Tea-appraisal level 0 / sweet international student vs. perfect tea artistry / top student at a key high school
Reunion after a long separation | Rekindled romance | Stealing someone's partner
The first time Lu Zhiyao went to the city to visit her boyfriend, Zhou Cheng,
she ran into one of his classmates.
That self-important top student Liao Ting, whom Zhou Cheng often complained about.
He gave her directions and even spoke to the gate guard on her behalf to get her inside.
Lu Zhiyao thought he was actually a decent person and mentioned him to Zhou Cheng when she got back.
Zhou Cheng said, "Him? He just puts on a nice-guy act. Don't get too close to him."
After that, whenever Lu Zhiyao went to see Zhou Cheng, she always ran into Liao Ting.
The time before last:
Liao Ting: "I'll sit across from you. You're Zhou Cheng's girlfriend."
The last time:
Liao Ting: "Here's my payment code. You're Zhou Cheng's girlfriend, so adding each other would be awkward, right?"
It seemed no one understood boundaries better than Liao Ting.
Lu Zhiyao became even more convinced Zhou Cheng was biased against him.
Until Zhou Cheng got hurt in a fight at school, and Lu Zhiyao saw that Liao Ting was the one who'd hit him.
Liao Ting refused to apologize to anyone, no matter who came to ask, and was arrogant enough to make anyone's head hurt.
And yet, to Lu Zhiyao alone, he said softly:
"I'm sorry. I thought you two had broken up."
Years later, whenever people brought up Liao Ting, they would say:
"Even someone like him has a person he can't win over."
Lu Zhiyao casually asked, "Who?"
"You, of course. You knew he hit Zhou Cheng back then, didn't you?"
Content warning:
1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first.
(Blurb is not final.)
Theme: The right person is always waiting up ahead.
