Learning to Behave for Her

Beautiful and bold × a roguish, carefree playboy Seventeen-year-old Chen You met Jiang Ye. The cicadas were noisy, the branches grew wild, and everything in their lives moved at an unhurried pace. Jiang Ye leaned against the wall, looking lazy. His tone was almost playful: “If anything comes up, call your big brother Ye.” Blinded by his brilliance, Chen You wondered what kind of exceptional person could stay by the side of someone like him. - Newly eighteen, Chen You stood by the roadside, the bracelet on her wrist gleaming with a cold light. The phone rang again and again. She picked up. Jiang Ye sounded panicked, his ragged breathing reaching Chen You’s ears. Amid the bitter wind and falling snow, Chen You heard him ask in a panic, “Are you leaving me?” She smiled at him across the crowd. - At twenty-three, Chen You was steeped in the bustle of everyday life. Jiang Ye took her hand and pulled her into a wild run, just as he had when they were seventeen. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, rested her chin against him, and began to cry. She poured out how unfair life had been to her, sobbing like a child, screaming and letting it all out. The man held her, heartbroken for her. He whispered in her ear, “Let’s go to the marriage bureau. We’ll have a home of our own.”