Wish Candy

-- Jiang Yu attended the senior-year parent-teacher meeting for her younger brother, Jiang Xun. By chance, she caught sight of the wish he'd written and put in a wishing bottle: I hope I can be with her after the college entrance exams. Jiang Yu murmured, "Ah, the restless days of youth..." But just a few minutes later, someone dug her own far more restless youth out from beneath a tree with a shovel. The wish she'd written in her senior year lay glaring in the sunlight, every word painfully bright: [I'd rather get a thorough scolding from the homeroom teacher than not be with Song Zhiyu.] Even more terrifying, when Jiang Yu looked up, the person mentioned in the note, whom she hadn't seen in seven years, was standing not far away... Jiang Yu: My younger brother's new homeroom teacher is my ex-boyfriend, whom I relentlessly pursued until he finally agreed to date me, then dumped unilaterally? Is it still in time to transfer him to another school??? Song Zhiyu: "Jiang Xun's parent, please come to my office." Jiang Yu: Too late... T_T -- Everyone thought that in high school, Jiang Yu had been the one with an unrequited crush who chased after him, and even Jiang Yu thought so. Only later did she happen upon her old phone and see the thousands of messages Song Zhiyu had sent her during the seven years after they broke up. [I came to Jing City for a competition today. After it ended, I sat outside your department building for a long time, but I didn't see you.] [I've been thinking about giving up on the recommendation-based graduate program and taking the entrance exam in Jing City instead.] [I've been thinking about you a lot these past few days.] [I love you.] For seven years after their breakup, Song Zhiyu poured out all his love to a number that would never reply. *Reunion at the beginning, primarily set in the city, with flashbacks to their school days. -------Forthcoming novel: Obsessive Longing-------- 1. Yun Yi hooked up with a man at a bar who claimed to be a director. She'd planned to part on good terms, but the next morning, she received a film contract. Chen Jingming regained his usual cool, chaste demeanor and said that her passionate performance the night before matched everything he'd imagined for the new film's female lead. After she joined the production, Chen Jingming told her to fully immerse herself in the role, step into the female lead's life, and fall in love with the man the character loved. Yun Yi did a fine job. Everyone even thought that she and the male lead had fallen for each other while filming. But no one knew that, shortly after filming began, Yun Yi had stopped director Chen Jingming in the stairwell. She was still wearing her costume, the silk qipao tracing the beautiful lines of her figure. Yun Yi rested a hand on his waist and asked if he wanted to be together. The stairwell was dim, with shifting shadows cast by the lights. Chen Jingming wore his usual cool expression and replied with just four words: "Focus on the acting." - Halfway through filming, the investors suddenly announced that the director was being replaced. People outside the production said Yun Yi had offended the director, and that Chen Jingming would rather let two months of hard work go to waste than work with her again. But the truth was that every time Chen Jingming saw her looking at someone else with passion on camera, he regretted bringing her into the industry. That night, Chen Jingming knocked on her door and saw the male lead's coat at the foot of the bed. "Are you free?" Chen Jingming asked. "I'm rehearsing. The scene you asked me to try when we first met." Seeing that he stood there with a livid face and still didn't leave, Yun Yi simply pushed the door open a little farther. "What, Director Chen? Want to give me some pointers?" That night, the male lead waiting in Yun Yi's room never saw her come back. Through the wall, Chen Jingming kept her trapped in his arms all night, gripping her slender waist and pressing his lips to her long neck as he demanded, "Between me and him, who acts better?" *A genius director who puts acting above everything X a rising film queen with an all-consuming passion for her career Theme: If you keep trying, your wish will come true one day.