Beautiful and reckless × restrained and aloof
Childhood friends | Mutual secret crushes
A young lady and her knight ×
Two idiots who don't know how to date ✓
Zheng Yinning grew up adored by everyone. Spoiled rotten, she was brazen and domineering, never bothering to show anyone respect.
Most of her bad habits were indulged by Lu Jinchuan.
From childhood onward, Lu Jinchuan had cleaned up more messes than he could count for her.
He cleaned up the rice paste she spilled on the floor, rebraided the pigtails torn loose in her fights, got her school punishments rescinded, and sorted out every problem that upset her...
He also tore up every love letter she received and drove away everyone who tried to cling to her.
One late night, Zheng Yinning stood by the river-crossing bridge, letting the wind sober her up, when a coat suddenly settled over her shoulders.
The man beside her looked as aloof as ever, like an icy mountain no one could climb. Yet when he looked at her, his patience was boundless.
Zheng Yinning curved her red lips, her manner carefree and cynical.
“So you've never dated all these years, and you won't let me date either. Why don't we give it a try?”
Displeased by her flippant tone, Lu Jinchuan frowned and chided her. “Love isn't a game.”
Zheng Yinning hooked a finger into his shirt collar and tugged hard, her voice languid. “Aren't you here for me to play with?”
No one else would dare say something so audacious to Lu Jinchuan. Only she could.
Lu Jinchuan watched her red lips draw closer and said hoarsely, “Let's be friends.”
Zheng Yinning let go and shrugged indifferently. “Fine.”
If he wouldn't give it a try, plenty of others would.
After that day, all sorts of male companions began appearing at Zheng Yinning's side. Her interest never lasted long, and she changed partners every few days.
Lu Jinchuan called and messaged her. She ignored every attempt, then finally blocked him outright.
At her birthday banquet, she entered with her arm intimately linked with a handsome companion, only to come face-to-face with Lu Jinchuan.
After all this time apart, she looked completely at ease, smiling brightly as she raised her glass to greet him.
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Halfway through the banquet, unsteady footsteps sounded on the deserted top floor.
With a loud crash, the door was thrown open.
Zheng Yinning fell onto the bed and angrily kicked at him. The man on top of her didn't budge. His face cold, he pressed his thumb hard against her smeared lipstick.
Zheng Yinning slapped his hand away and taunted him coldly. “Who was it that said we should be friends?”
She pursed her lips, swollen from his biting, and pain surged through her in waves. Her words turned all the more provocative.
“Are you so desperate that you can't help getting worked up over a friend?”
Lu Jinchuan's face was expressionless, but fire burned in his eyes. As if he had reached the very end of his restraint, he seized the foot that was misbehaving against him.
“Zheng Yinning, you can play with me.”
The heat in his eyes was almost scorching. Yet each word he spoke was a surrender, his voice unbearably hoarse.
“But from now on, you can only play with me.”
Lu Jinchuan knew Zheng Yinning belonged to no one.
She was born free and could leave the moment she got bored, so being her friend was better than ending up as nothing to her.
But he couldn't accept that. He wanted to hope for more.
[Reading Guide]
1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are sexually inexperienced
2. The heroine only holds hands and hugs others
3. The hero is sexually inexperienced
Theme: Loving someone with all your heart
