Xu Linyu x Li Jinyi
[Moody, world-weary boy x Fallen heiress, little sun]
[Healing each other | Rekindled love | Across time and space]
Rumor has it that Xinchuan Foreign Language School has a "freak" who'll get in the ring for money and has a 100% win rate.
His name is Li Jinyi.
Xu Linyu first met him on a rainy night.
In a dim alley piled with rubble, the despondent boy sat slumped against a gray wall. Blood dripped from his fingertips and seeped into the potholes.
The first thing he said to her was, "What are you looking at?"
For some reason, the coldness in his eyes took her breath away. She glanced at him, then left.
Everyone knew Li Jinyi was temperamental and dangerous, but there were still girls from other schools who were drawn to his looks and thought they could win him over.
In the end, his viciousness drove every one of them away.
He treated every pursuer equally with a single word: "Get lost."
Later, Xu Linyu's classmates bet her that Li Jinyi felt differently about her.
She didn't believe them, but at their urging, she tried to be nice to him. "Um... it's about to pour... You didn't bring an umbrella, did you...?"
Xu Linyu thought the umbrella would end up in the trash.
To everyone's surprise, he took it. She was stunned.
Later still, Li Jinyi fell to his death, Xu Linyu disappeared after missing an exam, and it rained in Xinchuan for half a month.
For years, Xu Linyu remained trapped in that bloodstained rainy night, regretting that she hadn't answered that call.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the day she first met Li Jinyi.
This time, she would catch the boy who was on the verge of falling.
"Xu Linyu, you are the only dream I've ever had while awake."
Also known as: Unanswered Call
[Story concept developed on 2021.12.30. Blurb written on 2026.6.5]
Theme: Saving you, saving me
