Surrender to Summer

[Complete]

#Small-Town Redemption #Bittersweet Push and Pull #Coming Soon: That Summer

Wen Xi and Zhou Heng's first meeting didn't go well. The girl was standing at the entrance to a dim alley, wiping at the wounds on her body.

The wind was strong, lifting the hem of her shirt and revealing her slender waist, marked with several bruises.

She struggled to wipe them clean, holding the other side of her shirt in her teeth as she turned halfway around. Her hand was a little rough, but her expression didn't change at all. She looked completely unbothered.

Zhou Heng walked by with a can of beer in hand. His shirt hung open casually, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing a deep scar on his forearm.

The beer in his hand hissed, a mist of condensation rising from it. Halfway along, he pulled out a cigarette and lighter, held the cigarette between his lips, and bent his head to light it. Smoke curled around him, and his air of desolation was striking.

He was the most untouchable student at No. 1 High School: good grades, good looks, and supposedly a good fighter, too. Wen Xi usually went out of her way to avoid him.

That night, on a whim, she took the initiative and called out, "Hey, classmate, can I borrow your lighter?"

Zhou Heng stopped. His eyes looked as if they'd been washed with water, misty and hazy. His voice was laced with desire. "Want me instead?"

"You?" The girl lowered her shirt, her long lashes lifting into a lovely arch. "If it's you, then yes."

When they met again, an electric fan labored to turn in a shabby room. The young man washed the blood from his forehead, pinned her against the wall, and pressed the tip of his nose to hers.

"Wen Xi, I'll take you away from here."

Later, they reunited at college. In the cramped restroom, the man trapped her in his arms, rubbing his lips against hers as he said in a strained voice, "Wen Xi, you can't escape me."

That day, when Zhou Heng left the restroom, there was a bite mark on his Adam's apple. Three buttons were missing from his white shirt, and scratch marks showed on his collarbone.

Later still, in a private villa, Zhou Heng pinned Wen Xi against the floor-to-ceiling window and pointed at his Adam's apple, asking with lazy cheekiness,

"Are you going to bite me again?"

Little extra:

Everyone thought Wen Xi had made the first move in this game of love. What they didn't know was that Zhou Heng had been the first to take that step. He used himself as bait to lure her into his trap.

A friend asked him, "Do you regret it?"

He flicked the cigarette between his fingers and gave a faint, confident smile. "I only regret letting her get away that night."

But it didn't matter. He could just win her back.

[I want to be your flame, even if I burn away]

The noble young master of a wealthy family, stranded in a small town vs. the fake heiress abandoned by her parents

Unrequited love #Small-Town Redemption #High School to College #Then the City

Content note:

No intimate scenes before adulthood.

Theme: Don't hold back from giving. Hard work will be rewarded