The better the student, the wilder they are in private.
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Ning Su had just come out of the subway when a college classmate recognized her and called her name. He Yuan Shu, who came out behind her, recognized her too and asked how she was doing. They got to talking about boyfriends.
On the LED screen in Beicheng Plaza, a rising star in finance was being introduced: the mysterious Y, whose face had never been revealed.
Ning Su had plenty to say about him.
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He Yuan Shu had a habit: every year on November 30, he took the subway. His employees called it his subway pilgrimage.
They say geniuses all have their quirks, and their CEO was no exception.
His assistant waited at the subway entrance in a black Maybach to pick He Yuan Shu up.
He Yuan Shu told his friend some of the things Ning Su had said and asked him to look someone up.
His friend answered without hesitation, "I know that person."
He Yuan Shu: "Who?"
His friend: "You."
He Yuan Shu thought, I wish Ning Su's boyfriend were me.
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Ning Su and He Yuan Shu were the only two contenders for the top spot in their grade at No. 11 High School. Over the years, they had split first place between them.
There was a rumor that Ning Su and He Yuan Shu competed in public but passionately made out in private.
They kissed so intensely that whoever couldn't take it and begged first would let the other take first place.
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After kissing Ning Su until she begged for mercy yet again, He Yuan Shu thought, I don't know where that rumor came from. If it were true, I should be able to claim first place every time.
Ning Su had figured out a few tricks of her own. He Yuan Shu couldn't hold out, and she thought, I don't know where that rumor came from. All I have to do is use my head, and first place is mine.
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One day, Ning Su's younger brother was so won over by He Yuan Shu's personal charm that he secretly switched sides. "Bro, all the posts on your sister's boyfriend's account are made by her."
He Yuan Shu had suspected as much, and now he was sure.
Ning Su still didn't know her cover had been blown. She kept sending He Yuan Shu photos from her "boyfriend's account." The rumpled bed in one photo left plenty to the imagination.
He Yuan Shu replied, "You should change the sheets and pillowcases to silk. It'll be better for Ning Su's skin. Actually, you don't have to. I'll change them when Ning Su comes to my place."
Smile.
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Ning Su realized He Yuan Shu was getting bolder and bolder. Using her "boyfriend's account," she challenged him: "Are you trying to seduce my girlfriend?"
He Yuan Shu might actually have gone crazy. "I'm not just trying to seduce your girlfriend. I'm trying to seduce you, too."
Ning Su turned bright red.
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On their wedding day, Ning Su and He Yuan Shu finally learned that they had both kept the photo taken five years earlier when they posed together for a school publicity shoot.
Back then, He Yuan Shu had watched Ning Su carefully tuck the photo into her schoolbag and asked,
"What are you going to do with that photo? Don't tell me you're going to sneak a kiss every night. Who would've guessed, Ning Su? You look so sweet and well-behaved, but you're wild in private."
Ning Su had also watched He Yuan Shu tuck the photo into his coat, close to his chest, and asked,
"What are you going to do with that photo? Don't tell me you keep it by your bed and hope I'll show up in your dreams. In your dreams, are we dating?"
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At their wedding five years later, Ning Su learned that the photo had accompanied He Yuan Shu when he went to New York to study and traveled around the world. She really had appeared in his dreams, and not just as his girlfriend.
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Two top students
Mutual pining
Healing
Theme: Healing
