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Synopsis

Cheng Xi, a hothouse flower, loses her family fortune overnight. She works at a bar to earn money while studying medicine at T University, and she's indebted to someone and burdened by debt.

But Cheng Xi never expected that her boss would ask her to repay his kindness by seducing his younger brother.

When she sees this "younger brother," her mind goes blank. The last thing he said to her after she confessed to him back then was:

"Will you ever shut the hell up?"

"You're an eyesore."

Cheng Xi later learns that Shi Jiayu likes a girl from another school, a heavily made-up delinquent.

When they meet again, Cheng Xi puts on an unfamiliar show of coy, alluring charm in front of him, deliberately trying to seduce him.

The faint anger in Shi Jiayu's eyes is impossible to miss. He pulls her into his arms, squeezing so hard it seems he might snap her waist.

"Have you been hanging around that dump so long that you've gotten bold?"

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Back in high school, someone knew that the pretty, well-behaved girl who ranked second in the year had fallen for the school's top student.

Everyone thought it would be a lovely romance, but Cheng Xi's confession ended in rejection, and her tears wouldn't stop falling.

After Cheng Xi was led away by her classmates, Shi Jiayu never looked back. Someone beside him sighed and said, "Cheng Xi is crying."

Shi Jiayu's throat tightened. He was silent for several seconds.

"I'm hurting more than she is."

He was an illegitimate son.

His life was a complete mess. He couldn't drag a girl as pure as white porcelain down into the mud with him.

A brilliant, scheming, devoted young man x a lovely girl who's been through too much

*I love melodramatic stories, so don't overthink the details.

*Mutual unrequited love, happy ending

-- Synopsis of "Watching the Starlight" --

*A story about an arrogant young master who messes around, loses his girl, and then has to go through hell to win her back

On the way home from school, Luo Jingyi makes the new "mute girl" in his class cry. When he gets home, he finds her sitting on his family's sofa.

It turns out the girl came from the countryside, and his parents are sponsoring her education in the city.

After dinner, Luo Jingyi is sent to walk Yang Li back to school. But the young master isn't in the mood. When they reach the gate of the neighboring school, he casually waves over one of the boys and says,

"You, come here and take her to the girls' dorm at our school."

"What's this?"

Luo Jingyi gives him an annoyed look. "Don't get the wrong idea. She's just a little sister."

Yang Li watches him do as he pleases, thriving in the love around him.

Later, Yang Li's biological older brother shows up and takes her away without a word. Luo Jingyi doesn't think much of it.

But after he gets drunk, the arrogant young master puts on a show for everyone in the crowd leaving school.

He clings to a streetlight by the roadside and refuses to let go, his eyes red.

"Yang Li, I want Yang Li!"

Meanwhile, overseas, Yang Li watches a video sent by her friend and shakes her head firmly. "I don't want him."

*She's not mute, she just doesn't talk much at first.

*Lighthearted school romance

-- Synopsis of "I Don't Rely on My Looks to Make a Living" --

Handsome team captain x clumsy rich girl

Chu Yu secretly returns from overseas to support the Me team at a competition, but she's discovered and unceremoniously sent to the CY team her family sponsors to work as an assistant.

Everyone else is easy enough to deal with. The only exception is Jiang Xing, who joined CY as captain a year ago.

He's highly skilled and a hot topic in esports. To everyone else, he has the distant air of a heavenly prodigy, perched high above the rest.

But with Chu Yu, he's a spoiled young master in everyday life, with a temper that's hard to soothe. He annoys her to no end.

Chu Yu complains to a friend, but the conversation keeps going off track as her friend presses her to describe what Jiang Xing looks like.

"He has a face that begs to be punched."

"He's not as handsome as my Huai Shen."

The next day, her phone pushes a notification: "Rising esports star Jiang Xing reveals his face on livestream!"

Chu Yu's eyes light up, and she hurries downstairs to watch the spectacle with the rest of the team.

Jiang Xing is sitting in an esports chair. He turns to look at her.

"Come here," he calls to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu walks over to Jiang Xing, making sure to stand where the camera can't see her.

"What is it?"

Jiang Xing doesn't answer. He reaches out and pulls her into his lap, then wraps an arm around her head so her face isn't visible.

Everyone is stunned. Jiang Xing looks unruffled as he says to the camera, "This is my girlfriend."

"I hope you'll follow the matches. Thank you."

Everyone: "!!!"

Netizens: "???"

Chu Yu wants to object, but Jiang Xing lowers his head.

On camera, it looks like he's kissing her cheek, but Chu Yu can hear the unmistakable smugness in his voice.

"You don't want to make a living off your looks, but you don't want people to say you have a punchable face either, so just make do with this."

*Game setting: Honor of Kings.

*Romance first, esports second.

*No real-life inspiration, entirely fictional

Theme: Chasing the light