Fallen Star

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The gas station was humid and stifling. The young man's features were cold and sharp, yet his eyes held an unmistakable tenderness.

Jiang Kuo stopped Chu Ying as she struggled to leave, swept her up in his arms, and set her on the back of his motorcycle. Bracing himself with one long arm, he held her firmly in place.

“What's got you so mad?” Jiang Kuo asked.

Chu Ying pressed her lips tightly together. In the end, all she said was, “Let me down.”

Jiang Kuo looked down at the girl in his arms. “It's almost dark. Where could you go?”

Thinking of what she'd just seen, Chu Ying felt tears well uncontrollably in her eyes. At last, she asked, “There are so many people on Earth. Can you look after every single one of them?”

“I don't have the energy to look after anyone else...” Seeing her reddened eyes, Jiang Kuo paused, then finished what he was saying. “I can't even manage to look after you.”

At his words, the mist in Chu Ying's eyes grew thicker.

Seeing her like that, Jiang Kuo seemed to realize something. He paused, then suddenly leaned toward her and asked uncertainly, “...Are you jealous?”

They were so close they could feel each other's heartbeats.

But Chu Ying kept looking at him, not turning away or admitting anything.

Her eyes were still red. She looked pitiful, and a little cute.

Looking at her, Jiang Kuo felt as if something had struck him. He straightened up, brushed the corner of Chu Ying's eye with his fingers, and murmured, “Silly.”

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“You're the lucky surprise I stumbled into, the starlight in my endless night.”

A few things to know:

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending

2. They fall for each other mutually

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Coming soon: Drunk on Love

They say Pei Zhoudu's nickname is “more delicate than a flower” because he's so frail that he nearly faints with every step.

That is, until someone saw him take on three people at once in a dark alley one day, without breaking a sweat.

With someone else's blood on his hands, Pei Zhoudu slowly walked to the mouth of the alley, eyes lowered. “Nongnong, my hand hurts.”

He wasn't trying to play the victim, but he looked so pitiful.

At the alley entrance, a girl in a pretty little dress carefully wiped the blood from his hand with a handkerchief, looking a little angry.

The bruised and battered man pointed at Pei Zhoudu and cursed, “You fucking hit me?!”

The next second, the girl, who rarely raised her voice, glared at him. “I hit you because I felt like it! Do I need to pick a special day to hit you?!”

“You made my hand hurt just from hitting you!” She thought of something and angrily spat, “Idiot!”

Pei Zhoudu couldn't help laughing. “Aw, babe, he's not worth it.”

“What else have you learned?” Pei Zhoudu lightly scratched Yu Nong's palm with his fingertip. “Try cursing me out first.”

The guy who wasn't worth it: “???”

[Bonus scene]

One day, Shunong casually picked up a wood carving Pei Zhoudu had gone to great lengths to find.

His buddy was shocked. “I begged you to let me touch it, and you wouldn't. You said your little wife wouldn't let anyone near it! How come she can play with it whenever she wants?”

“Don't compare yourself to her.” Pei Zhoudu had no heart, and didn't even blink as he drawled, “My darling can do whatever she wants with it.”

Then he gave a lazy laugh and added, “She can even play with me.”

His buddy: ...You bastard!

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Theme: Among the lights in a thousand homes, someone is there by your side.