[The blurb was screenshotted on July 25, 2026. The novel opens on November 7, with a 300-yuan red packet giveaway that day.]
Privileged, cocky hot guy x sensitive, resilient sweetheart
Staying with another family / secret crush / bittersweet
1
The year Zhu Cheng moved into the Ren family's home was her final year of high school, in the height of summer.
The high-speed rail station exit was noisy and crowded.
She clutched her phone, her jeans faded white, the soles of her canvas shoes coming loose, and looked around nervously.
A black Porsche pulled up silently at the curb. A young man stepped out.
The fresh, refined scent of sea salt and soap on him was like a breeze from another world, instantly overpowering the cheap soap scent on her.
"Get in." He opened the car door for her.
For a long time, her secret crush grew like moss in a corner, daring only to follow his shadow.
Girls fell for him one after another, while she was sensitive, insecure, and cautious.
She was nothing more than an insignificant background figure in his final year of high school.
2
Zhu Cheng ran into him on campus more than once, and more than once secretly followed behind him.
Until the day he caught her.
The setting sun sank below the windowsill, and the noise faded into the distance.
He turned around, his tone direct and even. "Zhu Cheng, do you like me?"
Her throat tightened. She couldn't get a word out.
The young man looked carefree and nonchalant. "Stop wasting your feelings on me."
It turned out that all it took to turn a heart burning with love to ash
was two casually spoken sentences.
3
Zhu Cheng never thought she'd see Ren Siyu again.
After one reckless night, the air still smelled of alcohol.
The two woke up and faced the mess in front of them. Neither spoke first.
Ren Siyu stared at Zhu Cheng's back for a long while.
The next second, he leaned in, bracing one hand on the bed beside her and wrapping his other arm around her, wanting to continue.
But she simply pressed her index finger to his lips, unhurriedly holding him back.
She got up, putting some distance between them, her voice as clear-headed as ever.
"No."
A perfectly clear rejection.
Ren Siyu rarely let go of his carefree expression. He stared at her with a tense face for two seconds, then smiled.
"Zhu Cheng, you're even more ruthless than I am."
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[That year, on the back of his exam paper, he drew a round, chubby orange pig.]
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[Reader's guide]
Both leads' first love; happy ending
Content notes:
1. The school portion is long, and the romance is slow-burn.
2. The leads are imperfect and both have room to grow.
3. I think it's a sweet romance =w=
Theme: Study hard and keep moving toward a brighter, sweeter future
