Tan Li was petite, with a baby face and a soft, sweet look that made her seem easy to bully.
Liang Sui was a famous figure at Linze No. 1 High School, and the city's most promising young athlete. He was bright as sunshine, principled, carefree and flamboyant, and utterly unruly. Everyone loved talking about him over dinner.
Young love was supposed to be innocent and uncertain.
In his first year of high school, Liang Sui was both fickle and heartless, changing girlfriends over and over. His type was a slender waist, long legs, and fair skin, the kind of girl people called a "beauty." Tan Li clearly didn't fit the bill.
Many years later, Tan Li could still picture that summer in her second year of high school. The sun blazed overhead, and the boy in her heart stood ramrod straight on the platform in a dark green military uniform. His usual casual manner had vanished, replaced by solemn seriousness.
In a low, weighty voice, he spoke slowly, one word at a time, offering these words to everyone below.
"Even green mountains fall short of my grandeur, and rivers must bow before my majesty."
--Jing Zhu Jiao, A Thousand Splendors
He even gave a perfectly crisp military salute.
Risking discovery by the school officials, Tan Li looked up the quote online. The answer came to her at once. She gazed at the dazzling boy on the platform, realizing that no words could suit him better. Confidence, flamboyance, and youthful ambition were all synonymous with Liang Sui.
A soft, adorable girl x a fake playboy who's actually a devoted lover
Theme: Everyone has the right to love, regardless of their body type or the assumptions people make about them
