Losing to You

[Before it's on VIP, updates follow the rankings, before midnight. If there's no update, that means there won't be one. I'll let you know if anything comes up! Please add it to your favorites, mwah~] Bold pretender × world-weary, emotionally unavailable ghost / rekindled romance Zhi Liao had heard that people who liked Zhou Huaixu could line up all the way to France, but every last one of them went home empty-handed. So she carefully spent a whole night making an Excel spreadsheet: first build his affection, then write a love letter, and finally confess. But plans never keep up with change. When she put hers into action, she did everything backward. Zhi Liao: "Zhou Huaixu, I like you." Zhou Huaixu gave her a listless "Oh. I can't," then walked away with icy aloofness. Zhi Liao: "?" You got the formula wrong, didn't you! Over the next few days, Zhou Huaixu noticed that the person who'd confessed to him ran away whenever she saw him and treated him like he wasn't there. One quiet, late night, Zhou Huaixu sat up in bed, completely baffled. She said she liked me, didn't she? Later, in that very same bed, Zhou Huaixu lost control. He pinned Zhi Liao's hands above her head and kissed her until she couldn't fight back. "Say you like me." "Say you love me." Little scenes: 1. At first, Zhou Huaixu told Zhi Liao, "You're so noisy." Later, he asked her, "Why did you stop making noise?" 2. One day, many years later. Zhou Huaixu asked his friend, "Do you believe in love at first sight?" His friend was shocked, but also practically ready to pop champagne. "What kind of goddess finally got you to wake up?" Zhou Huaixu: "She also has the cutest daughter." His friend: "..." He'd finally woken up, but still had absolutely no idea what kind of catch he was. When he finally met that goddess, his mind filled with mystified question marks: How can someone lose their memory and still get hung up on the same tree twice?? Everyone has a mountain of their own, each with a different shape, weathering through every season. Zhi Liao climbed out of the mountain beneath her feet. Zhou Huaixu climbed out of the mountain in his heart. That summer, a lifeless tree met a cicada that came to rest on it. Note: The story starts on a university campus before moving to the city. Both leads are each other's first and only love. It has melodramatic twists, amnesia, a child, and a rekindled romance (though none of these are quite conventional, probably). No real-life inspirations. Any original settings are there to serve the plot! None of the characters are perfect. Writing style and trigger points are subjective, so if it's not for you, please move on to something more agreeable. Don't say anything outrageous, okay? If you insist on arguing, there's nothing I can do~ Premise: Come to understand the vastness of the world.