediently at his side, letting him stroke his hair while calling him "Big Brother" again and again. The wall he'd built to guard his boundaries came crashing down.

He suddenly thought it might be nice to keep him caged.

Let him be my canary, mine alone.

Every inch of Tian Ye's skin, every bit of his flesh, had been shaped by Qiao Jin's own hands. He should belong to Qiao Jin, completely and utterly.

Reading guide:

1. Tian Ye is gong x Qiao Jin is shou

2. The blurb is primarily from the shou's perspective; the main story is primarily from the gong's perspective

Theme: Be an honest person