Drifting [School Life]

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You Zhi first met Yan Yu'an on her first day at her new school.

Beneath the bright, blazing sun, he stood at the school gate beside his friend. A scarlet ember glowed at the tips of his fingers. He leaned lazily against the wall, a pink schoolbag dangling from his free hand.

For the first time, she tasted the sweetness of falling in love.

At the time, You Zhi's family was on the verge of breaking apart. She was insecure and sensitive, with a stiff, awkward personality.

Yan Yu'an, meanwhile, was handsome and came from a good family. He was bold and carefree, the brightest presence at Shengyuan No. 3 High School.

No one expected two people so different to spark something between them.

What no one knew was that on Lunar New Year's Eve, the boy held a Kongming lantern and scoffed, glancing aside as the girl supported the lantern and wrote down a wish with the utmost sincerity.

His fingers paused. He sighed, unfolded the lantern, and wrote a line on it.

[May all of You Zhi's wishes come true.]

*

They met again at a classmate's wedding banquet. The once carefree boy had transformed into an up-and-coming tycoon.

They both pretended not to know each other. Amid the clink of glasses and lively conversation, a curious onlooker asked, "You two don't know each other anymore?"

You Zhi curled her lips into a calm, carefree smile. "We were never close."

Later, in the stillness of the night, he lay in her arms and told her again and again how much he had missed her.

His heated breath brushed her ear. His veined arm circled her waist, and his murmured whispers made You Zhi's ears burn.

*Both are each other's first

*A touch of ensemble cast

*The female lead is insecure and sensitive early on, and suffers from depression.

Coming soon: "Storm Special"

The two first met in a torrential downpour.

Rain veiled the entire city. Ning Shi stood on the steps with an umbrella, looking down at Lin Sixiao.

Blood streaked across his pale face. He sat in an abandoned park with no shelter at all, soaked through and utterly miserable, watching her with a guarded, wary gaze.

She handed him a bandage.

After that, Lin Sixiao became part of Ning Shi's world, alongside her violin.

Everyone at school said Lin Sixiao was a jinx who had caused his parents' deaths, prickly and best avoided.

Ning Shi, meanwhile, was said to be cold and arrogant, with no interest in anything but her violin.

No one expected these two, who seemed to have nothing to do with each other, to form a connection in private.

When Ning Shi's painful past was exposed to everyone, she hid in the equipment room.

The wooden door creaked open. She turned her head, avoiding the boy's gaze. "Did you come here to laugh at me?"

Half the boy's face was hidden in shadow. Smiling, he held her hand through the thin sleeve of her school uniform and led her out. "Come on. I promise no one will say a bad word about you."

*

When they met again, it was at a karaoke bar. Without a word, they both pretended the other was a stranger.

Later, Ning Shi pinned him against the door. The half-open door rocked as it was pushed back and forth. She rose onto her toes and leaned toward Lin Sixiao's bobbing Adam's apple, her voice unbearably flirtatious. "Didn't you say you'd be a dog if you ever talked to me again?"

Lin Sixiao's lips were sore from her biting them. A vivid red flush spread from his ears down his neck. He tugged at his lips, lowered his head to her ear, and said with a trace of a smile, "Woof."

"One morning, I threw away all my yesterdays, and from then on my steps were light." -- The Gardener

*Both are each other's first

*[Director x orchestra violinist]

*Blurb archived on 2024.7.27

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