Listen to That Heartbeat

[My next book will be The Answer. If you're interested, you can add it to your collection in my author profile.]

[1]

Cheng Shuxue saw Chen Yuye again at the Beihua basketball tournament.

He was wearing a bright red jersey, and with opponents crowding around him, he casually sank a three-pointer and won the game with ease.

After the game, her roommate blushed and offered him a bottle of water.

Chen Yuye gave a wicked smile and said carelessly, "Sorry, I like my water cold."

In full view of everyone, he took Cheng Shuxue's ice-cold water instead.

But no one would ever have connected two people who were worlds apart. They just said Cheng Shuxue was lucky.

After all, one was Beihua's carefree, brilliant golden boy, while the other was a quiet, reserved model student.

Cheng Shuxue thought so too. Ever since high school, they had been parallel lines that would never meet.

[2]

On the day her roommate's confession was rejected on the athletic field, Cheng Shuxue was standing outside the crowd.

She heard her roommate speak without her usual arrogance, pleading instead: "Then what kind of person do you like? I'll change."

His reply was shameless. "Someone like Cheng Shuxue."

The boy's voice, filtered through the speakers, sounded lazy and pleasant as it reached Cheng Shuxue's ears.

Her heart jolted. Through the crowd, she met Chen Yuye's intensely possessive gaze.

[3]

When they met again, he was a rising star in the tech world, and she was a circuit judge.

The moment their eyes met, she looked away first, just as she had once walked away without a backward glance.

Until that pitch-black night, when he lowered his head to look at her and let go of the last shred of his pride. "How about you let me be your backup, then?"

Cheng Shuxue looked up and met Chen Yuye's gaze, just as unwavering and burning as it had been years ago.

She knew it.

It's hard not to fall for someone all over again when you've loved them once.

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---The next book will be The Answer. Here's the blurb. Please add it to your collection in my author profile.

[1]

Yun Xingyao had a crush on Fu Xiyan throughout her entire youth.

Back then, even though she dreaded math class, she eagerly looked forward to seeing him.

After class, she'd take a copy of Five-Year College Entrance Exam, Three-Year Simulation to the teachers' office to ask him questions.

She knew teachers liked good students.

So she worked hard to become the kind of good student everyone praised.

But he was her teacher, so Yun Xingyao kept her feelings hidden for a long time.

Then his internship ended. She finally worked up the courage to give him her love letter.

But she unexpectedly overheard him turning someone down.

"Sorry, I don't like you. You should focus on your studies."

"Besides, no teacher is sick enough to fall for one of their students."

[2]

Yun Xingyao later placed eighth in the province and went to the capital.

She never expected to run into Fu Xiyan there.

Her tutoring student turned to Fu Xiyan, who had just arrived, and said, "Teacher, I'm not dating anyone. She's my tutor."

Yun Xingyao's mind went blank.

Fu Xiyan raised his eyes and looked at her, still wearing that joking expression. "Yun Xingyao, have you forgotten your teacher?"

[3]

Everyone knows that teachers and students can't be together.

Yun Xingyao knew it too, so after their reunion, she did her best to suppress her restless feelings.

Until one night, Fu Xiyan asked with a smile,

"Yun Xingyao, we're not teacher and student anymore. Can I pursue you now?"

The moment their eyes met, Yun Xingyao suddenly wanted to throw herself into the flames again.

She also wanted to find out whether he could solve the question from her youth that had always stumped her.

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