Half-Broken Streetlight

He Pursues Her | Older-Sister-Younger-Dog Romance

Cool, well-behaved girl x fierce, wolf-dog boy

1

Before Zhong Man transferred to Ningnan City, she had already heard about Ding Zhi.

Handsome, always dating someone, and unbelievably cocky and cool. The first time she saw him, Zhong Man decided the rumors were true.

With blue hair and an air of supreme arrogance, he swaggered into the private dining room with both hands in his pockets.

"You're the transfer student who just got here, right? Don't worry. We're neighbors, so I'll look out for you."

He looked like a textbook rebellious teenager, and Zhong Man was so embarrassed her toes could have dug out a whole castle.

Just before winter break, Zhong Man heard a rumor. When she could no longer stand it, Ding Zhi dyed his hair black again and went after the person who had started it, brutally and without hesitation.

That night, she gently dabbed medicine onto the corner of his mouth with a cotton swab.

Ding Zhi grinned through his pain. "I told you I'd protect you."

Zhong Man stayed silent. After a moment, she said, "I know how you feel, but I like people whose grades are on par with mine."

2

That was what she said, but during the summer after Zhong Man's college entrance exams, when Ding Zhi kissed her beneath a half-broken streetlight, she didn't push him away.

When the light dimmed, they listened to each other's heartbeats. When it brightened, they straightened their clothes and said goodbye.

After she got into Binjiang University, she and Ding Zhi saw less and less of each other, until his exams were over and Zhong Man returned to Ningnan.

She didn't say much. She just gathered up his old exam papers and took them upstairs.

"Do you think I need these?"

Ding Zhi rejected her concern with an indifferent expression, then tossed the stack of papers into the trash downstairs right in front of her.

3

The night after Ding Zhi's college entrance exam results came out, Zhong Man decided to leave Ningnan. She didn't go looking for him. She just stared at the flickering, broken light downstairs.

Suddenly, her phone lit up, interrupting her thoughts. Ding Zhi had sent her a text.

"Come downstairs."

Zhong Man looked at Ding Zhi, who was standing beneath the light. Her heart was in turmoil.

"If you don't come down, I'll go upstairs and knock on your door."

Zhong Man threw on a coat and went downstairs. The moment she reached him, he pulled her into his arms.

The scent of grapes that she loved filled her nose. As Ding Zhi leaned in, she let him explore her lips more deeply, no longer trying to stop him.

The boy's heartbeat thundered, sending a tingling warmth through her chest.

"Manman, I've become just as good as you. Stop pushing me away."

The streetlight kept flickering. This time, when it lit up, their goodbye was, "See you tomorrow."

Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.