Neon Sweetheart

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Ever since they were children, men had been falling over themselves for Ni Tao. The one exception was Xie Baichuan, who never seemed to care.

“I've always thought of her as a little sister.”

When his friends asked, he said it without blushing or batting an eye.

Oh.

“So on the night she went on a date and didn't come home, you frantically searched every drive-in theater in the city just to bring her and her boyfriend two buckets of popcorn?”

“...”

Was that not allowed?

*A scatterbrained little firecracker x a love-struck man with eight hundred schemes

*A touch of ensemble cast / childhood friends turned enemies turned lovers / sweet romance

*The title comes from a song of the same name by Mosaic Band

*Love-struck: someone who falls in love easily

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Cosmic Irresistible Force [Marriage Before Love]

Eight years after graduating from high school, Yu Ling finally attended a class reunion. Zhou Weixi happened to be there, too.

A reunion between former lovers always gets the onlookers excited, but the two of them acted like strangers the whole time, without even exchanging a glance.

Near the end of the dinner, Yu Ling raised her glass and drained it, then held out a hand to make peace with Zhou Weixi. “We were young and foolish back then. Let's put the past behind us.”

Zhou Weixi gave a soft laugh, crossed his arms, and leaned back lazily against the sofa. His tone was anything but warm.

“Sorry, I was born small-minded. I can't let it go.”

Yu Ling immediately withdrew her hand and said they should just stop seeing each other. She never expected to wake up in the same bed as him the next morning.

Yu Ling: “...”

Yu Ling: “Let's pretend this never happened.”

Zhou Weixi picked up the shirt from the floor and put it on, standing at the foot of the bed as he fastened the buttons. He looked down at her.

As he buttoned his shirt, it covered the scratches on his chest and neck, making it seem as if nothing had happened.

“Fine, Yu Ling. You've got some nerve.” Zhou Weixi was nearly laughing with anger, his words almost cruel. “You'd better hope I never run into you again.”

Yu Ling thought, I hope so, too.

Yet a month later, after three degrees of separation, Yu Ling got Zhou Weixi's number.

His voice was still cool and detached. “Didn't I tell you not to contact me again?”

She paused for two seconds. “I'm pregnant.”

Zhou Weixi fell silent.

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They rushed through a quick marriage registration, meeting the parents, the wedding, and the honeymoon... Yu Ling and Zhou Weixi became husband and wife in name, but had to pretend they were madly in love so their families wouldn't worry.

Until the pregnancy abruptly turned out to be nothing.

“Sign it. I have a date later.”

Yu Ling handed him the divorce papers, her expression calm as she checked her watch.

Click. The car doors locked, leaving them cramped inside.

Zhou Weixi tore up the papers without blinking and cornered her.

“Last time you said we should pretend it never happened. Now you're asking for a divorce. Everything is always up to you, Yu Ling. What do you take me for?”

“What's the big deal?” His hand settled at her waist, his voice dangerous and suggestive. “If there's no baby, we'll make one.”

“One day, two days... six months. You won't escape my grasp for the rest of your life.”

Theme: Our destination is a life lived on our own terms