Name: The Rose That Ran Away
Author: No Cavities

Synopsis

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#Coming soon: Willingly Hers. Synopsis below.

Synopsis:

In high school, Lin Jinhuan joined the school's popular band, the one that had turned down who knows how many people, despite having no musical experience at all. She also started a very public relationship with Lin Kesan, the band's bassist.

Before that, Lin Jinhuan had always played by the rules. Apart from her pretty face, she wasn't outstanding in any way. How had she suddenly become the most carefree one of them all?

As expected, the two broke up in their senior year.

But she was the one who missed the gig, the one who called it off, and the one who deliberately avoided him after they lost touch. Lin Kesan was left alone to clean up the band and the mess of beer cans scattered everywhere.

Sometimes, Lin Jinhuan wondered how far away Lin Kesan had gone to build a happy life without her.

In her third year of college, Lin Jinhuan heard that the secret hideout where they'd once gotten into all sorts of trouble was about to close, so she packed her bags and went home.

She pushed open the bar door and saw Lin Kesan holding his guitar, with a girl singing beside him.

When his former bandmate showed up, Lin Kesan came over to serve her the apple cider he'd always hated.

Lin Jinhuan did her best to ignore the fact that they were exes, and after a few minutes of small talk, she said something that seemed to hit a nerve.

He leaned closer, his voice gentle and his breath warm. "The place where I go to school..."

"It's just two blocks from your university."

What a short distance.

Later, Lin Jinhuan happened to hear someone berating Lin Kesan for still treating her so well, saying he was hopeless. She didn't see his expression turn cold.

Then, after one careless night of drinking, she said:

Lin Jinhuan: "I've got plenty of money now." That's why I came back.

Lin Kesan: ?

A moment later, she was crying and regretting it, saying, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come back."

What did she mean, she shouldn't have come back?

After weighing every word, the man sitting in the shadows on one side of the room laughed in anger.

Did she really think she'd come back because she'd changed her mind on her own?

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1. A sly bassist who lures someone home right on schedule x a gentle keyboardist who thinks she's the one making the moves

2. The band is just a backdrop, so readers who don't know anything about bands are welcome.

3. Next up:

Willingly Hers: A cool, graceful model senior who can dance x a rebellious athlete junior who can sail

--Synopsis:

That day, his friend poked him in the side with a water bottle, gesturing for him to look.

A girl walked leisurely past the soccer field, sipping milk from a pouch. Her head was lowered slightly as she rummaged around in her bag.

The blazing sunlight spilled all over her, and the exposed stretch of her neck was dazzlingly white.

"Zhuo Guiyi. She's two years ahead of us, the girlfriend of the Naval Academy's campus heartthrob. They call her 'the Woman of the Pirate King.' She's gorgeous, and she's a model too."

Less than two days later, Chen Chu was playing video games in his apartment when he ran into the new neighbor who'd just moved in across the hall.

Isn't that...?

"Zhuo..."

Chen Chu thought, What woman could be this cold? She ignored his friendly greeting, and slammed the door so hard!

And what's the deal with a woman who stays up all night, runs out onto the balcony to get soaked in the rain, drinks red wine, lights incense, and dances to Happy Cowboy, then has the nerve to tell her neighbor not to lean against her balcony wall and smoke?

Later,

His friend tossed the water bottle into the trash, sidled up to Chen Chu, glanced at the girl onstage beneath the spotlight with her skirt fluttering, and lowered his voice. "You're incredible."

"You really went and stole the Pirate King's woman?"

Chen Chu chuckled, swinging the handbag Zhuo Guiyi had handed him before going onstage. He looked disdainful. "She's no Pirate King's woman.

When I was sailing the seas with her, her ex hadn't even been born yet."

And Chen Chu had to admit, when her worthless ex showed up early in the morning to ask him to pass something on to Zhuo Guiyi, who wasn't home, and he remembered that the "not coming home" Zhuo Guiyi was sleeping soundly in his bed, with fresh marks on her body...

He felt absolutely incredible.

[Her point of view:]

Zhuo Guiyi: Help, my neighbor has no idea how to read the room.

Later:

"A little brother?"

A little brother is someone who's unreasonable, who insists on having his way, who pushes and pushes.

He barges in without permission, with no respect for his big sister.

...I suppose that'll do.

Zhuo Guiyi.

When people mention her name, it's because she's impressive in her own right, not because she's attached to anyone else.

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[Big sister, tonight I don't care about humanity. I only want you. --Hai Zi, Diary]