Dear Pluto

Many years later, Jiang Li sees Chen Lie again.

In his basement, beneath a darkening night and dim, hazy lights.

Chen Lie sits on a shabby sofa, smoking one cigarette after another. The bitter smoke stings the eyes.

After a long while, he finally speaks. "Now that you've seen me, you can go."

So Jiang Li turns and walks away without looking back.

A few days later, Jiang Li's research paper on black holes is published in a top-tier journal, making her the youngest associate professor in the physics department.

At the celebration, Vice Dean Lin Jin, freshly divorced and drunk, grabs Jiang Li and confesses to her in front of everyone. "I've waited for you all these years. You've finally grown up."

That night, Chen Lie corners Jiang Li at her front door, holding her captive in his arms as kisses rain down on her.

"I'll give in, all right? Just don't leave me, okay..."

[High School Days, Little Scene]:

Jiang Li, the physics prodigy of her grade, is sent to Class 17 to go over the monthly physics exam. At the front of the classroom, she writes out the solutions and explains the techniques, completely absorbed in her task, while the class below chatters noisily and ignores her.

Suddenly, Chen Lie, the notorious big shot who spends every class sleeping in the back row, jumps to his feet and slams his desk so hard it booms. He roars at the class, "Whoever makes another damn sound, I'll throw you out the window!"

The class falls completely silent. Jiang Li doesn't even look up as she continues her lesson.

Everyone stares wide-eyed as the big shot takes out his crumpled exam paper and starts taking notes...

When the teacher returns from a meeting, they ask, "Did anyone misbehave in class?"

Jiang Li slips the little note Chen Lie just passed her into her sleeve. "Yes. Chen Lie slammed his desk during class."

Chen Lie: "???"

Jiang Li opens the note when she gets back. It says, "Don't leave after school."

After evening study, Chen Lie drags Jiang Li into a pitch-black stairwell and kisses her until she's clinging to him, barely able to stand.

Chen Lie holds her tightly, biting her ear as if to punish her. Looking at her misty eyes, his voice turns hoarse.

"That's what you get for pretending to be so proper..."

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The heroine is independent in spirit, neither delicate nor meek. Beautiful and fierce, she's the type who'll grab a bottle and smash it over someone's head, then turn on her heel and run after delivering a threat. Problems at home have left her cold and withdrawn, but luckily, young Chen Lie is her little sun.

The hero used to be arrogant and unruly, ready to argue with the whole world, cocky and wild. But his entire reputation was ruined by the heroine, who is both fiery and sweet. To this day, No. 7 High School still tells tales of Young Master Lie's puppy-dog side. Later, something happens and he falls into a period of dejection and despair, but luckily, Jiang Li never gives up on him.

"I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space" - William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2

After this book, I'll start Revering Your Fingertips

Blurb:

I know I'm cruel, cold-blooded, and without humanity.

At least you are charming, passionate, and immaculate.

Do you know? From the moment your fingertips brushed across my face,

I found my faith.

Since then, darkness has vanished, and daylight has lost its light.

I want only you.

A gorgeous, rebellious, fallen yet clear-eyed older sister VS a dark, obsessive younger brother who would rather go mad than live an ordinary life

Eight-year age gap, pseudo-incest

Feel free to add it to your reading list~

Theme: No matter how lonely I am, my path is always accompanied by you