Learning to Behave for Her

Beautiful with a wild streak × roguish and reckless

When Chen You first met Jiang Ye,

the cicadas were deafening and the branches grew wildly. Everything between them moved at an unhurried pace.

Jiang Ye leaned against the wall, looking lazy and carefree. He joked, “If you need anything, just call Brother Ye.”

Dazzled by his brilliance, Chen You wondered what kind of outstanding person could keep someone like him company.

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The next year, Chen You stood by the roadside, the bracelet on her wrist glinting with a cold light.

Her phone rang again and again. She picked up.

Jiang Ye sounded flustered, his heavy breathing reaching her ears.

Amid the icy wind and swirling snow, she heard him ask in panic, “Are you going to leave me?”

She looked across the crowd and smiled at him.

-

At twenty-three, Chen You was steeped in the bustle of everyday life. Jiang Ye took her hand and ran with her as wildly as they had at seventeen.

She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, rested her chin against him, and burst into tears. She cried like a child, sobbing and screaming as she poured out how unfairly fate had treated her.

He held her close, heart aching for her,

and whispered in her ear,

“Let’s go to the Civil Affairs Bureau. We’ll have a home of our own.”