Stealing a Kiss from a Lychee

[Simplified Chinese edition published; follow @TianTaoXiaoBuDian on Weibo for updates]

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When Ji Linchuan was eighteen, a timid little girl came to live with his family.

She had beautiful brows, eyes that seemed to hold starlight, and a faint beauty mark at the corner of one eye.

Then Ji Linchuan learned her name: Bai Li.

She was always sneaking looks at him from the shadows, yet never said a word. When the power went out, she would tug on his sleeve and softly call, "Big brother, I'm scared."

One evening, he came back from playing basketball and ran into Bai Li at the door.

They collided without warning and ended up in each other's arms.

The little girl's cheeks were flushed and her eyes looked tipsy. She gazed up at him as if she were drunk, then quickly looked away.

Ji Linchuan's lips curled. His short, unruly hair was wet and black. Amusement glimmered in his dark eyes as he drawled, "You like your big brother?"

On the day the girl confessed, Ji Linchuan pierced through the last layer of her defenses with just a few cutting words, watching as she fled with her heart shattered in her hands.

He thought he didn't care. She wasn't that important to him.

But after she went abroad for a year, Ji Linchuan finally understood.

Some feelings only become a poison that seeps into your bones long afterward.

Content warnings:

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, and each has only ever been in love with the other.

2. The story's setup has been revised. This is not a groveling-and-redemption story; feel free to pass if that bothers you.

3. In short, it's still a story about a man trying to win back his wife. That's the main focus.

---- Next story: Springtime Daydream ----

Chu Xingmian met Zhou Chaojia during an accident on a roller coaster.

At the time, she was hanging upside down in the air. Trembling, she tapped the shoulder of the boy in front of her, whose shoulders were slender and profile handsome. "Hey, I haven't ever been in love. Could you confess to me just once?"

"I don't want to die with regrets. Boo-hoo."

And so Chu Xingmian heard the coldest words in the world delivered with the darkest expression.

"You should just die, then."

Chu Xingmian shrank back. "..."

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They met again at the class meeting just after the start of their sophomore year.

The new upperclassman filling in as their class advisor had refined features, dark eyes, and a detached expression.

His thin lips were pressed together, his brows and eyes radiating coolness, and his long, slender fingers rested on the roll book.

Suddenly,

Chu Xingmian's gaze met his.

The next second, he lowered his eyes and parted his thin lips. In a low, unhurried voice, he read, "Chu Xingmian."

"Here," she answered, stunned.

He lifted his gaze slightly. A flash of teasing crossed his eyes, and his lips curved. "Stay after class."

At first, Chu Xingmian thought she had offended him.

But later, as Zhou Chaojia pinned her down and bit her, the metallic taste of blood spread between their lips.

Only then did she realize she had fallen into the hunter's trap long ago.

Theme: Live life with a positive attitude.