Hot Wind

"Writing is hard, so please support the official release." Weibo: Ye Xing'er [Preorder: Marriage Before Love novel, "The Moonlight Will Always Fall on You." Blurb below, please add it to your collection.] [Playful girl vs. sharp-tongued bad boy] In high school, Zhou Huairang was foul-mouthed and aloof, never taking anything seriously. His grades were poor, but he still managed to stand out. Then a transfer student arrived in the neighboring class. The two were like oil and water, and she was always bringing up his grades. The problem was, she was at the bottom of the class too. * Yun You thought her three years of high school had gone pretty smoothly, aside from her bad grades. So when she unexpectedly met Zhou Huairang, whose grades were about as bad as hers, Yun You was delighted: Yes! Now I have someone to make me look better! Yun You decided to get on good terms with him, pretending they would study and improve together while secretly trying to outdo him. She was full of enthusiasm, but he wasn't buying it at all. They bickered back and forth until everyone knew about it. * Later, people teased that the bickering pair might as well get together. It was a joke, but someone took it seriously. Yun You acted like she didn't care, but inside, her feelings stirred as she waited for his response. Zhou Huairang, on the other hand, wouldn't even spare her a glance, and his tone was maddeningly irritating. "Our grades are both terrible. If we got together, we'd ruin the gene pool." Yun You understood. They became friends, but nothing more. * When they met again, Zhou Huairang saw someone confessing to Yun You. She was all smiles, and didn't look like she was going to turn him down. That night, Zhou Huairang cornered her outside her home. In the narrow stairwell, he backed her into a corner. The air was stifling, and it was hard to breathe. For once, he softened his tone. "How about giving me a chance?" Yun You turned her head away and threw his old words right back at him. Zhou Huairang froze. His memory pulled him back to that day, and guilt swept over him like a surging tide. After a brief silence, he tried to save face. "Haven't you heard that two negatives make a positive?" [Give off whatever light you can, however much warmth you can!] The title and blurb are both taken from Lu Xun's "Hot Wind: Random Thoughts No. 41." Reader's guide: 1. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced. No intimacy before the leads are adults. 2. The blurb isn't very good. The male lead has a reason for saying what he does; see the main story for details. 3. This is mainly a school romance, mainly a school romance, mainly a school romance! Don't read if that's not your thing! Important things are said three times. Blurb screenshotted on August 26, 2022. -- Preorder: "The Moonlight Will Always Fall on You" Blurb: [Flirtatious CEO X steel-spined straight woman] [Marriage Before Love] After getting hit by both a breakup and a layoff, Yuan Xi acted on impulse and approached a gorgeous guy on the street. When she got a closer look at him, she was completely dumbfounded. Wasn't he the guy who had sat at the next table and watched her tear into her cheating ex, even laughing at her? She forced herself to add the handsome stranger on WeChat and glanced at his account ID. Damn! Wasn't this the account she'd reported a little while ago? She thought a coincidence like this could only happen once. But when the handsome guy turned up again at her blind date a few days later, Yuan Xi was at her breaking point. Amid the awkwardness, she decided to go all in. She said, "I still have feelings for my ex." The handsome guy kept a straight face, but as he turned away, he played Sun Yanzi's "Green Light" for her. * Yuan Xi was fretting over her job search when she happened to find a wish-granting app on her phone. Half-skeptically, she typed: I hope I can find a good job. That very night, she received an interview invitation! It was amazing! But then she discovered that her new boss, Sheng Yu, had the same name as her blind date. When she saw him in person, well, what do you know? Not only did they share a name, they had the same face! Yuan Xi immediately opened the app: I want a different boss. A line of text popped up on the screen: Wish cannot be granted. What a useless app! * Later, the two unexpectedly married on a whim and kept it secret from the public. At a company dinner, Sheng Yu got so drunk he could barely function. He left partway through, and was still nowhere to be seen as the party was ending. Everyone searched for him, only to find this scene in a dim, unlit corner. Sheng Yu gently caressed Yuan Xi's cheek as if she were a treasure. His gaze was burning, tinged with grievance. "Honey, stop liking him. Like me instead." #Everyone is shocked! The boss's wife is the laid-back coworker they usually joke around with and gossip with# #Handsome, rich Mr. Sheng has had a rough time in love, and is now pleading for affection in public# "The right person shouldn't be the one you let slip away, just as the moonlight will always fall on you." The title is from the song "The Moonlight Will Always Fall on You" by Du Xuanda. Reader's guide: 1. The male lead wrongly believes the female lead can't get over her cheating ex, and has been scheming for a long time. 2. One-on-one romance, with a six-year age gap. Theme: Work hard and live life with optimism.