At Odds

[Simplified Chinese edition now published. Weibo: @Cen Li z] 1. Before the first mock exams, Chi Zhiyu asked Xie Ye to tutor her in physics, and he agreed. That night, Chi Zhiyu sat at her desk with a pen in hand and looked at the person beside her. “Let’s call a truce and just focus on the lesson. No sarcasm, no insults, and no getting mad.” Xie Ye gave a quiet scoff. Five minutes later, the boy tapped the problem on the desk with his fingertips, looked up at her, and asked in a cold voice: “Did you eat the parabola?” “Is that thing on your neck just for decoration?” “Are you leaving question two blank so I can do it for you?” As soon as he finished speaking, Chi Zhiyu dropped her pen and looked at him expressionlessly. “Xie Ye, are you seriously picking a fight with me today?” Xie Ye: “…” 2. At the senior-year graduation party, Chi Zhiyu went onstage to perform classical dance, her slender waist and long legs swaying gracefully. The students below whooped and cheered, while Xie Ye looked utterly indifferent. A male classmate beside him remarked, “You two grew up together and have always been so close… Don’t you feel anything?” Xie Ye looked up at the person onstage and nodded. “I do.” The classmate asked in confusion, “Then why…” Xie Ye gave him a cool glance. “She’s underage.” The classmate: “…” 3. Esports player Xie Ye became famous at eighteen and retired at twenty-three. His fans were curious about what the star would do after retiring, until one day a video suddenly appeared online. The familiar man appeared on screen, his expression calm and indifferent. A slender woman stood in front of him and beckoned. Xie Ye didn’t move, just lowered his eyes to look at her. After staring at each other in a standoff for five seconds, Xie Ye seemed to sigh and finally gave in, bending down with his handsome, cold expression restored. The woman’s eyes curved with a smile as she reached up and put a pink, flashing sign on his head. In the darkness, the pink glow clearly displayed a line of text: “Photos: 5 yuan each.” Then four more characters flashed beneath it: “Already taken.” * “Everything in the world is bitter, but your unabashed favoritism is salvation.” Unconventional esports player x beautiful classical dancer Maybe a love-hate story about a cold, bad-tempered guy and his sharp-tongued little menace: If you don’t love me, I won’t let anyone else have you, you idiot :D Very little esports, lots of sweetness. A romance novel about nothing but falling in love. The quote comes from the internet. =Print edition now published. Search the title on any platform to find it! =Includes a new 10,000-word bonus chapter and the author’s afterword. Buy as you like, mwah mwah mwah. Theme: Love can overcome anything.