Unrequited Love: A Debt from a Bewildering Youth

My other campus novel, Mute [Campus], is now underway! "Falling for the campus heartthrob under the same roof." The blurb is at the very bottom!

[The 6,000-word bonus chapter for this novel is available on Weibo. Find me at @Tea Mountain Brings the Moon]

[Blurb]

★Everyone who says unrequited love has nothing to do with them actually hopes that the person they love will pay a price for their feelings.★

At the start of her freshman year, Gu Yantong met Ren Shiye at a reunion with their former high school classmates.

The sun was blazing that day. The way the boy sauntered along with a cocky swagger, the mischievous smile he gave her, the way he squeezed sunscreen onto her arm: all of it turned that early autumn day into a bewildering coming-of-age for the girl.

Gu Yantong didn't know how to love someone. She thought loving someone meant treating them well.

For the next two years, she gave him everything she had. He, meanwhile, became a bruise on her that would never heal, one that hurt at the slightest touch.

To finally put an end to that pain, Gu Yantong confessed her feelings.

But not long after they got together, Ren Shiye received a breakup notice, delivered with utter calm. Then the girl vanished from his world without a trace.

The proud, arrogant young master had spent years ruling the dating scene, but for the first time, a girl's merciless rejection pushed him to the brink of collapse.

Years later, they met again.

Ren Shiye had changed. He was no longer the reckless rich kid he had been, but a handsome, wealthy rising star in the startup world.

As an investor, Gu Yantong took charge of financing for Ren Shiye's company, never realizing that the whole thing was an elaborate scheme to get close to her.

One weekend, a friend dragged Gu Yantong on a short trip.

In a deserted meadow, the man kissed the girl until she could hardly breathe.

Gu Yantong shoved Ren Shiye away. "Are you crazy!"

Ren Shiye lowered his eyes, his gaze cold as he looked at the person he had yearned for day and night for six whole years. A faint smile curled his lips. "Let's see who's crueler: you, or how crazy I can get."

- "I've confessed to you twice."

- "But you've left me twice, too."

- "So?"

- "So we're destined to be together. You can't escape."

Ren Shiye, I really stopped liking you a long time ago.

The only thing I still owe is the unrequited love I felt at seventeen.

Holding his girl in his hands, Ren Shiye felt as if he were clutching sand that kept slipping away. Only then did he finally understand:

The girl had long since become a queen.

[Reading Guide]

A heroine who's a "good girl" on the outside and ruthless within x a hero who's a young master at first and a madman later.

The first half is a campus story where a mutual crush comes true; the second half moves to the city, where Mr. Ren, driven to madness, pursues his wife through love and hate!

[Bonus Scene]

Years later, when they reminisced about their first kiss, Gu Yantong said coolly, "The more I think about it, the creepier it gets."

Ren Shiye flashed a smug smile, pulled her into his arms, and tried to kiss her again.

Gu Yantong dodged, leaving him kissing empty air.

Later, Ren Shiye was interviewed as the CEO of Luyan Technology. During the filming of the behind-the-scenes footage...

Host: "Mr. Ren was once a campus sensation. Could you do our male viewers a favor and share a few tips on romance?"

Dressed in a sharp suit, the man exuded the charm of a mature entrepreneur in every gesture. His smile never reached his eyes as he fixed his gaze on the camera and said four words: "I figured it out myself."

Host: "Heh, I guess it's a natural talent."

But Ren Shiye kept looking into the camera, his gaze suddenly tender, as if he were looking at someone. He went on, "It wasn't talent that taught me. It was a person."

★My new campus novel next door, Mute [Campus], is now underway! [Falling for the campus heartthrob under the same roof]

Luo Muyao "seduces" Wu Zibing to get revenge on her sister and Su Jingcheng. Wu Zibing "dislikes" Luo Muyao because he can't accept his father remarrying.

Her aunt remarries a real estate tycoon named Wu Dalong. During summer vacation, Luo Muyao moves into the Wu family villa with her aunt. On her first night there, Wu Zibing, Wu Dalong's son, mistakes her for the daughter brought along by his "new stepmother" and tells her, "This is my house. Get out."

They end up in the same class when school starts. Her aunt tells her that Wu Zibing will be coming home for lunch every day from now on. To "seduce" the person Su Jingcheng likes, Luo Muyao resists the urge to throw Wu Zibing's words right back at him.

To Wu Zibing, Luo Muyao was exactly like her name: a hard stone that could hurt him with so much as a glance.

But later, when someone confessed to Luo Muyao, Wu Zibing told the guy, "She won't date you." The guy shot back, "Who are you to her?" Luo Muyao wondered too: Who was Wu Zibing to her? Her brother?

She never expected Wu Zibing to pull her into his arms and answer, "Boy. Friend."

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