The Puppy Wagging Its Tail on a Rainy Day

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Cool, pampered older woman × B-king, aloof, lean man

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Nan Qing never imagined she’d lose the rest of her life over a bet.

The first time she saw Xia Qingwang was in a hallway in the teaching building.

At over six feet tall, he stood out in the crowd.

Dressed all in black, with clean, defined profile and a long neck half-hidden in the collar of his windbreaker, he radiated youthful energy.

The second time was at the basketball court.

She watched him from a distance.

The wind blew, and his thin gray sweatshirt clung to his chest, outlining his slender frame.

So thin.

His wrist bones jutted out, and his frame was too slight to fill out his clothes. Only his broad shoulders held them up.

Back then, Nan Qing thought he was pretty handsome. It wouldn’t be a bad deal if she managed to win him over.

She was beautiful. She only had to stand there, and people were ready to fall for her.

That rainy night, when Xia Qingwang carried her down the steps, Nan Qing knew her plan had worked.

After his grades improved, Nan Qing promised him a reward.

When they came out of a street-side accessories shop, Nan Qing handed him a pendant, but he caught her hand instead.

His expression was cool and indifferent as he lowered his head to fasten a bracelet around her wrist, his movements tender to the extreme.

“Going to cry? I’m not going to comfort you.”

Nan Qing put on a brave face. “I don’t want you to comfort me.”

The sharp lines of Xia Qingwang’s face softened in the night. “Fine. I won’t. I’ll take you home.”

Later, when her lie was exposed, Nan Qing left without a word, leaving Xia Qingwang alone to repeat a year in school to keep their promise.

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Years later, they met again, bound together by a thin marriage certificate.

Amid the neon-lit nightscape, the private room door swung open.

The man was refined and aloof, his presence imposing.

At the dinner, Xia Qingwang had made Nan Qing drink quite a bit. A faint blush rose on her cheeks.

After sending everyone else away, he laid a hand on her neck and squeezed lightly. “Spend the night with me, and I’ll sign.”

Classmates who met on a rainy day × pampered, ethereal beauty

#Also known as “The Rainy-Day Fairy”

#Modern-day fairy tale #Both are each other’s first love and have only been with each other #Imperfect characters #School life to city life #Happy ending #Later chapters include fictional business concepts; the numbers are exaggerated and should be taken for fun, not scrutinized

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Wretch × Snow White

Self-destructive boy × sensitive, insecure girl

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At seventeen, when her mother remarried, Chen Yi became the one nobody wanted.

Her biological father kicked her out, and her mother treated her as if she didn’t exist.

With nowhere else to go, Chen Yi showed up at the home of the older boy she’d once lived with for three years, carrying a battered suitcase and a schoolbag washed until it had faded white.

When Chen Jiu opened the door and saw the familiar face he hadn’t seen for a year, he said coldly, “How did you find this place?”

Chen Yi lowered her head and twisted her fingers around her bag strap. Her voice was tiny. “Nobody else wants me...”

“I can’t afford to support you.”

Tears welled in Chen Yi’s eyes. She bit her lip, her voice breaking into a faint sob. “...You’re all I have, Brother.”

Chen Jiu was already buried in debt, and now he had to support a girl just starting her final year of high school. He took on several extra jobs each day.

When Chen Yi came home from school, she heard someone call, “Chen Jiu.”

Chen Jiu looked up and saw the girl standing outside. He took off his grimy gloves, went inside to get an apple he’d bought earlier, and walked over. “Go home. I’ll be back later.”

Chen Yi took the plastic bag from him and softly called, “Li Chixin.”

Li Chixin froze. No one had called him that in a long time.

Chen Yi smiled, her eyes curving. “Brother, I’ll wait for you at home.”

“Everyone knows you as Chen Jiu. I’m the only one who remembers that your name used to be Li Chixin.”

Peach Blossom | 2026.7.2

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