Clear-headed, resilient woman x aloof beauty / sickly peacock of a man / devoted, straightforward puppy [Not a love-interest stock-picking story]
Jiang Yunwan is caught between three loves.
Su Xuyan gives her freedom, but won't give her exclusivity. Song Yi'an uses secrets to draw her closer, yet hides a sincerity no one has ever seen in his eyes. Shen Zhiyu says he'll accept her dividing her heart into three, as long as he can be one of the three.
They keep pulling one another back and forth between testing and avoidance, taking and giving.
And she, someone used to obeying, tastes freedom for the first time in the middle of this tangled mess: painful, sweet, and too precious to let go.
"I love you, so I'm giving you the right to choose."
"Of course I know we're nothing to each other right now! Then tell me, was the real reason you said we should break up that your heart had completely filled with Shen Zhiyu, leaving no room for anyone else?"
"I regret it. I don't want freedom or anything else. Let's get back together and be like ordinary people."
"I'm not asking you to define our relationship. You only need to treat me as your lover. I don't ask for much."
"Su Xuyan loves you but refuses to change the rules for you. Shen Zhiyu loves you but doesn't dare step into your world. So, by that measure, I love you a little more, don't I?"
"What do you take me for? Your lover? Your mistress? What about everything we shared before? I refuse to believe you don't love me at all!"
"How can a heart be split in two? I love you, but I can't accept sharing you with someone else."
"I've figured it out. Why not divide your love into three parts? Su Xuyan can have the biggest share, Song Yi'an can have the part you care about most, and I can have what's left. As long as it comes from you, I'll accept even the smallest share."
"Why can't you give me a little more love? Su Xuyan met you first, and you love him the most. I've accepted that. But why does Song Yi'an get more than me, too, when I love you more than he does?"
Song Yi'an hates Su Xuyan most because Jiang Yunwan met him first.
Su Xuyan hates Shen Zhiyu most because Jiang Yunwan looks at him differently.
Shen Zhiyu hates Song Yi'an most because Jiang Yunwan cares about him the most.
The three of them can't stand one another, but none of them leaves.
Jiang Yunwan is caught in the middle, watched by three pairs of eyes and pulled in three directions by three people's feelings.
From the moment she agreed to be with Su Xuyan, from the moment she accepted Song Yi'an's threats, from the moment she watched Shen Zhiyu's eyes turn red, she was already tangled up in all this.
She doesn't know how it'll end. She's still learning to make her own choices.
All male leads are virgins. Su Xuyan has never been involved with anyone else, physically or emotionally. The female lead is the only one for him, from beginning to end.
Not a love-interest stock-picking story. The bonus chapters have separate 1v1 endings.
Theme: Be yourself
