Rain, Time and Again

Xu Wang looked down on good students.

Until the little liar Shen Zhongyu tricked him into giving her his feelings and stole his heart.

At first,

Xu Wang said viciously to Shen Zhongyu, "You're done for."

Later,

all Xu Wang could think was, "I'm done for."

I'm done for.

In love, those words couldn't be more fitting. They mean I'm truly and utterly yours.

I've fallen into your trap, and I don't want to get out.

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Shen Zhongyu is a saint, a white lotus, and a liar. In a script, she'd be a perfect supporting actress.

But she's not. She's a wild weed growing in a wasteland.

She draws sustenance from the barren earth, yearning to grow.

Until Xu Wang arrived. The arrogant boy told her, "Then change the world. Let all that bullshit go to hell. If you meet a mountain, break through it. If you meet water, push it aside."

My world was always raining, until you came along.

Upcoming novel: You Are My Most Precious

Zhong Yi first saw Xie Jiexia on the school rooftop.

Under the dim lights, he wore a white T-shirt, his expression indifferent as he leaned against the wall and played on his phone. A girl stood in front of him, black-haired and bright-eyed, blushing as she confessed her feelings.

That night, she found out that he was the classmate who had skipped every class on the first day of school.

On graduation day, Zhong Yi finally worked up the courage to confess to him. She waited for a long time at their agreed-upon spot, but he never showed up. Then, as she passed the school gate, she saw him walking out with a girl hopping along behind him.

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The two met again one winter.

A part-time worker had canceled, and her friend had dragged her in at the last minute to make up the numbers. Under a heavy snowfall, she stood at the entrance in a thin dress, hugging herself as she shivered.

Xie Jiexia passed by and offered her a coat still warm from his body. Zhong Yi held it, unsure what to do, then put it on with burning ears amid the teasing voices around them.

Only afterward did she learn that on the day they got together, Xie Jiexia had just broken up with his girlfriend of four years. She thought her burning passion could warm his heart, but she never imagined that once it had all poured out, she would be the one left hurting.

When the pain became unbearable, Zhong Yi chose to leave cleanly and cut all ties.

When their mutual friends asked, she smiled and replied, "We parted on good terms, that's all."

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But who could have guessed?

The person who had once been so proud could have his unyielding spirit shattered. Red-eyed, he gripped her shoulders and said, word by word, "Zhong Yi, who said I'd agreed to part on good terms?"

-Among all the secrets no one knows about me, you are the most precious.

Upcoming novel: Everything About the Calla Lily

1.

The top student Chen Ji always carried a notebook with him.

His classmates had all kinds of theories. Some guessed it was a set of cram-school exam prep notes, others thought it was a collection of mistakes compiled by a genius, and still others suspected it was stuffed with confession letters he'd received over the years.

Then one day, someone happened to pick it up by accident.

The first page read, in plain view: "Tch, annoying. Why is she ignoring me again?"

2.

Everyone in Class One knew Xiang Yu and Chen Ji were childhood friends.

If you wanted his study notes, you could always find them in Xiang Yu's desk. If you wanted to contact him, messaging Xiang Yu was more useful than messaging him directly.

Then a transfer student arrived.

Class One noticed the top student had stopped even visiting the classroom next door. They peered through the door and saw his childhood friend leaning heads together with the transfer student.

An onlooker shouted, "The grudge of having your girl stolen is irreconcilable!"

3.

From the day he understood things, Chen Ji had included Xiang Yu in his plans for the future. He'd chosen the same middle school as her and helped her study so she could attend the same high school. He'd even thoroughly researched the admission scores and distances for the universities they might go to one day.

He'd planned for everything.

The one thing he hadn't expected was for Xiang Yu to fall in love.

And not with him.

*Childhood friends / slight ensemble cast / next book*

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