Once upon a time, Xie Linzhou was the star of the school, adored by everyone.
Tong Xia was lost in the roaring crowd cheering for him, silently watching the spirited young man dominate the arena, basking in the spotlight.
He was a dazzling, blazing sun, destined to have nothing to do with an ordinary, unremarkable girl like her.
Even after they became deskmates, Tong Xia still believed they would never have anything to do with each other.
Until graduation day, when Xie Linzhou lit up the sky with fireworks for her, their splendid glow illuminating half the city.
Standing before her, the young man smiled with carefree abandon, tempting her to sink into this dream, half real and half illusion. "Tong Xia, be with me. I won't let you lose."
But life is just a dream, and everyone eventually wakes up.
Later, she rose to the top of high society, admired by all, while she and Xie Linzhou became strangers.
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At the celebration banquet for the new film in which she starred, Tong Xia drank herself into the hospital and unexpectedly ran into Xie Linzhou again.
His expression was as casually indifferent as ever. His white coat was immaculate. His gaze swept over her for a second before calmly turning away. He was cool and detached, nothing like he had been back then.
The alcohol reddened her eyes, and Tong Xia was too drunk to tell night from day. To the shock of everyone around them, she grabbed his collar, tilted her head, and bit his chin, leaving a bloody tooth mark.
The light was dim, and Xie Linzhou's eyes were dark and unfathomable, his feelings impossible to read.
After a long silence, he suddenly raised a hand, gripped the back of her neck, and forcefully pulled her toward him, giving her no chance to retreat.
"Come on. If you've got the nerve, bite me again."
He stared at her, his voice cold. "Bite higher."
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The news that Xie Linzhou had been bitten by a woman quickly spread through the hospital.
His rowdy friends were delighted when they heard. If Xie Linzhou didn't want someone touching him, who could get near him? They were curious to find out who had finally won the heart of this aloof beauty, but when they opened the photo and took a good look...
Well, their buddy was beyond saving.
When Tong Xia and Xie Linzhou broke up back then, their friends thought that, given Xie Linzhou's personality, he'd forget about her in two weeks at most.
Who would have thought that the carefree, gifted young man, Xie Linzhou, was so hopelessly stubborn? He kept throwing himself into the same fire, obsessed and unable to turn back, and lost completely.
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Everyone thought Tong Xia was a delicate rose, easy to break. Only Xie Linzhou saw the fierce, resilient thorns beneath her gentle exterior.
-He would give up everything just to hold his rose.
-Even if it left him covered in blood, he would never regret it.
1. A sweet, obedient girl who doesn't know she's flirting x a bold, brash guy who's all offense and no defense, a hopeless romantic
2. Each other's first love, secret crush becomes mutual, second-chance romance; from school to the city, little entertainment-industry content
Theme: Awaiting liberation on the road to love
