Love Without Restraint

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A novella for adults, a fairy tale

#The deadliest thing in this world isn't love at first sight or meeting too late. It's turning around and finding that you're still there.#

When she was sixteen, Luo Jia met a man named Pei Sinan.

The man lounged against the balcony, lazily glancing at her through the swirling smoke.

Her heart stirred at first sight, and she fell for him the second time they met.

She had a crush on him for two years, then finally summoned all her courage to confess.

He rejected her indifferently. "Rabbits don't eat the grass by their burrows. You're Luo Ming's little sister. To me, you're just a kid."

At twenty, Luo Jia became the dazzling new goddess of Tongcheng Dance Academy with a single swan dance. She was fair, beautiful, and elegant.

A different boy chased her every day, but Luo Jia didn't give any of them a second glance. Rumors spread that she was frigid.

Then one day, Pei Sinan, drunk, stopped her beneath the women's dormitory and asked if she still meant what she'd said two years ago.

Luo Jia raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you say rabbits don't eat the grass by their burrows, Mr. Pei?"

Pei Sinan hooked a finger under her chin, his eyes hazy. "I'm a wild rabbit. I don't have to follow the rules."

They fell into a passionate romance, until a year later, when Luo Jia left Tongcheng without warning.

When they met again, Pei Sinan had become the new president of Xiamen's Wantong Group, while Luo Jia had somehow ended up as his secretary.

The elegant, lively swan of the past had folded her wings, becoming timid and cautious.

And all the elaborate plans for revenge Pei Sinan had dreamed up crumbled the moment he laid eyes on her.

New story

When the school split students into science and humanities tracks, Song Ye, who had always taken life as it came, planned to follow the crowd and choose humanities.

Then she happened to glance at the honor roll at the end of the corridor.

The name Zhou Xu shone at the top of the list, a presence far beyond her reach.

A favored child of heaven, a top student with both brains and looks. Even his ID photo was better than everyone else's.

And, as luck would have it, he lived right next door.

She stared at the words beneath Zhou Xu's photo: "There is still glory waiting on the other side." For the first time in more than a decade, a ray of light broke into her dreary life.

Song Ye chose the science track, and all her friends and family laughed at her for being crazy.

After all, she'd never even passed math.

But Song Ye knew she was clearer-headed than anyone else now.

Before the track-placement exam, Song Ye stood hesitantly outside Zhou Xu's door for ages, clutching a stack of study guides. In the end, she couldn't bring herself to swallow her pride.

When she turned around, Zhou Xu was standing at the top of the stairs. His fresh-looking basketball jersey hung loose, and beads of sweat rolled along his handsome jawline.

She pretended she'd gone to the wrong door and stepped aside.

As Zhou Xu came over and turned his key, he suddenly glanced back and asked, "Want me to tutor you?"

Song Ye froze, then, as if possessed, nodded.

He leaned casually against the half-open door, a smile playing on his lips. "Just so you know, I charge a lot."

Song Ye got her wish and ended up in the same classroom as Zhou Xu. On the honor roll, her name was always beside his.

Everyone thought they would end up together.

Years after graduation, at a class reunion, Zhou Xu sat alone in the corner of the private room.

A friend teased him, "Xu, what happened to that girl next door who was always following you around?"

Zhou Xu tugged indifferently at his collar and gave a self-deprecating smile. "That ungrateful little thing... freeloaded off my tutoring for two years, then ran off."

That night, taking advantage of his drunkenness, he dialed the number he knew by heart.

There was no answer for a long time, but for some reason his eyes reddened, and his voice caught in his throat.

"Song Ye, how long are you going to keep hiding from me?"

#Ever since I met you, I've wanted to try a little harder to get closer to you#

#As you run toward the moon, the moon is running toward you too#

Reader's guide:

* The heroine has an avoidant personality.

* School romance first, then city life. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

Theme: Give it everything I have, and love whoever I choose.