Didn't You Say You Only Loved Me?

On hiatus Ji Xu was a notorious troublemaker: bad grades, a bad attitude, and always running with a crowd. Nobody wanted to mess with her, but Yuan Man liked her anyway. Yuan Man was a model student, known for her good grades, sweet nature, and pretty face. Everyone liked her, except that Ji Xu seemed completely indifferent. After a chance encounter, Yuan Man recognized Ji Xu as the person she had pined for over so many years. She took their reunion as a chance granted by fate out of pity and refused to waste a moment of it. She wanted to stand by Ji Xu’s side. But Ji Xu was cold-hearted and unmoved, no matter how long Yuan Man pursued her. Just as Yuan Man was about to throw caution to the wind and confess, her adoptive family forcibly took her away and ordered her to cut ties with Ji Xu. After that, she could never reach that number again. Years later, when Ji Xu saw that familiar face again, she turned and hurried inside without a word. Yuan Man thought Ji Xu hated her, but that wasn’t the truth. On the surface, Ji Xu didn’t want to hear Yuan Man say another word, but she couldn’t bear to miss even one chance to look at her. She still cared for Yuan Man. She had simply missed her too much to face her. But after they reunited, Yuan Man pursued her again, even more boldly than before. She opened her hospital beneath Ji Xu’s apartment, bought a home across from her, and even insisted on parking right next to her. Ji Xu knew she couldn’t hold out against her, so she pretended not to understand and acted as if Yuan Man’s advances left her unmoved, hoping to make her give up. After repeated failures, Yuan Man began to doubt herself and hid away to drink alone. In the early hours of the morning, a coworker escorted her to her door. When they looked up, they came face-to-face with Ji Xu, her expression dark as rainclouds. As if staking her claim, Ji Xu forcefully pulled Yuan Man into her arms, then coldly sent the coworker away. But once the door was shut, her voice turned plaintive as she buried her face against Yuan Man’s neck and rasped, “Didn’t you say I was the only one you liked?”