He Always Tries to Sneakily Coax Me

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[Blurb]

*1v1 campus romance in a modern city + rekindled love + a sweet story of mutual healing

*Flirtatious, roguish, charming, and devoted puppy-like boy x sweet, gentle, and adorable girl

1

Everyone at Beixi No. 1 High knew that the big shot Cheng Chen was handsome, rebellious, and absolutely not someone to mess with.

Rumor had it he was pursuing the well-behaved top student Ning Xi, who sat behind him. His many admirers were heartbroken.

Some didn't believe it. How could someone as charming and good-looking as Brother Chen fall for a little kitten like her?

One day, on the wild and lively basketball court, as the girls shrieked, he strode past everyone.

Then he placed his dazzling sunflower gold medal on Ning Xi's head.

Ning Xi handed it back. "Why are you giving this to me?"

Cheng Chen's lips curled. "Isn't it obvious? I want to pursue you. Will you give me a chance?"

2

Ning Xi's world revolved around painting and studying. Cheng Chen's arrival nearly shattered her peaceful life.

That sharp-featured, rebellious boy, who spoke with such a careless drawl, kept coming closer. Was he only picking on her?

She thought it was a nightmare. She tried to flee in a panic, while he relentlessly cornered her.

But she never expected him to push her forward, out of her sensitive, shadowed world and onto a brightly lit stage.

Amid the cheers and applause, he was the only one sitting lazily in the front row, his eyes crinkling with amusement. "I told you not to be scared. Big brother's got you covered."

But that year, dust covered the sunflower gold medal, and the sunflowers on the hill behind the school bloomed and withered.

Then everything changed, and the unspoken crush she had carried came to nothing...

3

Five years later, she had just entered the investment banking world, while he was the toughest big boss in finance, a returnee from overseas.

At a dinner, he didn't even look at her.

The day Ning Xi decided to let him go, Cheng Chen appeared in front of her.

"Can I ask you something? Can I come to your place for dinner?"

Ning Xi was confused. "Mr. Cheng, what do you mean?"

Cheng Chen smiled, his voice as low and suggestive as it had been years ago. "Can't you tell? I want to pursue you again. Will you give me a chance?"

*Campus bonus scene

Late at night, Ning Xi was hunched over her practice problems when her phone buzzed twice.

Cheng Chen: I just dreamed you were stealing a kiss from me.

Ning Xi was so startled she didn't dare reply.

But he kept at it: So, tell me, how are you going to take responsibility for me?

#No one else is in my sight; everywhere I look, it's you# The language of sunflowers (source: online)

Theme: Study hard, and make your dreams come true.