A cool girl who refuses to be obedient x a slightly wild, cocky guy
When they met again, Fu Yu had unusual silver hair and was "bullying" a kid. Shu Cheng thought he was a street punk, but a friend told her he was the childhood companion she hadn't seen in years.
Her family had kept a tight rein on her since she was little, while Fu Yu was rebellious and untamed, like a wild horse no one could tame. He barged into her orderly life.
She threw herself into enjoying the freedom Fu Yu showed her, and the first stirrings of affection quietly took root in both their hearts.
But on New Year's Eve, in an empty alley beside the flower market, she accidentally saw Fu Yu blocked by someone who was pursuing him.
"Didn't you say you weren't going to date? Then how do you explain Shu Cheng?"
"You're reading too much into it. She's my little sister."
Shu Cheng quietly walked away, hid her feelings, and began keeping a proper social distance from Fu Yu.
One afternoon after school, she passed the sports field with the boy she was rumored to be dating. A basketball slammed down beside their feet.
The boy stared at her with cold eyes. "Got a minute? Let's talk."
*
After Fu Yu returned from taking time off school, girls came to see him every day, enough to wear down the doorway to his classroom, but he turned them all down without exception.
Yet people saw him eating lunch and leaving school with the girl who sat in front of him, even tugging on her braid to tease her.
As everyone speculated about their relationship, they both explained in perfect unison that they were just neighbors.
Then one day, someone caught him cornering the pretty girl who sat in front of him against a wall.
She pressed a hand against his chest, her brows furrowed. "Didn't you say you thought of me as your little sister?"
Fu Yu lowered his head and coaxed her with a smile. "Baby, that was just a cover story."
*
Shu Cheng couldn't remember when someone had become so important to her. She only remembered that summer when she met Fu Yu again, when the wind seemed to take on a shape of its own.
