Tokyo Black Rain

Li Nianyi x Jiang Ji

Flirtatious, hardworking student who hooks her target x outwardly cold, inwardly clueless heiress of a powerful family

In a foreign country, Li Nianyi experienced the worst moment of her life.

When the body came crashing down right in front of her, Li Nianyi was still dazed. She instinctively looked up and caught only a fleeting glimpse of a dark figure.

Had she just... witnessed a murder...?

As the sole eyewitness, was she going to be the next one to die?

Worse still, the victim was someone she knew.

The rain that night was chilling.

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In Tokyo's hottest, most sweltering summer, Li Nianyi met Jiang Ji.

Love blossomed in the damp rainy season, like the muffled patter of raindrops striking leaves, soaking her whole heart in an indescribable dampness.

Li Nianyi had thought she was simply flirting with an inexperienced, shy, sweet, and adorable woman. But after a few days apart, Jiang Ji transformed into the heiress of a powerful family.

Who could have guessed that this gentle older sister had once been the second-in-command of a gang?

Fortunately, Li Nianyi wasn't someone who felt inferior because of differences in status or background, and Jiang Ji's appeal wouldn't disappear because of any superficial factors. Li Nianyi was sure of that.

It was just that, although this woman had a face that looked like she knew exactly what she was doing, she was actually a complete airhead. Li Nianyi had practically put the fishing hook right to Jiang Ji's lips, and the woman still hadn't even dared to lick the bait.

After countless failed attempts to seduce her, Li Nianyi was truly out of options. She decided to be the one to confess first.

"I like you. I really, really like you, the kind of like where you're part of my plans for the future. Will you let me be your girlfriend?"

Jiang Ji gazed intently at her. Li Nianyi found the look difficult to describe: deep, devoted, unforgettable... as if it would be the last time she ever saw her.

After a long silence,

Jiang Ji said, "Of course. How could I say no? Niannian, I like you too."

At that moment, her heart surged like a tidal wave. She threw herself into Jiang Ji's arms and held her tight, hearing Jiang Ji's hot, racing heartbeat slowly merge with her own.

*

Sadly, Li Nianyi had never truly been in control of her own fate. The happiness she thought she had found was nothing more than a carefully disguised trap.

"Niannian, I told you before, I'm a bad person. I always have been. So don't expect anything from me."

For a moment, Li Nianyi seemed to understand that look Jiang Ji had given her back then, across the not-so-distant reaches of time and space.

The gloom hanging over the great city of Tokyo had never lifted. The black rain kept falling.

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Theme: Be a good person