Streetlights at the End of the Long Street

The first time Zhou Ya met Xue Qiyao, she thought he looked like a street punk. Someone told her he was a top student.

A top student? Zhou Ya wondered as she watched Xue Qiyao kicking someone in an alley.

The second time they met, she caught a glimpse of his secret and quietly filmed it.

"Take me along, and I won't post it."

He was tall, and with one easy reach, he snatched her phone away, deleted the video, and tossed it onto the table.

"I'll take you along, but you can't film me."

Zhou Ya smiled.

Later, one day, Zhou Ya got drunk and took off her clothes in front of him. They hadn't known each other long, and she hadn't expected him to turn her down.

She saw him lower his head and laugh, his shoulders shaking.

"Do you always take your clothes off in front of men?"

Zhou Ya was furious and glared at him. She regretted it so much that she wished she could jump into the river and drown herself.

Xue Qiyao took a few quick steps back, sighed, and pulled her clothes up. He placed both hands on her shoulders. "Aya, you're my little sister. For us to be together would be completely immoral."

When they met again, he came right up to her. Zhou Ya shoved him as hard as she could, but he wouldn't budge, so she simply bit him hard.

He winced in pain, but he was smiling as he grabbed both her hands and pinned them above her head.

"Aya, that's not how you hit someone. What you did barely counts as flirting."

He buried his face against her neck and whispered, almost in her ear, "Don't ignore me. It makes me panic."

Zhou Ya pushed him away. "If you want to be with me, we'll talk after you pass a hundred-day trial period."

Reader's note: 1. The male lead has an ex, but they were together only briefly and were never intimate.

2. Respect creative diversity. If you don't like my writing, go find a story and author you do like. You can just leave.

-- Upcoming novel: Wild Growth (now publishing)

Qin Yinya is aloof and reserved, with her own rules for socializing. She excels in her studies and is a model student in her teachers' eyes, while her classmates all agree she's everyone's first love.

Xi Weiyi is a carefree, poor-raised rich kid who loves racing. There are plenty of rumors about him at school, but he never bothers to pay them any mind.

At school, the two of them would never have had anything to do with each other, even if they crossed paths.

Then one day, the school forum exploded:

"Help! I saw Qin Yinya at Xi Weiyi's house!"

"What do you mean, at his house?"

"What?!"

"I already knew. Qin Yinya has been living with Xi Weiyi for ages. Nobody dares say anything because Xi Weiyi will hit people."

"At night, in her pajamas! They were about to kiss! No, they were that close, so they must have kissed already!"

Qin Yinya read the posts and frowned slightly. If they kept going, they would probably soon be claiming the two of them had slept together.

She looked up at Xi Weiyi across from her, who was still laughing with his head lowered. Only when he noticed her looking did he compose himself. "I'll take care of it."

He took two steps, then suddenly turned back, bent down with a smile, and ruffled her hair. "We really have kissed, though."

Qin Yinya: ?

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It was a first love that came to nothing. After graduating high school, Qin Yinya left without a word. When they met again five years later, he had a child by his side and had become her creditor.

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