Wind Through the Reeds

[The print edition has been retitled You Bring the Sunshine. It includes 30,000 additional words of new bonus chapters and is available from major online retailers.] [The audiobook You Bring the Sunshine is now available on Ximalaya. Give it a listen~] A story that begins with mathematics. As the orphaned daughter of a comrade-in-arms, Qiao Xi had just arrived at the Ming family home when Madam Ming began to worry. "The girl seems quite well-behaved, but it's just... it's just..." It's just that she was a little too beautiful. How could a mother not worry about a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy and girl living under the same roof, with their hearts just beginning to stir? Ming Jun understood his wife's concern and immediately reassured her. "Don't worry. Has your son ever cared about anything besides math formulas? Old Shen's daughter chases after him to our house every day, and he doesn't even give her a second glance." Not long afterward, Ming Jun: My face hurts. It really freaking hurts. Weibo: Author Tieshan Gongzi Work in progress: The Liar [Blunt, childish young master x precocious, cool-headed academic heroine] A new girl transferred to Provincial Experimental High School. Even in old clothes, she was so beautiful and aloof that she seemed unreal. Word had it she was a poor, distant relative of the Huo family, staying at their house. Whenever someone brought her up, the eldest Huo son would say disdainfully, "She's freeloading." Everyone knew that Young Master Huo couldn't stand his beautiful, poor relative. But nobody knew that every bite mark that later appeared on the young master's collarbone had been left by Shan Xuan, trembling in his arms as she bit him. A top athlete's body is precious. Whenever Huo Zhou had a headache or a fever, the team manager would worry so much he couldn't sleep, afraid it would affect Huo Zhou's performance in a race. Only she could bite him so recklessly. On the day Huo Zhou won the FIA Best Newcomer Award, countless reporters swarmed around to interview the young racing prodigy. The young racer had a silver buzz cut and an earring in his left ear. He looked confident and spirited, with a bold, carefree smile. A reporter asked the question his fans were most curious about: "What are you looking for in a partner? Would you date a woman who is also into racing?" The young racer onstage raised an eyebrow. His wife couldn't even be bothered to watch his races. How could he dare to expect her to be into racing? Long after the two had broken up. One night, Shan Xuan followed him back to his apartment. Paparazzi photographed them together, and the trending topic "Huo Zhou's civilian girlfriend possibly revealed" shot up the charts, with the label "Breaking" beside it. Shan Xuan asked him, "Isn't your team going to get the trending topic taken down? Your fans are freaking out." "Why waste the money?" the young master said casually. "I don't make a living off my fans." A man who made his living through his race results could afford to be this confident. Shan Xuan was exasperated. "Could you at least consider how this affects me, an ordinary person?" Huo Zhou raised an eyebrow, utterly unapologetic. "That's funny. I'm supposed to care about my ex-girlfriend's feelings now?" "Can't we just part on good terms?" "How did you dump me back then? Did you part with me on good terms?" "Huo Zhou, are you even a man?" "Didn't you find out last night?" The young master leaned closer, smiling, his voice lazy. "If you're my wife, then I might consider getting the trending topic taken down." Theme: The story of China's golden generation of mathematics