Gentler Than Night, More Passionate Than Summer Rain

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[A comeback project, written to indulge my tastes]

Redemption | School life | From rivals to a couple | A bold girl's journey to winning herself over

Cool, reserved top student and humanities major X unruly, badass art student

Nanyang High School had two legends.

The cool, reserved top student Lin Xi, and the wild troublemaker Shen Buyu.

They didn't get along.

Rumor had it Lin Xi had stolen Shen Buyu's crush.

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What Shen Buyu couldn't stand most was Lin Xi's detached air, as if nothing could faze her and nothing was any of her business.

Lin Xi did poorly on a mock exam in her senior year.

Curious to see if the top student would cry over a bad score, Shen Buyu blocked her way, hands in her pockets, lips curling and eyes tilted upward as she grinned. "Lin Xi, why don't you cry for me? I want to see."

Lin Xi just gazed at her calmly, without a flicker of emotion.

One was cold, the other a troublemaker. They were natural enemies.

Everyone thought so.

Shen Buyu included.

Until the graduation party.

On a night when alcohol mingled with their breaths, Lin Xi got drunk and fell asleep. Shen Buyu, as if possessed, leaned in and left a hickey on the snow-cool girl's neck. That was when she discovered her secret.

She had fallen for Lin Xi.

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Everyone envied Lin Xi for being an elegant swan.

Only she knew that she was a caged bird with broken wings, whose only value was marrying a rich young man from a family of equal standing, having children, and making the Lin family prosper.

"Lin Xi, this is your fate."

"You have to accept it."

So Lin Xi obediently put on the mask of a gentle, well-behaved girl, and wore it for more than a decade.

No one could have imagined that one day, this famous good girl of Nanyang High School would be willing to rip off that mask for someone and make an enemy of the whole world.

That day, torrential rain poured down and fierce winds howled, sweeping dust through the air. Eyes red, Lin Xi stood stubbornly in the street and softly called out, "Shen Buyu."

The rain came down in sheets, but the words she spoke were more tumultuous than a summer storm. "Have I ever told you..."

"I like you."

That year's girl was gentler than the night, and more passionate than the summer rain.

Reading guide:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads have only been with each other, happy ending, and both are adults from the beginning.

2. The rumor in the blurb that Lin Xi stole Shen Buyu's crush is based on a misunderstanding. There will be no romance or intimate contact before graduation.

3. All people, events, objects, and locations in this story are fictional. Please don't associate them with real life.

4. No baseless accusations of plagiarism, fake warnings, or malicious flame wars. Comments like that will be deleted. If you don't like it, stop reading. We're all here to have a good time, right?

Theme: Our love is valid simply because it exists.