Sky: Children of the Light: Rose

Another similar novel: "Clear Skies Are Perfect for Weddings" (childhood friends, married first and fall in love later)!

-----Main Story Blurb-----

"A good hunter always appears as prey. A romance can start out fake and turn real along the way."

1.

On the day Xiang Shang reached the final round of interviews at Anbo Company, she learned that the company's campus interview-prep session was in full swing. The crowd outside was enormous, with people shouting and screaming.

Her friend eagerly told her, "That's Wu Qianyu, the famous campus heartthrob from the Aeronautics Institute and Anbo Company's interview-session speaker."

He was a popular figure who had topped the number-one spot on the university's confession page for ages. Wild and carefree, he had never been seen with a girl.

There were as many rejected admirers as fish crossing a river, and rumors even claimed that Wu Qianyu was male and liked men.

Beside the screen, the young man had black hair, thin lips, and deep, captivating eyes. His bewitching air was irresistible, and he idly played with a string of rosewood prayer beads in his right hand.

With a lazy, careless expression, he glanced at Xiang Shang, his face as cold as ice.

Her friend shrieked, "Shangshang, he was looking at us just now!"

Xiang Shang hurriedly lowered her head.

To her surprise, Wu Qianyu, the center of everyone's attention, stood up and strode through the crowd straight toward her.

Before Xiang Shang could react, his huge hand seized her wrist. He leaned close, his voice lazy and seductive, his warm, damp breath falling on her earlobe:

"Miss Xiang, why are you so flustered? Don't tell me you think I still like you."

With that, he let go and turned away coldly.

Everyone was dumbfounded. It turned out Wu Qianyu didn't like men as the rumors claimed. He'd remained chaste and kept his distance from women all these years because Xiang Shang had hurt him so badly!

Only Xiang Shang was left completely bewildered...

He used to like me?!

2.

Everyone thought Xiang Shang had angered Wu Qianyu and would be in for a rough time.

To avoid upsetting the aloof campus idol, Xiang Shang tried everything to stay away from Wu Qianyu, but her attempts kept backfiring.

After the New Year's Eve party...

An anonymous account posted a photo.

A picture of the two gazing into each other's eyes flooded the university's confession page. The whole campus started saying they'd rekindled their old romance and rediscovered their lost love!

Sitting beside a flower trellis, Xiang Shang heard Wu Qianyu's clear, cool voice say, "You've tarnished my good name. You have to take responsibility for me."

She fell into thought...

She asked hesitantly, "How do you want me to take responsibility?"

"Like this." The man's clear, cool voice was like sunlight filtering through a rose bower.

As soon as he finished speaking, the man gently cupped the back of Xiang Shang's head. He pinned her against the trellis, and his kisses came in an unbroken tide until her legs gave way and she begged him again and again to stop.

Xiang Shang's eyes brimmed with tears, and she looked utterly aggrieved. "Didn't you say you didn't like me anymore?"

The man's low voice was tinged with desire. "Mm. I don't like you, because I love you."

A scheming, arrogant, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted old fox X a little fairy who's slow to catch on to her feelings.

Core message: Those who never forget are sure to get a response.