Spring and the Raccoon

Qi Li lost her memory and signed a prenuptial agreement.

Her father thought she had finally come around and smiled like a flower every day. He was practically ready to marry her off himself.

Her friends were devastated when they heard, convinced that losing her memory had made her lose her mind.

"Do you know why you refused before?"

"Zhao Yixi is the older brother of your sworn enemy."

"Then do you know why you and his sister are sworn enemies?"

"Because you're rivals in love! Do you even know what that means? You both fell for the same man."

Qi Li: "..."

Her intended was a designer, the founder of the DL brand, an heir to the wealthiest family in Qingxi, the Zhao family, and the recipient of so many awards that his record took more than four pages to list...

Anyway, his face was easy on the eyes, Qi Li thought.

But on the day they went to register their marriage, Qi Li waited nearly three hours for him.

A man claiming to be his friend apologized with a smile. "He's been rather busy lately."

"Well, at least we live in a better age now," Qi Li said with a smile. "If this were the old days, I'd have to bow to the rooster at the wedding."

Zhao Yixi stood behind her and, hearing this, gave a faint tug at the corner of his mouth.

According to his sister,

Qi Li had pursued another man for six years.

And would rather jump off a building than marry him.

What's more, she was still working at the same company as her "first love."

But he didn't care.

On their first day as newlyweds, Zhao Yixi moved the flower she'd put in a vase into her newly purchased water cup and said impatiently, "Don't move things around the house without asking."

On a busy workday, his sister sent him a photo. In it, Qi Li was wearing a wedding dress, standing beside her "first love."

Zhao Yixi glanced at it and went back to work.

On the day DL sponsored a TV station, Qi Li was picked up by her "first love" for a party. It was nearly midnight when her phone rang for the thirteenth time: "We're sorry, the person you are calling is temporarily unavailable..."

Zhao Yixi, expressionless, made the fourteenth call.

Lately, Qi Li felt there was something off about her husband. He seemed to be angry every day for no reason.

That day, just after she waved goodbye to a friend, a car behind her slowly pulled up right in front of her.

The window rolled down, and Zhao Yixi's face appeared before her eyes.

Why was he angry again?

The stuffy car grew quiet until he broke the silence. "I've been busy with work lately. I was in the wrong."

Qi Li replied anxiously, "It's all right. I know you've been busy."

"I'll try to make more time for you." Zhao Yixi looked at her, silently thinking: So, could you spend less time with that guy?

One day, while Qi Li was working, Zhao Yixi sat beside her. A faint scent of mint lingered around her when he suddenly asked, "What are the chances you'll recover your memories?"

Qi Li replied, "Hard to say."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the rather spectacular look on his face.

Coming soon: Yingying Is No Coward

[The Annoying One x The Stubborn One]

He Tingyun was exactly as his name suggested: he'd never known a single hardship in life. He was carefree and willful, until he transferred to a small town in his second year of high school. The facilities there were outdated, the desks and chairs rusty and old, and even the water dispenser was a decade old.

Still, he adapted well, as if he'd lived there for seventeen years. His new deskmate, however, never wanted to talk to him. After asking her a few times and getting no reply, he teased, "Are you a little fairy or a little mute?"

Deng Ying was beautiful and refined, like a pearl beneath that dreary gray sky. But what people talked about wasn't her always coming in first place. It was the speech disorder she'd developed in her first year of high school after her friend transferred away.

She thought her school years would pass in studying and saving money, through endless, quiet, heavy nights, day after day, until a transfer student joined her class in her second year.

She hated him: his so-called talent, his relentless optimism, the fact that his parents were always there for him, the growing closeness between them, the way he pressured her to speak, and his abrupt departure without saying goodbye.

Yes, he left again, suddenly and without a word, just as he'd arrived. All he left behind were unfinished exam papers and books she hadn't finished memorizing. Deng Ying's life finally returned to its quiet routine, and she was delighted. At last, no one could compete with her for first place.

But that good fortune didn't last. They met again, this time while she was in college. The student who needed a tutor had suddenly been replaced by someone else. Deng Ying kept her expression blank, without a trace of surprise, as if he were a stranger.

He Tingyun leaned against a piano, his gaze fixed on her. "What? Don't you recognize me?"

"No," she replied, still as calm as ever.

It was drizzling outside. Even in this bustling city, the sky was gray and dreary. He casually pressed a few piano keys, their notes blending indistinctly into the rain. Under his gaze, Deng Ying looked away and turned to leave.

But He Tingyun laughed and stepped in front of her. "That's so hurtful. I still listen every day to the song you hummed to lull me to sleep."

"Stay away from me."

"So forceful, are you?"

Deng Ying struggled to raise her right hand, which he held tightly, and raised an eyebrow. "Who?"

He only curled his lips into a smile.

P.S. It's basically a story about two people who hate each other gradually figuring out their feelings as they grow up. Yeah (^∇^)

Theme: Cherish one another and express your feelings bravely