Missing You

苏玛丽Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. · ChinaAug 2025

2.9

Word count: 148K words
Chapters: 45

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Summary

[Cool, fair-skinned beauty, female CEO Hang Jin × forbearing, loyal college student Chen Lin]

[Modern romance + quality novel + 1v1 + SC + secret crush + redemption + age gap + ambiguity + sponsorship trope]

Chen Lin asked her in a low voice: "Do you know what you're doing?"

Before Hang Jin could answer, he kissed and bit her lips again.

She was almost twenty-nine, yet it was still her first time.

Hang Jin kept frowning and pushed him: "Get off."

"It'll be fine in a moment." He restrained himself and lowered his head to kiss her lips, their tongues entwining; he held her very tightly and kissed her even more fiercely, his voice hoarse as if on fire: "Do you like me too?"

Editor's review

This book places the age gap, the sponsorship relationship, and secret-crush redemption on the same emotional line, with sharply contrasting character setups: the cool, fair-skinned beauty, female CEO Hang Jin, is almost twenty-nine and still retains her emotional first time, while the forbearing, loyal college student Chen Lin approaches her step by step with a low, restrained demeanor. The opening dialogue and kissing scene do not lay out much backstory but directly use physical distance and questions to create ambiguous tension; "Do you know what you're doing?" is both a test and a reminder, and the later "Do you like me too?" makes the restrained party's initiative explicit. Author Su Mali keeps a tight rhythm in short sentences and action description, suitable for readers who enjoy high-intensity emotional interaction. The story is tagged 1v1, SC, redemption, and so on, meaning the emotional line is focused and the relationship progression is clear; readers can expect a transformation from a sponsorship relationship to equal treatment. Do not expect business-war or campus ensemble developments while reading—the focus remains throughout on how the two cross the psychological thresholds of status and age.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Romance readers who like age-gap, sponsorship-trope, and redemption themes
Those who prefer the pairing of a cool female CEO and a loyal college student
Readers who accept high-intensity ambiguous interaction and a focused 1v1 emotional line
Those who want a modern romance with short sentences, fast rhythm, and clear emotional progression

Not a good fit for

Readers sensitive to the power imbalance in a sponsorship relationship, who may feel discomfort
Those who prefer slow-burn daily life or ensemble narrative and dislike strong emotional conflict
Readers expecting business/workplace plotlines or campus-life details to unfold

Reading tips

Start from the opening dialogue and notice the testing and restraint behind "Do you know what you're doing?"
Read the status gap between the male and female leads as emotional resistance, and pay attention to how they move from a sponsorship relationship to equal treatment.
The ambiguous interaction passages are suitable for continuous reading, which makes the shift in rhythm as the restrained party gradually takes initiative clearer.
After finishing, revisit the female lead's setup of being "almost twenty-nine yet still it was her first time" to appreciate the emotional gap beneath her cool exterior.

About the publisher

Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. China · Founded in 2014

Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a cultural enterprise focused on planning and publishing literature and social science books. Public information is limited, and the available details come mainly from its in-house catalogue. Its publishing areas cover prose and essays, foreign literature, social science classics, mystery and detective fiction, and history books, with attention to reissues and boxed sets of classic works. Representative titles include Wang Zengqi's essay collection Renjian Youwei, Wanwu Youqu, The Little Prince, a boxed set of Western philosophical classics, Mao Dun's classic works, a collection of Yasunari Kawabata's award-winning works, Cai Lan's essays, and the Eddie Flynn courtroom mystery series. Its authors include Chinese and foreign names such as Wang Zengqi, Mao Dun, Yasunari Kawabata, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius, reflecting a publishing profile that brings together Chinese prose, foreign literature, and philosophical and social science classics.

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第四十四章番外：七夕节和醉酒

FAQ

What do SC and 1v1 mean respectively?

SC usually means both parties are each other's first in emotional and physical relationship, and 1v1 means the story focuses on the emotional line of one male and one female lead, without multi-angle entanglement. This book is tagged with both, so the emotional relationship is relatively concentrated and clear.

What is the age-gap setup roughly?

The material shows that the female lead Hang Jin is almost twenty-nine and the male lead Chen Lin is a college student, an older-woman/younger-man age gap. The exact number of years is not stated in the synopsis; while reading, rely on the characters' actual dialogue and inner thoughts.

What role does the sponsorship trope play in the story?

The sponsorship relationship forms the starting point for the two to meet and grow close, and it also brings imbalance in status and psychology. The story uses this setup to create ambiguous tension and to push both parties from the positions of sponsor and sponsored toward emotional equality.

Is the story more sweet or more angsty?

Overall it is dominated by ambiguous tension and a sense of redemption; the tags do not mark it as BE, and the emotional progression leans toward initiative within restraint. The opening interaction is direct and emotionally intense, but not heavily angsty, suitable for readers who like ambiguous push-and-pull.

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About the author

苏玛丽 Author

Su Mali is an author in the field of Chinese online romance and youth literature. Publicly available information about her is limited: her nationality, dates of birth and death, and real name are not clearly recorded. The library currently holds twenty-four of her works, including representative titles such as Upstairs and Downstairs, Deity, Stealing Joy, Dog Man, Soft Fragrance, Exchange, Fishbone, and Model. Judging from these titles and the common categories, her writing centers mainly on modern romance and youth literature, with themes often revolving around the emotional entanglements of urban men and women, intimate relationships, and psychological fluctuations during youthful growth. Her narratives tend to emphasize emotional tension between characters and everyday details, and her book titles are relatively direct and colloquial, carrying a certain flavor of online literature. Because verifiable biographical information is insufficient, her writing experience and literary influence cannot be further described; readers may learn about her work through the titles mentioned above.