Stars Within Reach

[Sweet romance + two top students + drama queen + healing]

[Quirky girl × seemingly pure, secretly flirtatious, jealous king]

It all started with a gaming match. The 124th-ranked player on the national server, a jungler, lost a one-on-one to a nobody.

Strawberry Soft Candy: Be my duo.

Qing: Pick someone else.

Strawberry Soft Candy: Get me to number one on the Peak leaderboard in a week.

Qi Luqing said nothing and played Peak matches for her all week, eventually placing second on the leaderboard.

He'd wasted a whole week, somehow ended up with a partner, and even worked as a free booster. To top it off, Strawberry Soft Candy changed his ID to Blueberry Hard Candy.

That was the first time she made him mad.

Over the weekend, he was working part-time at a bar when he saw his online crush, who was always saying she liked him, hiring a male escort.

That was the second time she made him mad.

She said she had a boyfriend, and somehow he became her secret lover. Even their dates had to be kept from her boyfriend.

That was the third time she made him mad.

At school, rumors went around that his online crush was dating a genius in her major. There were pictures to prove it.

That was the fourth time she made him mad, and this time he was furious enough to cough up blood.

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Later, the aloof guy pinned the girl against the wall and asked her again and again, “Am I just another fish in your pond? You reel me in when you feel like it, then sell me off when you're done.”

Without a second thought, the girl kissed him. “Hi. Let's get married.”

Aloof Guy: “?”

[Bonus scene]

After his shower, Qi Luqing discovered that the pajamas he'd left in the bathroom were gone, so he had no choice but to come out in a towel.

The culprit stood at the door wearing a fox mask and spoke in a sultry voice. “Trying to seduce me with that wet look?”

Qi Luqing was silent for two seconds, then gave up resisting. “Yeah, yeah, exactly.”