The two most talked-about students in the high school’s second year are Pei Yanxing, a handsome top student with countless admirers, and the new transfer student, Jiang Xi. She topped the school rankings as soon as she arrived and excelled at painting, violin, and calligraphy, a true all-rounder.
According to those in the know, the two have a special relationship. On the very day Jiang transferred in, Pei Yanxing, for the first time ever, asked their homeroom teacher to assign him a deskmate. It was love at first sight, or maybe just lust at first sight.
For a while, the school forum buzzed with speculation, and their shippers were certain their bond was unshakable. Then disaster struck, and Jiang’s transfer brought everything to an abrupt end. Everyone lamented that, sure enough, people abandon each other when trouble comes.
Five years later, they meet again. Outside a private room, Pei Yanxing hears someone ask Jiang Xi whether she’s ever had a first love. Her familiar voice answers, “No.” When she comes out drunk, he grabs her wrist and pins her against the wall. His low voice, thick with possessive resentment, brushes past her ear: “Chu Chu, I never knew you could be so heartless.”
[School days to city life | Two strong leads who tease each other | Obsessive, calculated pursuit | Neither lead is a saint]
She hoped against hope, but there was no escaping her fate.
He is the stabilizer of her heart, and also the calamity she cannot escape.
