1. Xu Jingzi pursued Ning Xueqin for three years. Everyone around her told her to give up, to let her youth be sacrificed to her studies.
Xu Jingzi still thought it wasn't enough.
That summer, cicadas chirped and birds called, while shadows slanted across the ground. Ning Xueqin lowered her head, pen in hand.
A strand of her long hair fell from behind her ear. Xu Jingzi glanced sideways and caught the cool, luminous eyes between the girl's dark hair and snow-white skin.
That day, Xu Jingzi didn't send away the top student who was tutoring her.
2. Ning Xueqin was a goddess, a pure white and holy snow lotus, high above everyone else.
But one day, Xu Jingzi saw Ning Xueqin get into a fight with someone over another girl.
The wind whipped past, lifting the hem of Ning Xueqin's skirt. Xu Jingzi's eyes fell on a pair of long, straight, fair legs.
Xu Jingzi thought it wasn't a fight. It was seduction.
3. The night Xu Jingzi and Ning Xueqin slept together, there wasn't a single mark on the white bedsheets.
The goddess Ning pulled on a shirt dress and looked over with her cool, snow-bright eyes.
"Are you sick?"
She thought Xu Jingzi was the kind of person who slept around.
Xu Jingzi smiled. "And you?"
Ning Xueqin held out an open palm and gave a cool, faint smile. "You'll need to get checked. That'll be one hundred thousand."
The health teacher had said that a girl's hymen could break during strenuous exercise. Xu Jingzi knew that was true for herself, but she didn't know about Ning Xueqin. It didn't matter.
That night held no joy or sorrow, only shattered dreams.
4. After graduating from a prestigious university and making a name for herself, Ning Xueqin dated women who all had one thing in common: money.
People in their circle said that if you wanted to get into President Ning's bed, being a flashy social climber who latched on to her for connections wouldn't cut it. You had to be rich and pursue her openly.
Nobody could get so much as a silver coin from Ning Xueqin without making an investment first.
Until one day, the bankrupt second-generation heiress Xu Jingzi appeared at Ning Xueqin's villa.
The beautiful Ning casually tossed out a billion.
When someone asked why, she smiled. "Those are the shares Xu Jingzi invested in."
That hundred thousand for one night had increased a thousandfold.
Content warning: One-on-one romance, with a groveling ex pursuing his wife.
The two became intimate as adults in university. Afterward, one went abroad and the other graduated. They both dated women, but their hearts belonged to each other. This story has foreshadowing. Please don't complain if you drop it, and please don't offer writing advice.
Theme: Trying to find a soul you can trust amid the noisy clamor of the city