Taming the Lion

When Xia Rong transferred to Hengyang No. 1 High School, she did so as the Gu family's adopted daughter. Rumor had it that her mother had an improper relationship with the head of the Gu family. This angered Gu Yu, the Gu family's heiress, who had treated Xia Rong coldly ever since she joined the class. Her homework would mysteriously disappear. Her desk and chair were smeared with glue. Her drawer was filled with trash. Xia Rong took it all in stride. Then she stunned everyone with her exam results, and her teacher assigned her to be Tang Yuming's one-on-one study partner. Tang Yuming was the class troublemaker. He ranked near the bottom and loved to sleep. He seemed to have little presence, yet the whole school was wary of him. He helped Xia Rong dump the trash from her drawer onto the bully's desk. After that, no one dared play pranks on her again. At first, Tang Yuming looked down on their study group. Later, he began urging her to pay attention in class. On the day their admission letters arrived, he kissed Xia Rong in front of the rose bushes outside his villa. The next day, Xia Rong followed Tang Yuming's father into the Tang family's old residence. As the Tang family glared at her, she softly called Tang Yuming, "Brother." * The day before she transferred to Hengyang No. 1 High School, Xia Rong received two messages. [This is Tang Yuming. If you want to get by at Hengyang No. 1 High School, be sure to watch out for him.] [He's a member of the Tang family. He's your brother.] * During her freshman year winter break, Xia Rong returned to Hengyang. Tang Yuming, who had once questioned her hoarsely on a rainy night, had returned to the way he was when they first met: cool and proud. They attended the same university, but had hardly seen each other. When she heard Tang Yuming had a new girlfriend, Xia Rong calmly said, "Your girlfriend is beautiful." Tang Yuming smiled and replied, "I'll introduce you sometime." That night, Xia Rong came out of the shower and saw Tang Yuming sitting by the bed, tearing up one after another the love letters they'd written to him as a prank, imitating her handwriting. His familiar scent scorched her, making her want to run. He left angry bite marks on the side of her neck, and asked in a fragile voice, struggling to hold back his breakdown, "Xia Rong, don't you think you owe me an apology?" He learned of her deception. He was angry and resentful, but in the end, all that remained was relief. * The protagonists are not related by blood and have no legal family relationship. Theme: Cherish everything beautiful.