(Starts July 27)
If Chen Jin Xu had to describe the study trip to Yunnan with his younger sister, Li Lingyao, the only thing he could remember was the receptionist's hideous expression when they checked into their Lijiang guesthouse.
Lu Jiayi, a high school senior who had just finished her college entrance exams and taken a summer job, had only one thing on her mind: how to get money out of him.
He thought that once they left Lijiang for Dali, he wouldn't run into her again.
But while he was helping his sister farm, a head popped up in the cornfield. It was his nemesis, the girl who treated him like an ATM.
Ten days before he was due to leave, Lu Jiayi asked him if he wanted to date her.
She was short on money again, so she obviously wanted a breakup fee.
Chen Jin Xu decided to play along.
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The night before they parted, they kissed like they couldn't bear to let go. Chen Jin Xu wanted to lay everything out with Lu Jiayi and make plans for their future together. But she took his breakup money and didn't look back even once.
After returning to Beijing, Chen Jin Xu forgot all about her, until Lu Jiayi appeared before him again as his junior at university.
Everyone could sense the strange chemistry between them. When they asked Lu Jiayi if she'd known the club president before, she said she hadn't.
Lu Jiayi: "Senior Chen, will you die if you stop following me?"
Chen Jin Xu was fixing her bicycle at the time. He stood up and casually shoved his hands into his pockets. "Little sis, you know I've been yours since I was twenty."
Reed-like, feisty girl x purehearted, cool guy. Happy ending.
"Don't walk barefoot across this grass. My garden is full of fragments of stars." - Edith Sodergran
Blurb dated June 15, 2026
Theme: Love is finding your match; loving someone is willingly admitting defeat
