Teasing Me [Unrequited Love]

I'm revising the story these days, so the beginning may change. You can wait until there's more to read before starting, everyone.

[Fake playboy × genuinely cold-hearted]

1.

After the college entrance exams, Song Yi'an packed her bags and headed north to Beijing, where she planned to stay with her obscenely wealthy stepfather.

Her stepfather's son had a friend from an equally powerful family. He was devastatingly handsome and had no real sense of boundaries. Even when rumors painted him as the male lead of an erotic novel who could go seven rounds in one night, he only laughed it off. "I've always been a real piece of garbage when it comes to relationships."

Everyone said his girlfriends were as numerous as fish crossing a river.

Later, when Song Yi'an was asked for her first impression, she gave an honest answer: "He's a playboy in both looks and behavior. Being his girlfriend might be fun for a while, but overall, it'd be like having bad luck for eight lifetimes."

2.

No one knew that Song Yi'an had seen him at an outdoor basketball court in Beijing during her second year of high school.

In the warm evening sunlight, his hair shimmered like honey, his white shirt lifted as he played, and people gathered around him as he laughed freely. He dazzled her entire summer.

It was incredible. Someone could really be exactly her type.

Song Yi'an admitted she'd been attracted to his looks, and that she'd been distracted by his beauty countless times. But in the end, his unrestrained lifestyle brought her back to her senses.

She swore that as long as she hadn't lost her mind, she would never get together with Qin Qiao and become another statistic among his army of ex-girlfriends.

But plans couldn't keep up with change. One day, Song Yi'an couldn't resist, and she slept with him.

In the early hours of the morning, she carefully lifted the arm he had wrapped tightly around her waist and crept out of bed, ready to sneak away. When she reached the door, she realized Qin Qiao was already awake.

His tall figure loomed behind her. Leaning against the wall with a self-mocking smile, he said, "If you like it, remember to come back next time."

Song Yi'an lowered her eyes. "Sorry. I won't come back next time. I won't come back ever again."

3.

Qin Qiao grew up in the heart of Beijing, with a background so deep no one could fathom it. He lived however he pleased.

His one regret was that, during the years when rumors said he was promiscuous, he had stood by and done nothing to set the record straight.

So when it came to her, helplessness came at him in waves, making every organ in his body ache.

Theme: Love yourself through every stage of life