Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

River knew Romina's character all too well.

She was popular with everyone, yet she always showed him her worst side.

It left a bitter taste in his mouth. Everyone else got the best version of her, but not

him.

Didn't he deserve her kindness too?

Then again, he had stolen her business. And he had stolen her. If she treated him too nicely after that, she'd look like a fool.

That thought made him feel better.

After all, he hadn't exactly treated her with kindness either.

"Oh, I've known you for five or six years, and this is the first time I've ever heard

you say I'm a good person," Romina said, pretending to be touched.

want to call yourself a bad person, go ahead. I

and I'm not about to go around saying I'm not. I still need

still single. No boyfriend. Guess no one's into you. Sure, you've got a pretty face and a great figure-but how come no one's

that, the mood

Back to bickering.

if I wanted a boyfriend, I could get ten or twenty in a minute. Tons of guys like me-I just don't

thirty-one. No girlfriend. Plenty of women are after

Serenity's eyes widened.

liked Romina's

he

River's face darkened instantly.

sensed the tension and quietly crawled back into her mother's

and whispered, "Mom, Uncle River's face is

Uncle River look like that before. Romina's words

He snapped back at Romina. "Oh, so I don't have a girlfriend-what about you? No boyfriend. What's the deal? Are you into women? Is that it? You wanna come out now? I

furious. "River! That slap earlier wasn't hard enough! You really are the worst! Nothing but garbage comes out of your mouth. Either you can't perform, or you're secretly

seen a dog spit out ivory? I'll bring

full of fire. "You think I can't perform? Want to