Stealing a Kiss from the Sun

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■ Campus romance | Sweet push-and-pull | Goofy daily life

■ Cool, cocky guy x sunny, sweet girl

A transfer student joined their class.

Tall, slim, with pale, cool-toned skin: the kind of handsome guy who made you want to whistle at him on the street.

"No way. He's that gorgeous, and you're not interested?" her desk mate asked incredulously, looking at Cheng Mo, who was dozing on her desk.

Uh... Cheng Mo met the transfer student's dark, deep gaze, then silently lowered her head. She didn't want to talk.

The transfer student sat near Cheng Mo and greeted her coolly.

Cheng Mo replied politely, "Hi, nice to meet you..."

But he interrupted her unexpectedly.

The transfer student revealed a glimpse of his pale collarbone, lowered his eyes, and curled his lip with amusement. "Nice to meet me? Are you sure?"

Cheng Mo, enduring her desk mate and best friend's gossip-hungry gaze: Hey, no, that's not it. Let me... explain.

2.

Cheng Mo had plenty of memories of Chen Chen.

In a pitch-black hallway.

His presence filled the cramped space.

He pressed closer, inch by inch.

Closer to her.

His hot breath brushed her ear, making her scalp tingle. "But I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

"I have no plans to date this young."

And beneath the New Year's fireworks.

After a fleeting hug.

He raised an eyebrow lazily. "Why are you hugging me? Do you like me?"

His tone was flippant.

But in those deep eyes, usually so indifferent, she could see the anxiety he was trying to hide.

[Stealing a kiss from the sun means the sun is you]

◆ Bonus Scene

To get Chen Chen to cover for her in front of the dean, Cheng Mo tearfully accepted the humiliating job of being Chen Chen's lackey and warding off admirers. She had to find tactful ways to politely turn down the gifts from his many fans.

Most were easy enough to deal with. There was only one underclassman who wouldn't give up, more unyielding than the concrete of the new building across from the school.

Late at night, driven to the brink by the underclassman's barrage of messages, Cheng Mo gave a cold laugh.

Losing her mind, she tapped out a reply: "I'll tell you the truth, little sis. Do you know why Chen Chen is so cold and aloof, and keeps everyone at arm's length? It's not because he was born that way. It's because he has a serious problem."

The underclassman: "What problem?"

Cheng Mo: "He. Can't. Get. It. Up."

Seeing her idol slandered like this, the underclassman got angry too. "Just because you say he can't, doesn't mean he can't!"

"Oh?"

"Have you felt it yourself?"

[Reading Guide]

1. The first four chapters are a slow burn, with comparatively little page time for the male lead. His role grows steadily from Chapter 5 onward, and the mood gets more fun.

2. There are two ways to read this story: Chapters 1-84, from school to the city, including a reunion after years apart; or Chapters 1-62 plus the "Kiss the Sun" alternate timeline, which stays entirely at school. The first route follows the plot laid out in the original outline. The second is a pure, pure, pure school-life sweet treat. Dear readers, you can switch routes after a while and read it again!

◇ The next story is "The BKing Crash-and-Burn Files," an outrageously sweet campus novel.

■ A super-cocky bking who gradually turns into a lovesick puppy x a sweet girl who thinks she's a coward but is actually tough | He falls for her first | Goofy campus comedy

A pretty transfer student from the southwest arrived at Jingbei High School. She had a face as small as a palm, red lips and pearly white teeth, and looked like a plump, glistening lychee. But she was timid. Her self-introduction kept glitching, stopping and starting over and over.

Duan Langjing leaned lazily against his chair, flipping open the workbook on his desk with one hand.

Tch. What a waste of time.

During math class one day, the little lychee stammered and couldn't answer a question, so Duan Langjing stepped in to bail her out.

The next day, she offered him a gift to thank him. He hooked it up with a finger, all casual. "Thank me?"

The little lychee blinked her round, dark eyes and gave a delayed, "Mm."

Thump! He tossed the gift to the floor.

"Don't get the wrong idea. I just hate it when you waste class time." The cocky king folded his arms and raised his brows.

The little lychee blushed, her eyes welling with tears.

From then on, she acted as if he didn't exist.

-

Everyone knew that the new little lychee and the cocky king, Duan Langjing, couldn't stand each other.

Until one day, someone saw the cocky king in a deserted corner, eyes red and body bent, standing before the little lychee with his arms hanging at his sides. He said self-mockingly, "There's something wrong with me."

"That's why I keep thinking about you."

At seventeen, Duan Langjing was arrogant, cool, and untouchable, doing whatever he pleased.

Until he met Zhang Sichuan.

For her, he willingly bent the knee.

Theme: Believe that once you've weathered the low points, you'll see the light.