Don't Be So Wild

[Tenacious heroine vs. black-hearted B-king] From school uniforms to wedding gowns

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[1]

Zhou Chiyu ranks last in his grade. He’s handsome, wild, rebellious to the core, and listens to no one. Ji Yunke ranks first. She looks well-behaved, but she’s not someone to mess with. When a teacher assigns Yunke to tutor Zhou Chiyu, everyone sits back to watch the fireworks.

Who could have guessed that just a few days later, Zhou Chiyu would be trailing after the girl, doing everything he could to appease her? “Don’t be mad. I really did study vocabulary last night. Test me if you don’t believe me.”

His friend is astonished. “Chiyu, are you falling for her?”

Zhou Chiyu scoffs. “Falling for her? I’m just passionate about studying.”

[2]

Zhou Chiyu, the boy who loves studying, works hard all the way to the college entrance exams and finally becomes the top student in the whole school.

Yunke doesn’t show up that day, so he goes to her house in the rain and accidentally overhears her talking with a friend

Yunke was accepted to a prestigious university overseas two months ago, and he had no idea.

The other person asks curiously, “Have you ever liked Zhou Chiyu?”

Yunke answers without hesitation, “He was never an option for me.”

Autumn rain patters down. A fence becomes a barrier he will never be able to cross in his youth.

[3]

Years later, the two meet again at the top of the financial world, inside a Wall Street skyscraper.

The man sits back on a leather sofa, legs crossed, his eyes dark and unfathomable.

The woman wears a black bespoke suit. She is polished and sharp, and the terms she offers are tempting.

The man’s gaze settles on the slender, pale ankle peeking out above her high heel.

He remembers the tiny, raised red mole there. He has kissed it countless times in his dreams.

The negotiations end and the contract is signed. Yunke clicks away in her heels, but he catches up and calls after her. “President Ji, I was the top student in the whole school the year we took the college entrance exams.”

Yunke looks startled.

Zhou Chiyu smiles. “You know, Ji Yunke, for a while I thought that was what it took to make the cut.”

She suddenly remembers her friend once asking, “Yunke, what kind of guy do you like?”

She had casually answered, “The top student in the whole school.”

And Zhou Chiyu had happened to be right there.

[I once raced toward you with all my might]

[Content notes and clarifications]

The hero’s longtime crush comes true; he wins her over in his own head. There is no rival woman in this story.

The heroine’s career takes off; she knows her own mind. They are each other’s first love, and both have only ever been with each other.

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Second chance romance | Mutual salvation | From school uniforms to wedding gowns

Cardiothoracic surgeon & motorcycle prodigy

[1]

On Xia Ying’s eighteenth birthday, she makes a bet with someone

If she can win over the new transfer student, he’ll give her twenty thousand yuan.

With her pretty face and persistence, she soon wins over Zhou Yang, the aloof heartthrob.

On the day the bet is settled, the girl’s sweet voice rings out in a narrow alley. “I won Zhou Yang over, so where’s my money?”

A boy dressed in black steps out of the shadows without a sound and suddenly grips her wrist. “Xia Ying, so I’m only worth twenty thousand yuan?”

Her lips part and her eyes flicker, but she can’t get a word out.

“Did you never like me at all?” he asks seriously.

With people all around them watching for a laugh, Xia Ying just wants the farce to end. Gritting her teeth, she says, “That’s right. I don’t like you.”

“Not even a little?” he presses.

“Not at all.” What she does have is a lie.

The light in the boy’s eyes dims. He lets go of her and walks away, dejected.

After that, he waits for her for half a month. If she would just say a few sweet words like she used to, he would forgive her immediately, no questions asked. But she never comes.

And then Zhou Yang is gone.

*

Years later, Xia Ying has become the best motorcycle racer in Beicheng, racking up prize money and honors.

A mysterious investor joins the team. He wants to learn how to race and specifically asks Xia Ying to coach him.

Xia Ying rides to the track, only to discover that he’s Zhou Yang, whom she hasn’t seen in years. She stares at him blankly, unable to move.

Zhou Yang strides over and asks with a teasing smile, “Don’t you remember your twenty-thousand-yuan boyfriend?”

“I remember,” she says coolly. “Are you here to settle the score?”

“Yes. I’m here to settle our emotional score.”

[This blurb was screenshotted and saved to Weibo on November 15, 2023. Do not alter it.]

Theme: I once stayed up all night for my dreams. I once played the fool for the girl I loved.