Our Summer [Thai School]

Dimpled girl x aloof campus heartthrob. Next story: The Dry Season

In May, Xu Jiahe transferred to a high school in Bangkok, dressed in a neat shirt and pleated skirt. To her surprise, the heartthrob from the neighboring school transferred there too and became her deskmate.

Her new deskmate was aloof and quiet. Unfortunately, he was also so handsome that the boys were constantly hanging around him, while the snacks and gifts from girls piled up on his desk.

He looked at them as if they were trash, but Xu Jiahe rubbed her hands together excitedly. “Shen, can I help you open your gifts?”

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At a reunion back in Beijing, a former classmate asked in an unfriendly tone, “What are you to Shen Fu? Why did he even pay for your flight back to China?”

Xu Jiahe thought hard, then answered uncertainly, “His lackey?”

Nearby, someone asked Shen Fu what he was doing later. The cool, handsome boy looked away from the girl and replied in a chilly voice, “Being a dog.”

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Years later, Xu Jiahe ran into a friend on the street. The friend urged her, “Go find Shen Fu. For the past few years, he’s been like a poor puppy you abandoned.”

Xu Jiahe frowned and asked the handsome man walking over from his car, “Did I ever abandon you?”

Shen Fu took her hand, his voice low and quiet. “I was the one who got lost.”

#Notes:

1. The first 90,000 words take place at a Thai high school; most of the rest is set in China.

2. A coming-of-age story with a slow burn.

#Take your time. It’ll still be summer tomorrow., Thai proverb

The Dry Season [Mild Coercion] blurb:

With 79 days left until the college entrance exams, the whole school was buzzing with the news that the arrogant Lu Wenzhong was dating the goddess of the arts track.

Both were Zhou Ling’s enemies, so someone looking for gossip asked her what she thought.

Zhou Ling’s lips quirked. “The palace forbids eunuchs from taking consorts.”

A sudden cough sounded behind her.

Everyone froze in fright.

Lu Wenzhong’s eyes were cool. As he brushed past, he gave a soft snort. “Then I’d ask you to lead by example and stay away from your childhood friend.”

Someone kept stirring the pot. “Lu, you’re so forgiving. She called you a eunuch, and you’re not even going to do anything. Is it because you don’t dare, or because you can’t bear to?”

Lu Wenzhong narrowed his beautiful phoenix eyes. “Let her enjoy herself for a few more days. I’ll settle the score after graduation, when the dry season is over.”

After the college entrance exams, Lu Wenzhong took Zhou Ling, whose face was flushed from drinking, to his family’s hotel. His eyes reddened at the corners, and he rasped, “Zhou Ling, it’s time to pay your debt.”

Zhou Ling unceremoniously threw up all over him.

Content warnings:

1. Both leads have their own selfish motives and aren’t perfect people, but the male lead is devoted to the female lead in both body and heart.

2. Mild coercion.

3. Their romance begins after the college entrance exams, and all characters are adults.

Theme: Embrace the sunshine and keep pushing forward.