Give Him Up

Dongcheng No. 1 High School has two extremes. One is Qi Cheng, at the very top. He's cool and taciturn, impossible to approach. The other is Jiang Chu, at the very bottom. She's arrogant and unruly, with no interest in studying. In Jiang Chu's own words, she's good for nothing except being pretty. Even so, the first time she saw Qi Cheng, she became addicted to him, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't quit. Jiang Chu would often wait for Qi Cheng outside his classroom. “Qi Cheng, be my boyfriend.” But the boy who always wore a white shirt looked at her with nothing but disgust. “Jiang Chu, stay away from me.” Jiang Chu pretended not to care, but to get a little closer to him, she worked desperately to break her bad habits. It took her a month to quit drinking. It took her three months to quit smoking. But she never expected that getting over him and letting down her guard would take a full five years... When they met again, she was sitting in a restaurant on a blind date arranged by her family. He passed by her, and in a fleeting glance, the boy she had once loved looked just as he had the first time they met. She thought their reunion would be nothing more than a chance encounter. But just as she was leaving, he shoved her into a car, his whole body radiating menace. Qi Cheng, no longer the callow boy he once was, pinned her to the seat, his eyes deep and dark. “Jiang Chu, what game are you playing now? I warned you not to show up in front of me again!” Jiang Chu laughed, bold and carefree. “I've already quit smoking and drinking.” While Qi Cheng stood stunned, she shoved him away. “And I've quit you too, Mr. Qi.” At a banquet some time later, Qi Cheng pulled her into a corner and held her tight, his eyes dark and bloodshot. “A Chu, I can't quit you.” #Qi Cheng, I once did everything I could to get close to you. Now I couldn't care less about walking away.# #He was no longer the cinnabar mark in her heart, but she had become the blood in his heart.# [The jerk will have to suffer to win her back!] A few things to know before you dive in: 1. The characters are set as written. If that's not your thing, please don't read. 2. The heroine suffers in the first half, the hero in the second. 3. Don't nitpick the logic too much. 4. SC! All my stories are SC! Theme: The hero suffers to win her back