Radiance

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At the homeroom teacher's insistence, Yun Man, who consistently ranks first in her grade, is tasked with making Jian Mufeng, who is always dead last, study every day.

Jian Mufeng slips away as soon as school lets out and heads to an arcade to play.

Yun Man chases after him and says sternly, though she is clearly bluffing, "There's a lot of homework today. If you don't leave now, you won't finish even if you stay up all night."

Jian Mufeng is too engrossed in his game to pay her any attention.

Calm and unruffled, Yun Man sits down in the nearby lounge area, pulls a test paper out of her schoolbag, and starts doing her homework.

She's so unusual that everyone who passes by takes a second look.

A third group of boys notices Yun Man. After asking Jian Mufeng to introduce them, one of them strides over to the lounge and irritably tugs at her schoolbag.

Yun Man is startled. "What are you doing?"

Jian Mufeng grabs her schoolbag and walks off, enunciating each word: "We're going somewhere else to stu-dy."

Later, when the monthly exam results come out, Jian Mufeng leaps from last place to first, beating Yun Man.

Having placed second for the first time, Yun Man complains to Jian Mufeng, "You stole my number-one spot!"

Jian Mufeng lifts his chin and arches a brow. "What can you do? I already stole it."

Yun Man is about to say, "I'll get it back next time," when Jian Mufeng suddenly leans down until their eyes are level. He asks and answers his own question: "I guess I'll just have to go to university with you."

Yun Man is taken aback, her bright doe eyes blinking.

Jian Mufeng raises a hand with long, elegant fingers and ruffles her hair, the corner of his mouth lifting. "Pick any university you want. I'll go wherever you go."

*Genuine top student x fake slacker

*Cocky guy x sweet girl

1. Both are inexperienced, and each other's first love. Happy ending.

2. The male lead is only pretending to be a slacker. He doesn't surpass the female lead just by trying once.

3. The entire main story takes place at high school. Slow burn.

4. They focus on the college entrance exams before adulthood. No intimate scenes.

My completed contemporary romance next door: Feigned

Coming soon: No One But You

When she was young, Sang Yu had a crush on someone. She once thought she'd never get over him and would stay single forever. Then she unexpectedly got married in a flash to Cen Ye, an old classmate she'd run into twice after reuniting.

They each get what they need. Cen Ye is blunt and to the point, laying out two rules: 1. It's all for show. 2. We absolutely will not live together.

Sang Yu keeps her promise. In public, she calls him "hubby" without hesitation; in private, she addresses him as "Mr. Cen."

But one day, Cen Ye refuses to leave her home. "I won't go unless you call me hubby."

Sang Yu calls him hubby, and he still won't leave...

In bed, Sang Yu lies against Cen Ye and demands, "Who said we wouldn't live together?"

"Honey, all we did was sleep together," Cen Ye corrects her shamelessly. "If you want to live together, I'll call the moving company right now." Their things have already been packed.

Sang Yu: "..."

Later, Sang Yu happens to see Cen Ye's diary. On one page, he wrote:

[ I asked Sang Yu to meet me so I could confess, but she never came. I hope she has a happy graduation and gets everything she wishes for. ]

The date at the bottom is unmistakably the day they graduated from high school.

Sang Yu remembers that summer vividly. She had also arranged to meet someone so she could confess, but he never showed up either.

"So while I was passionately and silently chasing after someone, there was someone else chasing after me the same way."

*He falls for her first

Coming soon, book two: Greedy

It was the most wretched, desperate day of Su Jia's life. It was New Year's Eve, and freezing rain poured down as she fled her home alone.

Ji Xuanyi came from a thousand miles away, driving through the night to drape his coat over her shoulders.

Su Jia wiped her face, washed pallid by rain and tears, and asked in disbelief, "Why are you here?"

Ji Xuanyi picked her up, shivering with cold, and warmed her with his own body heat. His deep voice was calm and steady. "I came to take you home."

Later, Su Jia often accompanies Ji Xuanyi to high-society parties. People are always gossiping: "Second Young Master Ji's women last a month or two at most. Let's see how long this one lasts."

Su Jia laughs it off and asks him directly, "How long do you think I'll last?"

Ji Xuanyi puts an arm around her and smiles as carelessly as ever, his rakish words impossible to read. "You can stay as long as you want."

Later still, Su Jia turns and walks away without hesitation. Ji Xuanyi drops everything important and goes after her through the night for the second time.

Su Jia: "Didn't you say I could stay as long as I wanted? I don't want to stay anymore."

"You can stay by my side as long as you want, but leaving..." Ji Xuanyi grips her wrist tightly, pleading with someone for the first time in his life. "Not for a single moment."

*Nine-year age gap

*Radiant college student x dashing playboy

Theme: Study hard and keep striving to improve.