Years-Aged Liquor [Broken Up and Reunited]

Tong Xia was the one who made the first move on Chen Zhengze.

By the bonfire, Tong Xia used the alcohol as an excuse to try to kiss Chen Zhengze.

Chen Zhengze curled his lips into a calm smile as he watched her face slowly draw near. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the girl's arms trembling with nerves. Just before their lips met, he turned his face away and leaned close to Tong Xia's ear. His voice was low, almost bewitching. "Why are you getting close to me?"

Tong Xia feigned calm and whispered back, "Because I like you."

After two seconds of tense silence, Chen Zhengze laid a hand on Tong Xia's slender waist and drawled carelessly, "Then you'd better be ready to play."

That night, Tong Xia lost her first kiss and began her first romance.

Everyone agreed that their relationship was just a fling, and sure enough, it didn't last long.

When Tong Xia broke up with him, she didn't even show up in person. Chen Zhengze was dumped over the phone. He said, "Don't you dare end up in my hands one day."

But before Tong Xia could fall into his hands, Chen Zhengze was the one who surrendered first.

At a friend's wedding, Chen Zhengze left the revelry behind and stood alone in the cold wind, stubbornly dialing that number. After several rejected calls, she finally picked up.

They were silent for a few seconds. Then Chen Zhengze spoke first, his voice hoarse. "Say anything you want, and I'll forgive you."

"Chen Zhengze, I have a boyfriend. I'll mail your shirt back to you." Tong Xia hung up immediately after saying that.

The only person who had ever moved his heart became a tool for her revenge.

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When they met again, he was still the favored darling of heaven, surrounded by people.

Tong Xia did her best to avoid him, until one day at a business dinner, a drunken client wouldn't stop pestering her to sing. Chen Zhengze, seated in a corner, smashed a wineglass and came to her rescue.

After getting away, Tong Xia thanked Chen Zhengze and left early. Just as she stepped out of the club, she heard an angry voice behind her. "Tong Xia."

Tong Xia wiped away the dampness at the corner of her eye and smiled. "What can I do for you, Mr. Chen?"

Her calmness exhausted his patience. A hand with bulging veins gripped her chin as he spoke each word slowly and clearly. "Where's that nerve you had when you used to toy with me?"

No matter how dazzling his life might be, he would always lose to her completely. And yet he was the one who would risk everything to win this rose.

Good girl vs. playboy

Flirtation expert vs. devoted lover

Blurb written on 2023.09.18

Theme: Always stay positive and keep moving forward.