Dreaming of Mercury

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[Melancholy couch-potato girl x free-spirited darling of heaven]

[Li Zui, pronounced like "drunk"]

*Blurb One:

At a gathering with friends, after a round of drinks, the conversation somehow turned to secret crushes.

"A secret crush?"

Wen Chi Chi, usually more at home listening than speaking, unexpectedly spoke up and reminisced.

"It was probably in my senior year of high school. One night during evening study hall, fireworks suddenly started going off outside. I couldn't help staring at them for a long time. My desk mate asked if I really liked fireworks. The truth was, I was using the window to look at his reflection."

Her friend drew in a sharp breath and instinctively asked what happened next.

What happened next...

Wen Chi Chi turned her head. Beside her, Li Zui had striking features. He used a spoon to pry the cap off a beer bottle, then unhurriedly wiped the beer from his hand with a tissue.

"What happened next?" He looked into Wen Chi Chi's eyes, his voice calm. "She dumped me."

*Blurb Two:

What kind of youth was it?

Bland and forgettable, every inch of your veins laced with pain, your blood soaked in bitterness.

Roaring and surging, yet with nowhere to go, swallowed up by a stench.

Rotten and tottering, unable to see the road behind you.

In that damp youth, you were my only outlet.

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[Childhood sweethearts, cats and dogs]

An energetic, soft-spoken girl who says shocking things x A short-tempered, cocky guy with OCD who can't stand being the first to back down

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When they were little, their parents got the whim to have Jiang Jingjin and Fu Yuanchu's fortunes read. They were told the two were fated to be inseparable for life.

As an adult, Jiang Jingjin scoffed at the idea. After all, the two of them fought so often that their home was always in chaos. They seemed far more like a pair whose fortunes clashed.

So when they inexplicably started bickering again right after starting college, she announced that she was cutting ties with Fu Yuanchu.

But Fu Yuanchu clearly didn't see it that way.

"Jiang Jingjin." On the sports field, just as she was about to run, Fu Yuanchu reached out and held her by the shoulder.

He held a soccer ball in his other hand, radiating the air of a cocky big shot. He lifted his eyelids and gestured at the height difference between them. "The way you're holding that umbrella, are you trying to slit your boss's throat?"

Jiang Jingjin looked up and glared at him. "...Go to hell!"

Fu Yuanchu, the one who'd been cursed at, nodded and simply took out his phone.

As the notification chimed, Jiang Jingjin received a transfer request she hadn't accepted.

"I said, go to hell!"

Fu Yuanchu still seemed unable to understand plain speech. "Fine. Since you took the first step and apologized, I'll forgive you."

Jiang Jingjin: "?"

Childhood sweethearts, cats and dogs; keep cool in summer and stay healthy.

Theme: The rule of love is to love yourself most.