Unrequited Love Syndrome

Su Ciwan's clearest memory from her youth was the final exam in her first year of high school. She performed beyond her usual level and was seated in the first exam room, right in front of Zhuo Yi.

During the math exam, as she stared at the test paper, tense from head to toe, a pen tip suddenly prodded her in the back.

Amid the noisy summer chorus of cicadas, the boy spoke in a lazy, nonchalant tone.

"Hey, could I borrow an eraser?"

Zhuo Yi was a dazzling top student, always first in the science track and the secret crush of countless girls at school. Su Ciwan, by contrast, was quiet and reserved, a well-behaved girl cherished by all her teachers and never one to step out of line.

Her secret crush on Zhuo Yi was like a hidden chronic illness, something she was too embarrassed to confess to anyone.

Seven years later, just when she thought she would never recover from it, she met Zhuo Yi again.

The teahouse was quiet, with faint light filtering through the lattice windows. Amid the curling steam, the man by the window, her blind date, heard the door open and turned around. His deep eyes studied her.

"Miss Su, I hear we went to the same high school?"

A design program on Mingzhu TV suddenly became a hit. The reason was the latest episode, which featured a newly arrived overseas-educated architect at the design institute. The handsome, graceful man stood tall behind an easel, and a clip of him lasting less than two minutes went viral online.

After exhausting every means at her disposal, the magazine's editor-in-chief finally secured an exclusive interview with Zhuo Yi.

At the banquet after the interview, Su Ciwan, the planning editor who had contributed the most, was seated beside Zhuo Yi.

She kept her eyes down the entire time, not daring to glance at the man beside her.

Only after the banquet ended, when someone enthusiastically asked if Zhuo Yi was single and whether they could exchange contact information, did the suited man beside her suddenly glance her way.

"What do you think, Mrs. Zhuo?"

Couple: Architect x magazine editor

School life in the first part, urban romance in the second. Both are each other's first, happy ending.

Next up: When the Cherries Fall, adult romance.

The day Zhuang Ying was at her most miserable revising her master's thesis, she steeled herself and took her friend's advice to go to a bar and find a handsome guy to "blow off steam."

But after a wild night, she woke beneath a thin blanket, aching all over, to discover that the long-legged, handsome man covered in bite marks was none other than her longtime nemesis, Luo Yuning, a notorious playboy in their social circle.

Unwilling to face reality, Zhuang Ying hurried out of bed and ran for it. The very next day, though, her nemesis cornered her on campus.

The man narrowed his flirtatious eyes and said with a half-smile, "Zhuang Ying, you sleep with me and then try to run? How can you be so irresponsible?"

Zhuang Ying: ...

Feeling guilty, she asked, "Then what do you want?"

Her nemesis slapped a prenuptial agreement down in front of her, looking a little impatient. "Isn't your family pressuring you to get married? The old man keeps nagging me too. Why don't we work together?"

Zhuang Ying: ...Fine.

In her ideal contractual marriage, the couple would treat each other with respect and leave each other alone at home. But on the very first day of their marriage, her nemesis strolled into her bedroom with a pillow in his arms.

Zhuang Ying: What are you doing?

Luo Yuning: You bit me for so long last time. You're not going to let me bite you back?

Zhuang Ying: ...

[Both are each other's first, happy ending. Fake playboy x genuine top student]

[Marriage first, love later. Enemies off the bed, passionately in love on it.]

Theme: Never forget your original aspirations, no matter when, and work hard