A Rare Affection

“Sweet and independent junior × wild and unruly campus heartthrob”

Jiang Yunge once swore that nothing besides studying could ever interest her again, especially not men.

That year, she was cornered in an alley not far from the school gate. Her eyes red from crying, she begged the thugs to let her go.

A boy in a white T-shirt walked past her, holding a popsicle. He grinned recklessly. “Call me big brother, and I'll think about saving you.”

Without a second thought, Jiang Yunge blurted out, “Big brother, save me!”

Chen Luoqiao was a special-admissions student at H University, famous for his wild ways and stunning looks.

Jiang Yunge broke her vow and did everything she could to win him over. But Chen Luoqiao kept cornering her against walls, warning her fiercely, “Don't get close to other boys, and don't smile so happily at anyone else.”

Jiang Yunge shoved him away, clenching her tiny fists and waving them at him in anger. “Chen Luoqiao, don't push me too far. If you back me into a corner, I'll do anything!”

Chen Luoqiao raised an eyebrow, his tone full of disdain. “Is that so? You'd do anything?”

The next day, he tossed her a set of advanced calculus problems and taunted her. “Go on, do one for me.”

Jiang Yunge: “...”

Later, Jiang Yunge discovered that Chen Luoqiao had someone else he loved, so she broke up with him, citing her studies as the reason.

Chen Luoqiao chased after her, eyes red. “Don't you love me?”

Jiang Yunge left without a word, her back turned to him.

After starting work, Jiang Yunge became a director at one of the country's leading comic companies.

On her very first day, she saw a familiar man sitting at the desk, his gaze gentle. “It's been so long. Have you cooled off yet?”

[Bonus scene]

The CEO of newly listed company I.G. Enterprises announces to the public that he's married.

But someone catches him acting intimately with his company's design director, even bending down to put on her shoes in public.

At a product launch, a reporter boldly asks, “Mr. Chen, there's a rumor that you have an improper relationship with the design director beside you, Miss Jiang. What do you have to say about that?”

Chen Luoqiao turns and gazes affectionately at the woman beside him. “Mrs. Chen, someone is asking what I should say. What should I tell them?”

Jiang Yunge replies in exasperation, “Tell her to use her eyes.”

The reporter is so stunned that she stammers, “M-Mrs. Chen?”

#MyOwnLoveRivalTurnedOutToBeMe#

#AllThoseYearsOfTearsWereForNothing#

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