Sour Lemon

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Amid the noisy crowd at the party, the person standing in the corner seemed to be at the very center of the world.

When Zhu Xinyue saw him, she happened to hear her roommate exclaim his name in delight: "Look! Xu Yiyang."

During her sophomore year, on a bus traveling between campuses in the sweltering early summer, Xu Yiyang got on at one stop. The bus was nearly empty. He walked straight toward her and stood beside her seat.

After they got off, he called to her. "Hey, you."

The moment she looked up, Xu Yiyang tossed her a lemon, grinning with carefree confidence. "It's for you."

After graduation, she carried the lemon tree he had given her out of the school gates.

Her secret three-year crush finally came to an end.

She never thought she'd see him again.

The man stood before the cameras in a sharp suit, while she remained a speck of dust watching him from the corner.

On a rainy night, she took off her coat and wrapped it around a stray cat, shivering by the roadside. He appeared before anyone else could and said, "Get in."

Later, Xu Yiyang asked why she had planted a lemon tree.

"A college classmate gave me a lemon, so I planted it."

After a brief silence, Xu Yiyang asked, unwilling to give up, "Was it someone you liked?"

One night in early summer, Xu Yiyang carried her on his back after she got drunk. Exasperated and jealous, he said, "Zhu Xinyue, stop liking that sour lemon. Why don't you like me instead?"

☆ Coming Soon: Unquenchable | A story about stealing your uncle's girl

On New Year's Eve, in the garden of a mansion halfway up the mountain, Zhou Xian stood on the second-floor balcony, looking down at a particular spot.

A couple embraced tightly in the garden. His gaze sharpened, a fierce impulse rising inside him.

An elder came up behind him and asked, "Jealous, are you? Want a pretty girlfriend like Lanlan, too?"

Zhou Xian made no attempt to hide it. He ran his tongue over the split at the corner of his mouth, almost savoring it, and drawled, "Of course."

She had bitten him there ten minutes ago. She was always like that. If she couldn't put out the fire, she might as well let it burn brighter.

Another New Year's Eve, at the same time and place, but this time he was the one standing beside her.

And his uncle was the one on the second-floor balcony.

Zhou Xian wanted to kiss her. "Why are you dodging me?"

Ji Xianlan was skilled at wielding a gentle blade. She offered him a kiss, but only on the cheek. "Be good. Don't provoke your uncle again."

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