Three years apart, and at the class reunion, Cheng Yang was still as carefree and unserious as ever.
He sat sprawled in his chair, chatting and joking with everyone as if nothing mattered.
Then Fang Jifan opened the private room door. Cheng Yang lowered his crossed leg, reined in his cheeky smile, and his eyes lit up.
But when he saw the young woman beside him, that brief spark in his eyes quickly dimmed.
“My girlfriend,” Fang Jifan said coolly as he introduced her to everyone. When he met Cheng Yang's gaze, he silently looked away.
After a round of drinking games, the two of them went into the restroom one after the other.
Cheng Yang was tipsy, but his mind was perfectly clear. As they brushed past each other, he deftly hooked a finger into Fang Jifan's collar and tugged him down, then laughed with reckless abandon.
“Baby, where'd you find that actress? She's really good.”
Just as he expected, Fang Jifan pushed him away again. The smile disappeared from Cheng Yang's eyes, but he forced himself to keep grinning and issued a threat. “It's not like you're the only one for me.”
Some day later, Cheng Yang received a long, heartfelt confession by text from a devoted junior who had pursued him throughout all four years of college. Before he could respond, he was forcefully pulled into a suffocatingly tight embrace.
“Turn him down.” Fang Jifan buried his face against Cheng Yang's neck and shoulder, his voice muffled.
“What's it to you?” Cheng Yang's eyes reddened. Choking back a sob, he laughed and cursed, “Idiot. You had the nerve to turn me down back then, so have the nerve not to regret it. If you don't like me, then stop keeping me from finding someone el...”
“I do like you,” Fang Jifan said quietly. “I've always liked you.”
Every day I turned you down, I regretted it.
Cheng Yang x Fang Jifan
Rebellious, unruly, prickly shou x cool-headed, restrained, steady gong
*One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, slow burn, with a fake groveling-after-the-wife arc later on. At heart, it's a rekindled romance after a breakup.
Theme: Perseverance
