Until Death

Coming next: Liar. Add it to your reading list if you're interested~ [Signed for simplified Chinese publication. For publication updates, see Weibo @Author Iron Fan Gongzi] The starlight she gave him traveled across the boundless universe, making its way to him over sixteen years. And he met that starlight, and met her. * At a class reunion, everyone talked about the news that Ji Chu, the heartthrob from the neighboring school, had gotten married “I can't believe a bachelor like him would get married so young. He must really love his wife.” Chu Heng, who had been quietly listening all along, shook her head. “It was an arranged marriage. He doesn't love her.” “You know him?” Someone grew interested. “Is Ji Chu's wife especially beautiful? Is she an actress or a model?” Chu Heng thought for a moment. “She's ordinary. Just a regular person.” “Are they close as a couple?” “They hardly see each other.” At last, everyone sensed something was off and turned to look at Chu Heng. Chu Heng was beautiful, and had been the school belle all through middle and high school... but it wasn't appropriate to talk about someone's wife like that, was it? “Chu Heng, why do you keep badmouthing his wife? Don't tell me... you're secretly in love with Ji Chu?” When the reunion finally ended and everyone walked out of the restaurant, the very man they'd been gossiping about was standing by the roadside. Ji Chu leaned against his car, looking across the crowd at Chu Heng in the distance. With a faint, amused smile, he said, “Mrs. Ji, get in.” * When Cetus employees first heard that their big boss, President Ji, was getting married, they were all curious. “What does the boss's wife do? Is she pretty? Does she have a good figure?” Ji Chu replied nonchalantly, “She's an ordinary person. She builds satellites.” Everyone nodded in realization. “So President Ji isn't into looks, he's into brains.” It wasn't until later, when the boss's wife appeared as a deputy chief engineer for remote-sensing satellites in a promotional video released by an aerospace institute, that her stunning looks proved impossible to hide even in an unflattering camera shot and she shot to fame... Only then did the Cetus employees realize they'd been fooled. They exclaimed, “Who said President Ji isn't into looks? Mrs. Ji is prettier than some minor celebrities!” [Unpublished story: Liar] [Immature young master x precocious, cool-headed top student heroine] A new girl transferred to Provincial Experimental High School. Even in old clothes, she was so cool and beautiful she seemed unreal. Word was that she was a poor, distant relative of the Huo family, staying at their home. When asked about her, the Huo family's young master sneered. “She's mooching off us.” So everyone knew that Young Master Huo hated his beautiful, poor relative. But no one 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 was precious. Whenever Huo Zhou so much as had a headache or fever, the team manager would be too worried to sleep, afraid it would affect his performance in a race. She was the only person in the world who could bite him so recklessly. The day Huo Zhou won the FIA's “Best Newcomer Award,” reporters swarmed around him to interview the young racing prodigy. The young driver had a silver buzz cut and an earring in his left ear. He looked vibrant and confident, his smile carefree and unrestrained. A reporter asked the question his fans were most curious about: “What are you looking for in a partner? Would you date someone who shares your passion for racing?” The young driver onstage raised an eyebrow. His wife couldn't even be bothered to watch his races. How could he dare ask her to like racing? Long after the two of them broke up. One night, Shan Xuan followed him back to his apartment, and paparazzi caught them together. The trending topic “Huo Zhou's civilian girlfriend possibly revealed” shot up the rankings, with a “Breaking” tag 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 was nonchalant. “I don't make a living off my fans.” A man who made a living off his racing results could afford to be that confident. Shan Xuan was exasperated. “Could you at least consider how this affects me, a regular person?” Huo Zhou raised an eyebrow, completely unapologetic. “That's rich. Since when do I have to consider my ex-girlfriend's feelings?” “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, his eyes smiling and his voice languid. “If you were my wife, I'd consider getting the trending topic taken down.” Theme: “The women I admire are so strong that a man has to be brave just to approach them.”