Coveting

When they first met, Pang Muci was full of mischief. She smiled at him and said, "Big brother, I truly love your sister. I hope you'll approve!"

Later, Jian Dongting pinned her down on the bed, restraining her hands and feet as he bit her ear and murmured, "Nuonuo, don't you love calling me big brother? Come on, say it again for me."

*

To escape her family's nagging about marriage, Jian Qiuqiu teamed up with Pang Muci to put on a show and pretend to come out.

Jian Dongting scoffed at the little stunt his sister and this woman had cooked up. He even earnestly warned his sister that the woman had nothing but cleverness and scheming in her eyes, and that she was no match for her.

He gave his sister a whole lecture, then turned around and fell straight for that clever, calculating woman.

What's more, he noticed that more and more people were gathering around her: a devoted singer she had personally cultivated, a gentle and handsome award-winning actor, a short-tempered survival-show contestant, and countless girls of every kind.

He suspected that even when this woman played a game, she had to collect everything.

He could understand having to watch out for men, but now even women were competing with him for her! It was impossible to guard against!

*

Many people said she was their light.

Shamelessly, he coveted their light, stealing it step by step until he could call it his own.

He had thought the smooth and stormy parts of his life were simply what everyone went through. It wasn't until she walked straight into his life that he realized that without her, the smooth years were dull and the storms were misery.

A beautiful, cool, occasionally wicked screenwriter × a foul-mouthed but secretly warm, henpecked CEO

[Next modern-day romance]

A new transfer student had just arrived at Jicheng No. 1 High School. Standing at the front of the classroom, she had soft hair that brushed her collarbones, big, round almond-shaped eyes, and a bright smile. Warm and enthusiastic, she said, "Hello, everyone. My name is Wen Ming."

The school bully, Chi Lu, lounged with one leg crossed over the other and scoffed. "Hmph, a good student. How boring."

Later, at the end of a long street, he saw his new classmate surrounded in a narrow alley by a group of girls with brightly dyed hair. Through the gaps, he could see her clutching her hands nervously, her almond eyes shimmering with fear, looking flustered and helpless.

Someone beside him asked, "Lu, that's the new student. She's your deskmate, after all. Look how pitiful she is. Are you going to help?"

The very next moment, the supposedly pitiful new student gave a soft laugh, tossed her schoolbag aside, and suddenly sprang into action, beating the girls blocking her until they fled in seconds.

The new student made no claim to her achievement. She pulled her baseball cap low over her still-fierce eyes, picked up the schoolbag from the ground, and brushed past Chi Lu.

Only after the new student had vanished into the crowd did his friends let out a shocked, "Holy crap!"

The next day, Chi Lu lounged with one leg crossed over the other as his deskmate bounced over with her schoolbag and cheerfully said, "Good morning!" Looking at her smiling face and the obvious injuries on her knuckles, Chi Lu grinned. "Good student, can you fight? I'll teach you."

Alarm bells rang in Wen Ming's head. A string of "Holy crap!" was about to burst out, but her face remained perfectly calm as she replied, "Maybe not. I just want to study hard."

Wen Ming, a school bully who only wants to study hard but is always on the verge of having her secret identity exposed × Chi Lu, a school bully with way too much free time, dedicated to exposing Wen Ming's secret identity

Theme: Everyone is their own light