Avalondra

A man in his thirties was standing in front of she-devil's grave, under everyone's watchful eyes, he dropped the flower to her coffin, his tone was full of ridicule. "Congrats on your death."

Next year he came, "I won. You lost to me and I will live well. Just rot in there."

Next year he came again, "I have a pretty girlfriend and I will marry next year. My life is good. Nothing to worry about."

Next year he came once more, "I will stop visiting and forget you! My life is better without you! See, I live well!"

But he came again the next year and the years after that. People said he was hunted by his so-called arch-enemy. That even after death, the devil did not even let him go. 

He stood in front of her grave. His once handsome face had turned old and wrinkly.

"Bei Sangyun, I cursed you. You are not allowed to rest in peace. You must be suffering there like me, right? You devil..." 

He might be the last one standing. But his life was the same as the dead's- lifeless and empty. He did not live well, he never once marry and his heart was never at peace.

And it was all the fault of one person.

*****
Bei Sangyun was a big bully in high school. The target of her bullying was the skinny boy in her grade, Fei Chuan. They were classmates once in kindergarten and met again in high school. 

But one day, just a year left before graduation, the big bully suddenly changed.

One day, Fei Chuan hesitantly opened his locker. The other night, the big bully said that she left something in his locker. He did not really want to open it. He was afraid a poisonous snake would come out of his locker. However, his report card was there. With gritted teeth, the young boy opened it.

However, what appeared was not a hideous thing as he expected, but a bright pink letter with a little heart sticker as a seal.

It turned out, the surprise was scarier than a snake.
Was this a new form of torture?

Since then, Bei Sangyun relentlessly chased the young Fei Chuan until the two got married.

******
This is a story of rebirth. The two arch-enemies who could not live under the same sky had become sweet lovers.

Standing Next To You

Across the street, Lin Sunji waited for the boy to return.

A while later, the boy came back with the exact amount of money in his hand.

"Here." He handed the money to Lin Sunji and scolded, "Next time you sell something, you should have change ready. What if the next customer isn't as considerate as I am and wants their change right away?"

Lin Sunji didn't like being reprimanded by a random stranger, even if that stranger was her only repeat customer.

"Then I won't sell to them. It's not like I'll lose anything because they didn't buy."

The boy gave her a strange look. "How do you expect your business to last if you act like this?"

"Ah, just stop nagging me. Anyway, you bought it. There's no taking it back." Lin Sunji counted the money. "Hmm. Since you're my first customer, I'll give you the next basket for free."

"No need. You already gave me a lot of free stuff last time."

The boy adjusted his glasses and left.

Lin Sunji's realization