Hard to Handle [Campus]

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After the arts and sciences students were separated into different classes, Xu Xingran found herself with several new worries.

Such as the unfair class assignments and being disliked for no reason by her new deskmate... But what bothered her most, or perhaps made her feel most guilty, was this:

That boy everyone talked about, Zhou Yunqi, seemed to look at her in a very strange way.

She wasn't sure whether it was because she'd seen him get confessed to several times, or because he'd overheard her gossiping about his rumored romances.

She tried apologizing, but it didn't work, so she avoided him more and more.

After an exam, the classroom was empty and quiet. She once again witnessed a girl confessing to him. She awkwardly tried to leave, but someone pulled her into a corner.

The boy looked cool and languid, his eyes and brows irresistibly captivating. "Why are you avoiding me, girlfriend?"

*

Years later, at a class reunion, after a few rounds of drinks, Xu Xingran listed one by one all the "crimes" he'd committed in high school.

With an arm around her waist, Zhou Yunqi replied without blushing, "So Miss Xu remembers so many things I've done."

"Then I guess I'm not the only one who's had a crush for years."

※ A sweet, well-behaved girl who's not to be messed with X a boy who likes to coax her, seemingly cool but actually sharp-tongued and scheming, and the campus heartthrob

※ He falls for her first, one-on-one romance, a sweet little treat

※ Weibo: @Lu Zifu

[Coming soon: The Gods Favor You, a rebirth story]

[Synopsis]

Qi You was a dazzling beauty, refined and radiant, with incomparable charm.

She lived freely and never betrayed her friends or let down her boyfriend. Even with her awful father, she remained gracious to the end.

Yet her own father betrayed her, her friends and family turned against her, and her boyfriend stole the company she had built with all her heart. She became a complete joke.

In the end, she was left all alone. Beneath Iris Cliff, her car crashed and she died.

--

The last phone call she made before the car accident was to Bo Qian.

Maybe because she was about to die, she thought the sound of Bo Qian calling her name was so heart-wrenching, as if he were calling out to a beloved he kept hidden in his heart, unable to confess his love.

--

When she woke up, Qi You was reborn at nineteen.

She was still surrounded by wolves, all waiting for a chance to pounce.

The grudges of her past life remained unresolved. In this life, she would make them pay in blood.

While taking revenge on the scum who had wronged her, she met Bo Qian again.

At seventeen, the boy was cold and disciplined, sharp-tongued and calculating.

It was hard to connect him with the powerful business magnate he would become years later, the man who orchestrated numerous accidents, sent his entire family to prison, and ruled the business world with an iron fist.

Qi You put aside her prejudices and thought through her history with Bo Qian.

Although he looked down his nose at her, mocked her coldly, and tried to outdo her at everything, he did seem to treat her pretty well...

So there was no harm in trying to get to know him again... right?

*

In her previous life, Qi You always thought Bo Qian disliked her at least a little.

But what she didn't know was:

He was the powerful investor behind her company;

He was the one who gave her scumbag boyfriend his connections;

When her car plunged from Iris Cliff and into the sea,

Bo Qian risked his life, diving again and again in a salvage suit to find her.

※ A sinister devil X a lively angel

※ A supposedly melodramatic, satisfying romance, but in reality, the logic fails its exams.

Theme: Study hard and make the most of your youth.