A Fleeting, Passionate Affair

Name: A Fleeting, Passionate Affair
Author: Craving Three-Yuan Spicy Gluten Sticks

露水情深

by Craving Three-Yuan Spicy Gluten Sticks (想吃三块钱辣条)

Status: Completed
Length: 141k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Youth Sweet Romance
Updated: 4mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

[Clearheaded and Resilient × Arrogant and Fallen × Mutual Redemption × Ensemble Cast]

[Small-Town Fiction | Bittersweet Romance | One-on-One | Realistic | Happy Ending]

Shen Chao, the genius adored by the entire school and the young heir of a powerful family in the capital.

Xu Minglu, a girl from a county town hounded by debt collectors.

Bullies force them to kiss.

She doesn't chase the light. She simply stays by his side when nobody else cares.

But he pushes her away.

“I don't need anyone's pity.”

Later, a twist of fate turns him into an esports prodigy, and he becomes a legend across the internet.

She thinks he can finally shine.

But a false accusation from his own uncle brands him a “gaming addict” and leaves him publicly disgraced.

She approaches him again.

It's not that he doesn't love her.

He's too proud to need anyone's pity.

He pushes her away again, more cruelly than before.

That day, Xu Minglu doesn't cry.

She silently picks up her pen and writes the words “College Entrance Exam.”

Forced to give up his esports dream, he walks into the exam hall.

He grinds through practice problems, takes mock exams, suffers through math, and stays up late studying the science subjects.

Like every other seventeen- or eighteen-year-old, he lives messily, but gives it everything he's got.

Over the final three months, she watches him go from gaming addict back to the top.

At university, Shen Chao's case is overturned, and he rises to the top overnight.

“Xu Minglu, we've made it through an uncertain youth together. Would you take a chance on something certain with me?”

Xu Minglu reads the message on her phone, tears streaming down her face.

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