Launching in December
*Scheming and cruel x hopeless romantic
That wasn't the first time Lu Chenxi had seen Xia Qiang.
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The night air was damp with dew. She wore a tight white T-shirt and jeans, her lips red against her snow-white skin, as a group of thugs cornered her and demanded her contact information.
She showed no hint of panic. Lighting the cigarette between her fingers, she lifted her eyes and blew a stream of smoke at them. Every move and every word came naturally, effortlessly beautiful.
She smiled. "Can you afford me?"
Lu Chenxi leaned against the wall, watching with a grin. He remembered a group of people talking about her at the bar that day.
"Song, what is that girl who's chasing you like?"
"Hard to say. You could call her innocent, but she doesn't look innocent at all. Still, she blushes when she sees people kiss in a movie, and nearly cries when she sees a cockroach."
Lu Chenxi smoked beside them, remembering the sight of her picking up a dead rat from the ground without changing expression and throwing it in the trash. He couldn't help laughing.
Back then, he'd taken one look at her and thought, She's got to be my girl.
2-
I was flying to Beijing on a business trip that day.
Just as a flight attendant reminded us to turn off our phones, mine buzzed and a notification popped up.
I glanced at it, about to switch my phone off, but the name Xia Qiang caught my eye.
The trending page blew up, and Weibo crashed.
Xia Qiang had posted something.
Fuck.
By the time I finished reading it, my mind had gone numb. I wasn't sure what she meant. Was she making our relationship public?
The next second, she gave me the answer.
WeChat chimed.
[Lu Chenxi, I'm here to love you openly and honestly.]
"Xia Qiang, this time, come love me openly and honestly."
[Reading Guide]
*Mainly a school and coming-of-age romance, with angst and healing
*They are not each other's first love
Original blurb: 20210915
Revised blurb: 20211117
Revised again: 20220823
Theme: Having a good partner is like having the whole world
