Seventeen Vine Moon

Jiang Li first met Liang Zhou Yue while she was uncomfortably dressed in a gown, hiding in his resting room to adjust her attire. 
Seeing him, she became so nervous that she couldn't pull up the zipper, her embarrassment palpable. 
That day, Jiang Li felt an unusual tug at his heartstrings and helped her with the zipper twice. 
Upon their next encounter, he was the campus prince, and she was everyone's darling. 
He played basketball on the field, while she, in her flowing dress, sat in her boyfriend's passenger seat. 
It was then that Jiang Li understood he had to see things through to the bitter end. 
To seize love forcefully, to take advantage of her vulnerability. 
After all, such a beautiful woman should naturally belong to him. 

Liang Zhou Yue never thought she would be liked by a man five years her junior. 
He was rebellious, cold, proud, and remote, but he always responded to her every request. 
On a hot summer day, Liang Zhou Yue was stopped by a downpour at the entrance of the teaching building, with swirling filthy water and sludge on the steps below. 
As she worried about how to return to her dorm, a man's rigid spine bent in front of her. 
Jiang Li's tone was always so languid, casually stirring distress: "Sister, I'm afraid you're scared. I especially came to carry you home today." 
In that moment, Jiang Li, who had never gotten close to a girl before, submitted to her before everyone.

Deliberate Infatuation

Because of a remark from Jiang Li, Liang Zhouyue felt distracted all day long. She didn't dare to reply and could only pretend she hadn't seen it.


Along the way, He Jinsheng noticed the bruise she was hiding with her hair, but Liang Zhouyue did not mention Jiang Li. She just breezily said she had bumped her head.


Even though He Jinseng didn't know Liang Zhouyue very well, he sensed that she was not in a good state and asked with concern, "Feeling unwell?"


He was aware that she often drank herbal medicine, so he always had the impression that her health was not the best.


Liang Zhouyue let out a slow sigh, and her beautiful face broke into a smile, "No, I've always got carsick easily."


He Jinseng rolled down the car window and joked with her, "Next time, let's go out on a shared bike for fun."


Upon hearing this, Liang Zhouyue laughed, didn't say anything, but gave an accommodating expression to his joke.


Chapter 19: Laying the Cards on the Table