Hidden Stars

Complete. The complete edition will go on sale on March 3. If you've already read it, please be careful not to buy it twice. Thanks for your support. 1 Age seventeen Chen Yanli asked to move her seat to the last three rows. Her excuse was perfectly official: as the class secretary, she had a responsibility to maintain discipline. The last three rows were full of unruly troublemakers. Chen Yanli mixed right in with them, and everyone worried she'd be corrupted by association. But Chen Yanli didn't care. She only wanted to sit a little closer to that quiet, taciturn boy. In the bland years of high school, he was the one rebellion of her life. In a dim pavilion, Jiang Lin met her heated gaze and heard his own heart pounding. The boy didn't know this was the beginning of a lifetime. 2 Age twenty-four, reunited after years apart The taciturn but sincere boy in her memories had become a reckless, frivolous man. He told her, "It's over, so it's over. Or do you want to pick up where we left off? I'm fine with that..." Jiang Lin gave a careless smile. "Whatever you want." Jiang Lin thought she'd at least be a little afraid, but she hit back without a trace of fear. She said, "All right." From back then until now, she'd never had anything to fear. A trash-picking male lead x an angelic female lead. [My new story, Crossing the Border, is now available in my profile. Please add it to your reading list.] After a sudden upheaval in the Lin family, Lin Jianwei left her hometown and transferred to a small town in the far north, where she had to depend on others for shelter. On her first day in Sangshuping, she unexpectedly met a boy. They clashed at every turn and couldn't stand the sight of each other. But it wasn't long before they ended up under the same roof. Grandma Yi took Lin Jianwei's hand and said, "From now on, think of A Chao as your big brother." Lin Jianwei nodded. Then she turned to face the cold, stern-looking boy and obediently called him "Big Brother." Without a care, he snapped back, "Who the hell is your brother?" 2 Yi Chao was a notorious gang leader in Sangshuping, always doing as he pleased, and no one dared to cross him. That all came to an end during the last summer of high school. One night, a crowd of friends were drinking and playing finger-guessing games at a smoky night-market stall, having a great time, when Yi Chao's phone suddenly rang. He expressionlessly hung up and got to his feet to go home. His friends all looked at their phones and suddenly understood. It was nine o'clock. Curfew. A fallen rich girl x a small-town boy "The day you arrived was beautiful, but to me, it was a storm sweeping through." Theme: Seeking a better life