It Never Rained in Greenwich

[After Pretending to Date for Real, I Found Out the Stalker Who Couldn't Kiss Me Had Been Secretly in Love with Me for Ten Years]

Zhou Xixu got drunk in York and was taken home by a stranger. When she woke up, all she could remember was a blurry silhouette.

A year later in Nanyang, she met Cheng Youyi for the first time. He seemed strangely familiar, and strange in general. He stared at her all day without looking away once. The 107th time she turned around, he asked, "Want to have some fun?"

Zhou Xixu decided he was crazy, so she took a detour every time they crossed paths. Her arranged engagement to Lu Jing was set in stone, and all of Nanyang was talking about it. This guy was the only one who refused to believe it.

He said, "You can pull out a nail."

Zhou Xixu: He really is completely nuts!!!

Later, she realized she wasn't normal either. She seemed to be developing feelings for this "weirdo," and her heart was starting to slip out of her control.

And Cheng Youyi really was crazy. He had followed her for years. He'd helped her along the walls of York and picked up the beret she'd dropped. His home in London was on the street behind hers. He followed her from Shenlu to London, then from London back to Shenlu.

He'd followed her through her entire youth, and she hadn't noticed a thing.

Years later, at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, Cheng Youyi stood on the Prime Meridian and held out his hand to her.

Only then did Zhou Xixu remember his profile quote:

"Waiting for you at the starting point of world time."

He'd been writing those words for a very, very long time.

Bonus scenes~

1. Zhou Xixu discovered something:

Cheng Youyi couldn't kiss. All their kisses stopped at the lips, never going any further. But he was so proud that she couldn't bring herself to point it out, and could only wait for him to figure it out on his own.

The guy was a hopeless kisser, and yet he talked a big game every day. Zhou Xixu finally couldn't take it anymore and sent him a killer text:

"Can you learn how to kiss before you talk such a big game?"

The screen showed that he was typing. After a long while, two words finally appeared:

"Just wait."

2. On Christmas Day, Cheng Youyi brought out a jar of candy and handed it to Zhou Xixu. "It's a holiday. Give me some candy, will you?"

Zhou Xixu thought he wanted her to unwrap one and feed it to him. She didn't expect that when he said feed him, he meant with her mouth, not her hand.

When she fed him the last piece, Cheng Youyi's hand tightened around her waist. He pressed his lips to her ear and murmured hoarsely,

"I'm about to lose control."

Both virgins | Extra sweet | Secret love becomes mutual | High school and college | Romance as adults

"Flirtatious male lead who steals the girl away" x "Rebellious girl who says one thing and means another"

***He's so arrogant he looks down on everyone, yet he kept one person in his heart for years***

Currently updating: After Discovering My Husband's Betrayal During Pregnancy

[Everyone is reborn, and everyone is part of the game. Who can change the ending?]

Lu Tingxi was reborn six times, chasing after Chen Yu.

Each time, she thought she'd be able to stop him in the next life. But every time, Chen Yu got together with someone else, at a different time and in a different place. She got better and better at trying, but still couldn't stop him from cheating.

When she woke up for the seventh time, she stood in front of the mirror and suddenly felt like a dog chasing its own tail. She'd spent her whole life running in circles and never caught a thing.

So she stopped.

This time, she didn't check Chen Yu's phone or keep track of his schedule. She ended things decisively, focused on herself, and threw herself into her career. Her life was flourishing, and she even started dating the neighbor downstairs.

The man's name was Shen Chen. On the day he moved in, he stood at her door holding a bowl of congee as a welcome gift. She thought he was a broke guy living in an unfinished apartment building, just like her, until his G-Class lit up and nearly blinded her.

He flirted with her every few days, leaving her dreaming about him night after night. She couldn't take it anymore. "Professor Shen, if you keep flirting with me, I'm going to fight back."

Shen Chen smiled casually. "I'd love that."

One day, she finally drank too much. She couldn't hold back and took a bite out of him.

Shen Chen tugged down his collar, revealing a red mark where his neck met his collarbone. In a lazy voice, he said, "Boss Lu really bites hard."

Lu Tingxi turned her face away, the tips of her ears bright red. "Professor Shen... please bear with me."

Shen Chen wasn't pleased with that form of address. "Can't you call me something else?" He wrapped an arm around Lu Tingxi's waist and pulled her closer. "I'm not interested in a student-teacher romance."

Lu Tingxi teased him. "Can't help it. I'm quite interested."

"Is that so?" Shen Chen's gaze darkened. "You've been slacking off lately, Student Lu. How about some extra lessons tonight?"

Later, while tidying up, she found an old photo album. It was full of pictures of her: from her first life, her second life, her third life... There were photos from every life. The person in them grew thinner year by year. The last few had been taken outside her office building, and on the back of one was a line of writing:

"I haven't brought her congee in this life yet. She seems to be in a good mood."

A twist at the end!!! Just a tiny hint~

Shen Chen: I'm going to rewrite the ending of your story.

Lu Tingxi: My life is mine to control.

(If you like it, take a guess, and I'll send a prize to anyone who gets it right.)

Push and pull to the limit | Redemption through reincarnation | Mature adults | Subverting expectations | Twists

"A openly flirtatious, secretly unhinged man who lives in a demolition zone" x "A reborn, awakened romantic"

Theme: Secret love is a one-sided pursuit, while growth is self-redemption