Falling Among the Stars

1

When Yan Xia was sixteen, her father's plane went missing, and she was sent to stay with the Lu family.

Lu Yan was incredibly patient with her. He wiped the tears from Yan Xia's cheeks and pulled her out of the mire of despair.

For a long time after that, Lu Yan was the only person in Yan Xia's world.

Unfortunately, Lu Yan was never short of admirers.

Yan Xia had seen the drawer stuffed with his love letters, seen one girl after another stop him to confess, and seen him drunk, holding her while calling out someone else's name.

She knew Lu Yan didn't like her, so she carefully kept all her feelings to herself. But after he sobered up, Lu Yan wouldn't let go, rekindling the faint flame in her heart.

The two of them maintained a relationship that was neither one thing nor the other, until Yan Xia caught Lu Yan drinking wedding cup wine with someone else at a bar.

The raucous cheering deafened her, and she felt numb all over.

After noticing her, Lu Yan set down his empty glass and beckoned her over, his voice gentle. "Xiaxia, come sit by my side."

His expression was calm, as if what he'd just done were as ordinary as eating or sleeping.

That day, a great fire blazed in Yan Xia's heart, reducing everything between her and Lu Yan to ashes.

2

Jiang Chengyuan, the only son of the Jiang family, was a notorious troublemaker, rebellious and dazzlingly carefree.

Everyone said he wasn't a gentleman or considerate. He turned down confessions without mercy: the girls arrived blushing and left in tears.

No one knew that he'd met someone special at fourteen, and still couldn't forget her at twenty-four.

They met again at a bar.

Yan Xia sat on the steps outside, staring blankly at the traffic in the distance.

A jacket carrying an assertive scent was draped over her shoulders.

"You've had terrible taste since you were a kid."

Yan Xia looked up and met a pair of dark, piercing eyes.

Jiang Chengyuan asked, "How do you think I compare to him?"

3

Later, as the first snow of winter fell, Yan Xia and Jiang Chengyuan registered their marriage.

Her decision was hasty but firm, and everything connecting her to the Lu family vanished without a trace.

Lu Yan got blackout drunk, bought a bouquet, and went to Yan Xia's home to find her.

A man opened the door, looking languid, with a faint red mark hidden beneath his collar.

Yan Xia's voice came from inside the room. "Who is it?"

Jiang Chengyuan raised his brows slightly and glanced at Lu Yan. "The delivery guy."

A figure threw herself against the man. Yan Xia's eyes sparkled as she raised her head and kissed Jiang Chengyuan's chin. "Where'd he go?"

Outside the door, only a bouquet of roses remained, scattered across the ground.

His hot breath brushed her ear as Jiang Chengyuan held her close and whispered, "Forget about him. Pay attention to me, baby."

[You're not Plan B or a backup choice. You're my one and only]

* Childhood friends who meet again + marriage before love

* An unconventional groveling arc, with Jiang Chengyuan as the male lead

* A bluffing art teacher x a free-spirited racing driver

Theme: Take charge of your own life