Typhoon on a Rainy Night

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[Friends with benefits to an official relationship + sex before love + an uninhibited practice piece]

(Her perspective)

The summer after the college entrance exams was unbearably muggy, with cicadas shrilling nonstop. At dusk, the fiery clouds hung so low they looked ready to crush the world.

Shi Xia got out of a taxi and headed straight for the tattoo shop at the very end of Shuyu Alley. When she was five meters away, the double doors swung open from the inside, and a tall figure stepped out.

It was Qi Yubai, the model student who'd been at the top of the honor roll for years, always coming in first.

She paused, then smiled, her tone teasing. "A model student getting a tattoo?"

Qi Yubai glanced at her and walked away without changing expression.

When everything was done, Shi Xia walked out of the tattoo shop.

The summer night was hazy, and a hot wind rushed past.

The cold, melancholic boy leaned against the wall, a cigarette between his fingers. At the sound, he turned his head and said hoarsely, "Weren't you curious where my tattoo is?"

Shi Xia walked over, her gaze bold and direct. "Where?"

Qi Yubai narrowed his eyes and tapped his lower abdomen with a fingertip. "Here. Come home with me and see. Dare you?"

Shi Xia took the cigarette from between his lips, wrapped her red lips around the filter, then blew a smoke ring at him. She grinned like a delinquent. "Why wouldn't I dare?"

(His perspective)

In his teachers' eyes, Qi Yubai was a prized student. To his classmates, he was a genius. To his admirers, he was the undisputed school heartthrob.

Everyone knew he was cold and desireless, with no interest whatsoever in romance between men and women.

But the truth was, during the summer after graduation from high school,

he had secretly gotten together with Shi Xia, willingly becoming her dog and letting her train him.

"In these heady days of pleasure, I'll kiss you until the winter snow turns warm."

Delinquent girl (black on the outside, white within) x model student, brooding yandere boy (white on the outside, black within)

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Blurb:

Jiang Shu knew who Zhou Zeye was.

Someone once said he could make the whole world fall in love with him without even trying.

If he wanted to.

The pride of Sunan No. 1 High School.

A regular on the disciplinary list, and at the same time a fixture on the honor roll.

What left the deepest impression on Jiang Shu was the school anniversary celebration that night.

The boy on stage was dressed in all black.

With nothing but a microphone, he became a legend, shining so brightly it hurt to look at him.

He was only a high school student,

but he had extraordinary command of the stage.

After the show, Jiang Shu tried to calm her racing heart and quietly find a back way out.

But as she turned a corner, she came across a girl confessing her feelings.

The boy trapped there was the same one who'd shone onstage just minutes earlier.

Jiang Shu hid in a discreet corner.

She couldn't help sneaking a glance over.

The boy in black held a cigarette between his fingers, puffing away without a care for the setting. Even the way he rejected someone was captivating.

"Zhou Zeye, what kind of girl do you like?"

Jiang Shu's heart fluttered. She was eager to hear his answer, too.

As her lashes fluttered, the boy's clear, cool voice rang out. "Me? I like the one over there who's eavesdropping."

Young love is like a dream.

It comes and goes without a trace.

Jiang Shu thought that was how things would be for the rest of her life.

But fate brought Zhou Zeye back to her.

Their reunion came out of nowhere.

At the time, she was being bullied and humiliated by the investors in her radio station. Rain poured down, the ground was muddy, and suddenly an umbrella was pushed into her hand.

Then came the words that slipped into her ear: "Stand up for yourself. Think about how you used to bully me."

She couldn't remember what happened after that.

She only remembered that the investor, who'd been ordering her around, completely changed his tune when he saw Zhou Zeye and turned into a lapdog.

In that moment, time raced backward.

In a daze, Jiang Shu thought she was back at Sunan No. 1 High School.

Those carefree days she'd buried in her memories.

Arrogant young master x well-behaved girl, black-hearted beneath the surface

Global top-tier star x social affairs reporter

Theme: Live well. Grow up well.