A Poem That Hasn't Succumbed to Convention

[BE / Love Scammer / Cute Girl / A True Hellish Road to Winning Her Back]

[Flirtatious Schemer x Proud and Unruly]

1.

Back in college, nobody would have put Jiang Zhouxun and Xia Nan together.

One was a reckless, proud young man who had already won countless racing championships, a gifted prodigy adored by everyone. The other was a quiet, well-behaved girl. Apart from being mentioned as the top student when the grades came out, she was practically invisible.

Xia Nan never meant to reveal her crush. She only wanted to keep it hidden through all those late nights watching him, a man who seemed untouchable and never let anyone get close.

But somehow, he was the one who pursued her.

At a party, he made her the center of everyone's attention.

"Top student, you like me, huh?" He smiled, all swagger. "Want to give us a try?"

Amid the cheers of everyone there, Xia Nan's name was forever linked with Jiang Zhouxun's.

2.

Until one day

She went to the basketball court as usual to bring her boyfriend a cold drink.

"Zhouxun, you're something else. You bet you'd win Xia Nan over, and she fell for it so easily."

"When are you planning to break up with her? We want to watch that, too."

Jiang Zhouxun, the center of attention, stood in the sunlight. He leaned back, jumped, and raised his hand. The ball went straight through the hoop. He smiled carelessly. "I'll play along a little longer."

Oh. So that's how it was.

Standing in the shade, Xia Nan lowered her eyes, hiding their sting.

The ice-cold soda she'd just taken from the fridge was clenched in her hand. Even her soul had gone cold.

Then she couldn't blame him when she made him fall in love with her, only to dump him without mercy.

3.

When they met again, she was a researcher whom the Jiang Corporation had paid dearly to recruit.

Even a playboy like him had turned back countless times for one woman.

But even when he broke his pride and waited miserably outside her building in the pouring rain, she didn't spare him a glance.

"Xia Nan, you're so cruel." As proud as he was, when he grabbed her, all he dared ask through his reddened eyes was, "Did you ever truly love me?"

"I did." Xia Nan looked straight at him without hesitation.

Then she walked past him and never looked back.

Jiang Zhouxun remained where he was, letting the torrential rain swallow him. It was as if he would be left forever in the rainy season of his twentieth year.

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Girl, keep walking. The road ahead is clear, so don't look back.

◇BE, BE, BE! The playboy turns back so hard he snaps his neck.

Theme: Girl, you will always deserve the very best.