Heartbeats Out of Bounds

Shi Yisheng fell for someone. When an old classmate introduced them, the young man smiled and said, "I'm Zhang Dechou."

Shi Yisheng: Zhang, De, Chou? That's... quite an unusual name (⊙o⊙)

He was clearly handsome, fair-skinned, and striking, with phoenix eyes that tilted at the corners and thin lips that curved into a warm smile...

How had he ended up with a name like that?

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Late at night, she spotted a tall figure squatting at the mouth of an alley. He held a sausage in one hand and awkwardly tried to meow like a cat. "Meow... meow..."

"If you stand that close, what kitten would dare come out?"

The young man looked up, surprise flashing in his eyes, but he let her take the food from his hand.

"Even though your name is Zhang Dechou, you actually look pretty good. No one's going to laugh at you for it."

Lu Yi glanced at the girl playing with the cat beside him, his eyes crinkling with amusement. "Yeah. Aside from you, no one else calls me that every single day."

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People said he was aloof, that he never let anyone into his heart, and that she wouldn't be an exception.

Shi Yisheng claimed she didn't care, but whenever his gaze fell on her, her heart pounded in her ears, flustering her until her face grew hot.

So she'd force herself to hold his gaze, silently repeating: Whoever looks away first is a puppy!

All she had to do was stop looking at him. No matter how hooked she was, she could kick the habit. Yeah!

But one evening during self-study, she turned around and saw a familiar figure crouching outside the window.

When she took out the trash, he suddenly leaned close, his warm breath brushing the back of her neck.

Just as she was about to repeat her mantra, she came across a crumpled sheet of paper:

"This is the seventh day she's called me Zhang Dechou."

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Both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending.

Theme: Youth isn't just recklessness; it's also a love that cuts to the bone