A Little Response

Well-behaved girl (sharp-tongued, witty, and funny) x top student (good at singing and drums, and handsome)

Blurb One

Chu Siyu said with a look of disgust, "Who would like someone like that? He's so shabby, and he only ever wears the same two outfits."

The person Chu Siyu was talking about was Xu Niandong, whom she used to like but could never win over.

Chu Dian was so angry she laughed. She walked toward Chu Siyu's desk, one step at a time.

"You're really something else. You're like an old lady crawling into bed and making me laugh. Everyone knows you used to chase Xu Niandong like an old lady licking a lollipop. What happened? Quit licking? Now you're just a dung beetle yawning with that stinking mouth of yours."

After her final words, Chu Dian slapped her palm down on Chu Siyu's desk, fury plain in her eyes.

Unable to outargue Chu Dian, Chu Siyu decided to resort to violence. She grabbed Chu Dian's arm, her long fingernails scratching the skin.

Chu Dian refused to back down and grabbed Chu Siyu by the hair.

Suddenly, Chu Dian felt a tight grip around her neck and was pulled backward.

Xu Niandong's back was slender, but at that moment, it made her feel safe.

"Don't worry. Even if I'm this shabby for the rest of my life, I still wouldn't like you."

Blurb Two

By now, Chu Dian had lost consciousness under the numbing effects of alcohol. Her head was spinning.

Suddenly, her feet left the ground, and Xu Niandong carried her on his back. The bones on his back dug painfully into her, and she let out a drunken burp.

Looking at the streetlights, which seemed a little too bright, Chu Dian lowered her head and tightened her arms around Xu Niandong's neck. Reeking of alcohol, she asked him:

"Do you believe in the light?"

Xu Niandong hitched her higher on his back. "I do."

It just had never shone on me before.

But it seemed he'd finally found his own light.

At that moment, Xu Niandong felt the empty place inside him being filled. He began to say Chu Dian's name.

"Chu Dian, I..."

"Really? You believe in it? Then Ultraman will definitely protect you!"

Chu Dian suddenly got excited on his back. She let go of his neck and started waving her arms around.

So that was the light she meant.

Blurb Three

After several years away from the spotlight, popular singer Xu Niandong finally releases a new album, titled "Point."

As soon as it comes out, people accuse Xu Niandong of plagiarism.

The Snowflakes can't sit still.

Netizen 1: Excuse me? This is Xu Niandong, who broke out three years ago with an original song. You're saying he plagiarized? What a joke.

Netizen 2: If my brother Dong quits the industry because of your slander, I won't let you get away with it.

Netizen 3: Am I the only one getting sidetracked? "Response" from the new album is so good, but why does it sound so full of regret?

A related hashtag soon appears on the trending list.

While the Snowflakes are still fighting, a post appears on the social media feed.

Written for her.

It includes an image of the sheet music and lyrics for "Response."

Several pages of handwritten drafts are spread out, covered in revisions. A closer look reveals that the pages are quite old. They also bear impressions, as if other words had once been written on them with great force.

Snowflake 1: Haters, come take a look. We've shown you the ultrasound of "Response." You still dare say my brother plagiarized?

Snowflake 2: Written for her? Does my brother have someone he likes?

Xu Niandong: Yeah.

Snowflake 3: Look what I found. From the impressions in the picture, I can just make out the two characters Chu Dian. Is that the girl who appeared on the show with Brother Dong?

Chu Dian sees the post too. She opens Xu Niandong's room, and everything from the picture he just posted is sitting on his desk.

Before Xu Niandong can react, Chu Dian snatches up all the sheets. Nearly every page is covered with her name on the back.

All these years, he had been responding to her.

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