Looking Up at the Branches

[Completed] Xiang Zhi first met Qiao Wang on the day school started in her senior year of high school. After arguing with her family, she refused to go home out of spite and wandered into a narrow alley by chance. The alley was pitch-black. Before Xiang Zhi noticed, a group of boys from a vocational high school had started following her. She ran in a panic and took a nasty fall. Just as she was about to despair, a boy suddenly stepped in front of her. The wind was cold that night when they first met. He lowered his eyes and handed her a handkerchief, his expression unreadable. His voice was as cool and detached as he was. "Wipe it off," he said. In the dark, beneath the moonlight overhead, Xiang Zhi got a clear look at the boy before her. The young man had refined features and an aloof, distant air. She looked at him one extra time that day, and from then on, she could see no one else. Xiang Zhi had always thought Qiao Wang was the moon in the sky, noble and beyond her reach. But through countless nights when she later lost herself in him, Xiang Zhi could never figure out when that once bright and gentle young man had begun drawing her, step by step, into his arms. The girl had skin as fair as snow, her eyes misty with tears as she sobbed in protest. "Sob, sob, you jerk, Qiao Wang! Didn't we agree not to do this today...?" Her final words were swallowed between their lips. The man's warm fingertips gently wiped away the moisture at the corner of the girl's lips. His voice was husky with desire. "Zhizhi, focus." "..." ++++ Lively and free-spirited archaeology student x cold on the outside, flirtatious on the inside, rising tech star | Secret Crush | Reunion After Years Apart | Saving Each Other # My greatest talent is being rebellious # Note: They love each other, and are each other's one and only in body and heart. [One-on-One Romance + Both Chaste + Happy Ending] The male lead has a secret crush on her. A preview of "Crimson Trajectory" Launching May 25 Years after their breakup, Jiang Suiyi runs into Lin Jingxu again at the airport on her return to Beicheng. A torrential downpour made travel difficult that day, and her car broke down by the roadside. Her assistant told her to wait under the eaves with an umbrella. That was when she turned and glimpsed Lin Jingxu in the terminal, surrounded by people. He noticed her too, but looked away after just one glance. Not long afterward, someone pushed open the glass door behind her from the inside. Ignoring the astonished looks behind him, he reached out and steadied the umbrella she was struggling to hold. Raindrops pattered against the umbrella beneath the eaves, and the splashes soaked his neatly arranged collar. Jiang Suiyi looked up. Her fingers touched his, and she reflexively pulled away. The streetlights swayed, casting a thin ring of warm light. She heard him speak with calm, teasing indifference: "What, now that we've broken up, even a touch feels dirty?" - Back in their student days, Lin Jingxu had embodied every fantasy a girl that age could have. He was born exceptional, proud and confident, and even his casual achievements were beyond most people's reach. He was used to being adored by everyone, carefree and independent, but he had always treated her exceptionally well. Later, they broke up. Jiang Suiyi didn't drag things out. She simply said, "Let's part on good terms," and ended it cleanly. Until that night. A heavy snowfall shut down flights at the harbor. Lin Jingxu seized her wrist and pulled her into his arms. In the dark of the stormy night, he looked down at her, his voice cool and hoarse. "Jiang Suiyi, we can't end well." [Rich Young Master x Engineering Student] [Mutual Secret Crushes / Reunion After Years Apart / Rekindled Love] Note: 1. The male lead is sexually inexperienced, and they are each other's first love. He is devoted to the female lead in both body and heart. I'll provide detailed content warnings before the story begins. 2. The story moves from university life to the city. If you like it, please add it to your collection~ Theme: Love is respect