[Modern romance + school life + play the pig to eat the tiger + a love story from high school to old age + both leads have no prior romantic experience + happy ending]
Yan Shuwan, a beautiful, wild, and gifted top student x Gu Yi, the aloof school heartthrob
After Yan Shuwan was expelled from her previous school for beating several students badly enough to land them in the hospital, her family used their connections to transfer her to another top high school in the city.
There, she meets a boy named Gu Yi. Neither of them expects that the pair who can’t stand each other will soon become entangled time and time again.
In high school, a misunderstanding drives a serious wedge between them. By a twist of fate, they gradually learn to coexist, and a faint spark begins to flicker. But just as Gu Yi starts falling for her, Yan Shuwan coldly tells him to get out of her world.
They meet again at university and spend a night together after drinking.
Gu Yi: “You told me to get out of your world. Why are you being so forward?”
Afterward, Yan Shuwan offers him a piece of candy: “I just wanted to try a gigolo. Name your price, and I’ll treat you right.”
Unexpectedly, a university classmate who is close to Yan Shuwan falls for Gu Yi. Yan Shuwan tells her bluntly, “He’s mine, and he always will be.”
Yet once again, they go their separate ways.
When they meet again, Yan Shuwan is a scandal-plagued celebrity, while Gu Yi has become a moderately well-known director.
They run into each other on set. That night, Gu Yi corners Yan Shuwan in an empty alley near the studio and kisses her by force. Yan Shuwan slaps him across the face.
Later, when his colleagues ask him about it, curious and shocked, Gu Yi touches the handprint on his cheek. “That was my reward.”
Yan Shuwan overhears as she walks by: “…”
