Years after Bai Lier and Chen Yuzhen broke up, they met again at an alumni gathering for distinguished graduates of their alma mater. Both had donated money to the school, so the principal held a special reunion to thank them.
Yet no one, not even their classmates from back then, knew they had ever been together. At school, they had seemed to have nothing to do with each other.
Chen Yuzhen kept to himself and was distant with everyone. He was handsome, but people said he was a little antisocial. Bai Lier, on the other hand, was famous for loving a good time and had a whole crowd of rowdy friends. She was a real heartbreaker.
Then, in their final year of high school, Chen Yuzhen rented the dark, damp basement at Bai Lier's house. Suddenly, Bai Lier realized that Chen Yuzhen was much more handsome than all those cocky boys at school. He was quiet and reserved, and she could even make him blush by teasing him.
The basement became their secret hideout, where all the frank, ambiguous feelings of their school days were kept. They got jealous, argued, hugged, and kissed.
Then Chen Yuzhen left. No matter how desperate things got, Bai Lier's mother had no choice but to sell the house to pay off debts. Bai Lier took several beatings to save the basement.
That year, Chen Yuzhen came back. Bai Lier suddenly sold the basement and donated all the money to their alma mater.
At the alumni gathering, Chen Yuzhen finally learned where the money had come from, and that Bai Lier had once nearly been beaten to death by her mother.
Afterward, Chen Yuzhen asked her, "Why? You were the one who broke up with me back then. Why are you pretending to be lovesick now?"
Bai Lier smiled. "That basement was where I had my first love, Chen Yuzhen."
Blurb written: 2020.3.8
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