Wild Crossing, Li Zhou

A beginner’s first attempt!

A proud, sharp-tongued rich boy versus a gloomy, insecure good girl

[Both are each other’s first and only | Healing | Happy ending | Female lead grows over time | He has to win her back]

There are two male leads in this story, so proceed with caution.

The plot is familiar, and the romance moves fast. The spark of young love can catch fire in an instant.

Jiang Xuye lives up to his name: rebellious and flamboyant, he’s never been one to follow rules. Used to doing whatever he wants, he turns down an elite university and heads back to high school instead.

One remark about wanting to experience the college entrance exams is all it takes for this confirmed bachelor to fall for a young girl.

Xu Li is his complete opposite: timid, sensitive, and insecure.

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Somewhere along the way, the ring on the young man’s pinky disappears, replaced by a pink bag slung over his shoulder and a little pink comb in his hand.

For their first date, he worries she might not have a good time, so he books an entire cruise ship and has snow flown in to scatter across the sky, giving her the first snowfall she’s ever seen.

After they get together, Jiang Xuye treats Xu Li with endless affection: spoiling her, indulging her, cheering her up, and making sure she looks beautiful.

But even after all that, Xu Li still runs away,

right in the middle of their passionate romance, when he’s begging her through red-rimmed eyes not to leave.

Three years later,

Jiang Xuye takes a break from school and returns to China. Rain blurs the car window.

He sighs. In the end, he still can’t bring himself to blame her.